Ten hydros, an AGM and a little blip...

Brooke getting ready to chair the meeting for the ESSC AGM at the weekend! She enjoyed meeting all of the shelties and managed to socialise without being too crazy about it :-) She was so tired after her day out.

Brooke only had one hydro last week and it really showed. She wasn't worse, she just didn't seem to show the same improvements. We can't work out whether its that she didn't do hydro, whether it was that she did a few cavaletti exercises or whether it was her going a bit bonkers when Matt walked her. She did her tenth hydro session last night and Katrina didn't think she was extending it as well as before. Over this last weekend she has been on rest and metacam again and seems a bit better which indicates it may be inflammation somewhere.

Brookes first month video!

What brilliant progress Brooke has made over her first month of rehab! I have put together a video of what she has been up to...the hydrotherapy clips back to back are amazing!!

First month of rehab done!

So it is now a month since Brooke saw Patrick and started rehab. She is doing well, she actually walked round the common with the other three dogs over the weekend although she gets very distracted by dogs on the common playing with balls! Brooke also loves to stop and sniff everything...I'm guessing because her world has been a dull place for a long time bless her!

She is happily putting weight on her bad leg and walking pretty evenly now

This was us on our epic walk round the common (ok 25 mins but thats a lot for Brooke!)

Her physio exercises are going well, we are going back on Friday morning to check her progress but she seems much stronger generally. Brodie likes to 'help!'

Unfortunately Brooke is in the process of blowing her coat big time! The only thing that is still hairy is her butt and tail! 

Her lovely PJ's made by Auntie Jenni keep her very snuggly! 

No hydrotherapy videos this week but she continues to do very well and is now up to 20 mins walking on the treadmill in 5 min blocks. She copes really well with it and is actually starting to pull to get in!