Laurie's Blogs.

Hi Laurie, I know that you hear this all the time, but I’ll tell you again, I appreciate your website and all that you have done for the profession.  I have learned a lot from you.  I was wondering if there is anything specific that you recommend for pos...

Hi Laurie! I've got a patient that I could need some advice on. The patient is a German Shorthaired pointer, 5 year old intact male. Diagnosed with MSI at our clinic. Before that he had more than half a years history from a couple of other clinics not being able to figu...

The results are in... here's what you had to say in regards to the use, prescription, or recommendations for multivitamins in dogs:Survey results regarding Multi-vitamins 20 responses Location of respondents:12 USA5 Canada1 each Switzerland, Germany, & Italy 5 ...

Hi Laurie I have a patient that I need help with.  She is a 12 years old female english setter. Been healthy her whole life until this spring when she started showing exercise intolerance. X-rays showed a lot of spondylosis formation from T11-S1. Most significant change...

Remember the cerebellar hypoplasia question from a few weeks back?  Well here are a few additional answers from the physios / PTs about what can be done to help these cases.  Read on!  I was also wondering about use of compression to help with proprioceptive i...

Well I didn’t know what to write about today… so I started to just look around my office for things to inspire me. I picked up the proceedings from the VEPRA conference in Italy… and read a passage about thermoregulation.  Effective thermoregulation ...

Hi Laurie!Just needing someone who understands to listen for a moment. I'm feeling quite overwhelmed and frustrated all at the same time. I have been struggling for a year now to get my rehab business up and going. I think I spend more time trying to learn how to market than...

Hi Laurie,I got your email and figured I would send you a question!  Today I saw a 6-month-old puppy who had a tibia/ fibula fracture that was splinted for the last 6 weeks.  It was originally placed in a bi valve splint by our surgeon (owner could not afford surgical r...

The Question: What can rehab / physio do for a very ataxic dog with cerebellar hypoplasia? My Answer: My thoughts are to:Bandage him with an ace bandage / tensor bandage - to connect his front end to his back end.  Not too tight, just a little tension as a rem...

Hi Laurie,I have a dog that underwent a laminectomy (x 2 actually...2 different times!).  This recovery is going ok, but since it was a second insult and because she is a senior, I am not optimistic for a full recovery.  However, she is walking and functional (yea!), bu...