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31/01/2025

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31/01/2025

Fantastic Furbabies Friday fun 🥰❤️

30/01/2025

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30/01/2025

Big G was back 🥰 Luna stayed clean and was really good when The retriever duo came to play ❤️
It was a sniff and dig theme today, must be worm hunting 🤩

29/01/2025

Dogs show us something is wrong in ways we can’t/ don’t understand, This article is great

29/01/2025

Found a less muddy place to explore- Luna still managed to roll in 💩 but less mud 🙌🏼
Boys were nose busy following the scent of horses and deer prints, Luna was proud that she found a ball 🤣

28/01/2025

Luna and the boys exploring locally ❤️

28/01/2025

🚩🚩 RED FLAGS THAT CAN INDICATE A MEDICAL CONDITION (compiled by Mills & Zulch, 2023)

1. Sudden onset of a behavioural issue without any clear reason.
2. Clusters of seemingly separate behavioural issues (e.g., reluctance to walk, reactive to touch, apparent guarding of resting places).
3. Rapid progression of an issue.
4. Unusual postures.
5. Unexpectedly high level of generalisation - EVERYTHING'S bad!
6. Waxing/Waning of signs leading to seemingly erratic/inconsistent behaviour.
7. Reliable relationship between behavioural signs and exercise taken.
8. Coincidental onset with known medical problem or its treatment.
9. Unusual age of onset.
10. Limited or no success with a behavioural therapy programme.

➡️ From my perspective, I see numbers 1-4 most frequently, then numbers 6-8. I also tend not to start a behavioural therapy programme straightaway if I think pain is the root cause of the behaviour - it is far better to get the pain acknowledged, addressed and managed in the first instance, then we start work after that.

🦮 While you, as the guardian, are usually best placed to answer questions on your dog’s behaviour, even you may not make connections between behaviours, posture, unusual gait, and pain and dismiss things as normal – ‘oh he always sits like that’ or 'she's always done that' or 'oh it's because she's a (certain breed) - they're known for it..'. And yes, I have seen many serious issues (e.g. a Grade 4 luxating patellar and a Bracycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome) both of which required surgery dismissed as 'a breed thing'.🙈

♥️ This is where I can help. Taking a full behavioural history and asking you to send me videos means I can assess whether a behaviour might be pain-related or not. I can make connections between seemingly unrelated behaviours and assess whether I think pain might be involved. Then I can make recommendations for next steps and provide valuable information to your vet or veterinary physiotherapist so they can put the appropriate treatment plan in place. ♥️


(Mills & Zulch, 2023; Mills et al, 2020; Gerken, 2023)

27/01/2025

No Goose so the boys and I went to Cholsey for a change,
Wow the weather was interesting 🤣 but we had fun 🐾

24/01/2025

Fantastic Friday furiends met a Husky pup with his family, Kali loved racing with him, and Lexi too , The boys were chilled & happy to have another boy join the fun 🐾

23/01/2025

Playtime in the woods and a pawdle 🐾

22/01/2025

East Hagbourne sniffari today ❤️

21/01/2025

Frank & Babe lunch fun

21/01/2025

Luna Goose and the boys