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Laser Therapy for Dogs: A Science-Backed Rehabilitation Approach to Pain, Recovery and Healing

Laser therapy for dogs is becoming an increasingly popular treatment option in veterinary medicine, particularly for dogs suffering from various acute and chronic conditions. This non-invasive procedure utilises specific wavelengths of light to stimulate cellular...

How to Strengthen Your Dog’s Gluteal Muscles for Hip Stability

Strengthening your dog's gluteal muscles plays a crucial role in your dog's hip stability and overall mobility. These muscles support the hips, help with movement, and are essential for maintaining your dog's balance. Ensuring your dog has strong gluteal muscles can...

Keeping Your Dog’s Joints Happy: How Passive Range-of-Motion Exercises Help Dogs with Arthritis

Stiff and achy dog joints can steal the joy of movement from our furry companions. Watching your once playful pup slowing down, getting stiff or even struggling to climb stairs can be heartbreaking. But before resigning yourself to a future of limited mobility,...

Online Consultation: Capturing Good Quality Videos

Are you getting ready to have an online consultation with Paws4Paws? Great, we’re here to make sure you get the best possible experience! A great way to get the most out of your consultation is to take good quality videos of your dog and send them to us before your...

Hip Dysplasia in Dogs: How to Manage with Rehabilitation

Hip dysplasia in dogs is a common orthopaedic condition that affects the hip joint. It is caused by an abnormal development of the hip socket, which results in looseness or instability of the joint. This can lead to pain, lameness, and arthritis. Causes of Hip...

Arthritis in dogs: dog massage and exercise therapy

Does dog massage and exercise therapy help with arthritis in dogs is a question we at Paws4Paws get asked often asked. It is commonly known that arthritis affects the joint, so how can massage and exercise therapy be beneficial? Let us explain. Arthritis in dogs is...

Dog pain tolerance: Is my dog in pain?

No one wants their dog to be in pain and a dog's pain tolerance is a very subjective experience. There is no hard and fast rule when a dog is in pain because every individual dog, just like humans, experiences pain differently. What is clear, however, is that dogs...

Senior Dog Enrichment: Four Activities

Senior dog enrichment is absolutely essential to keep our elderly dogs happy and satisfied. It encourages problem solving skills through their senses, helps build confidence and gives enjoyment. Enrichment for dogs - seniors and also our young - is similar to the...

How To Prevent Arthritis In Dog: 5 Ways to Better Manage Your Dog’s Arthritis

Dog arthritis can be be a distressing diagnosis but there are several ways you can support your arthritic dog, improve their quality of life and slow down the degenerative process so you furry family member can live a longer and happier life. We call this a multimodal...