Laurie's Blogs.
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Oct 2014
Oct 2014
What to do with the amputee dog?
Hi Laurie,Do you have any info on your site about forelimb amputation dogs? How to support a young one? (large breed). -KM-- -- -- -- -- Hi KM,As for Amputation dogs...I DON'T seem to have anything on that topic yet. It's a great suggestion. The forelimb ampu...
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Oct 2014
Oct 2014
Lower Motor Neuro forelimb...
Hi Laurie, I have a question about one of my cases that I have been working on. Perhaps I should know the answer but I need some help. Toby is a 11 year old, MN Beagle that I have been seeing since March. He had surgery to remove an intestinal tumor back in Dec 2013 an...
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Sep 2014
Sep 2014
Interesting case - iliopsoas or something else?
Hi Laurie, I was hoping to ask you a quick question about a case. I went to CRI and I am a member of your online group. I read your blog notes on the condition and they were very helpful, I was just hoping for a little clarification. It is a 4 year old F/S b...
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Sep 2014
Sep 2014
Ethical Questions… Doing Agility with a Bernese Mountain Dog
Hey Laurie I have a question for you, which may also be a good blog question for your page? What do you do in the situation where you are being asked to help someone with their dog and you don't feel they are being realistic? Here is my current quandary. I have been as...
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Sep 2014
Sep 2014
Article Review - Laterality of agility dogs
ARTICLE REVIEW - Taken from the most recent edition of FourLeg News (Vol 3, Issue 5)Siniscalchi M, Bertino D, Quaranta A. Laterality and performance of agility-trained dogs, Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition. (2013): DOI: 10.1080/1357650X...
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Sep 2014
Sep 2014
Bilateral iliopsoas strains?
Hi LaurieI'm hearing more and more dogs being diagnosed with bilateral iliopsoas strain. My feeling is that this is rare and that these dogs are being found to have sore hip flexors because of some other issue causing overuse or misuse and being misdiagnosed. Wh...
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Guest Blog – What Owners of Paralyzed Dogs Want and Need From Rehab Professionals
Guest Blog - By Sharon SeltzerA couple of weeks ago, Sharon contacted me for an interview for her blog - http://lessonsfromaparalyzeddog.com - she wanted to know what advice I could give to her readers, people wanting to help their paralyzed dogs. She asked if I could ...
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Lure Coursing - successes & failures
So today (as I write this, Sunday) my hubby and I tried something new. I was pretty nervous about it. We had never done this before, and I was most worried that it would go terribly wrong… and the spectators would snicker. We took my 3 year old Borzoi to a...
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Hyperextending Hocks – what’s gastrocs got to do, got to do with it?
That headline only makes sense to people who lived through the 80s & 90s and can sing along with most Tina Turner songs of that era!Laurie – I have a patient with bilateral hyperextending tarsal joints. I thought I could order
Therapaw tarsal supports to limit his hy...
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Strengthening the Neuro Dog
Hi Laurie,I have a difficult case!!For 1 month I've been treating an 8 yr old german shepherd after a surgery for multiple disc protrusions: T13-L1 , L2-L3, L4-L5. Before surgery, he had reduced propioception on his left rear leg. After surgery he was paraplegic with deep pa...