Laurie's Blogs.

Good morning Laurie!!!  I had an observation and was wondering if you have come across this too:  I have 2 dogs right now- Wiggles is 3 months post right MPL revision and Luna is 8 weeks post left TTA (waited 6 months for diagnosis and ultimately the surgical repair). B...

Today’s muse was inspired by a recent research article I read: Freeman LM et al.  Nutritional and microbial analysis of bully sticks and survey of opinions about pet treats.  Can Vet J 54: 50 – 54, 2013. So the article discusses firstly, how “bully sti...

Hi LaurieI have a rehabber-friend that just contacted me about rehabbing a dog with bilateral OCD lesions in his shoulders. A surgeon performed surgery, but did not provide a protocol to follow, and will not return calls to my rehabber-friend either. The owner of the dog and the ...

Hi Laurie, So, it is times like this that I wish I lived there or you lived here...I have a pooch that I’m fostering.   He’s a 1-2 year old boxer that was dumped over a fence into a locked school-yard with a previously (estimating at least 7 weeks prior) bro...

We had a canine rehab intern with us at my clinic this past week.  In the past, I used to feel stress about, and even responsible for, the types of cases that would come in that week.  Despite the fact that it was out of my control, I felt bad if the intern was hoping...

Hi Laurie, One of my techs had a TPLO done on her dog about 8 months ago.  She did rehab on the dog and it recovered well except that when I saw it the other day at a clinic party, I noted that when the dog walks her TPLO leg has internal rotation of the tibia and thus ...

Hi Laurie, I am seeing 5-year-old overweight yellow lab with torn cruciates in both stifles. The injuries happened few years ago. He used to go to day care and run around full force and injured himself there. Both stifles have crepitus but the left is worse than the right. T...

Looking back, I have to say, it’s been a tough year. We had to part ways with the vet that had worked as a rehab therapist for me at The Canine Fitness Centre for the last 2 year – because the Vet Association learned of her employment (which we never hid) and...

Question: Can you explain your definition of muscle tone.  In pediatric PT (my specialty) muscle tone is assessed as one tone throughout the body (low, normal, increased, etc).  You start out with one muscle tone and it doesn’t change (unless there’s a neuro...

Hi Laurie, I have been doing the motor control & timing exercise almost every day with Dexi, as often as I could. It seems to vary: stimulating either glutes OR quads appears to help. I cannot be sure that I am doing it as a physio would, so we do the best we can. Normally I ...