Laurie's Blogs.

 Well, the 2016 Nov-Dec Four Leg Newsletter was a fun and interesting one for me to write.  It’s all about cannabis.  I’ve had owners ask me about it, tell me their using it, and even provided me some to try on my Sheltie that has seizures.  (It&rs...

Looking through the weekly blog synopsis that I have collected and compiled for me, I found one on plyometrics.  Now, the blog was for people, but I know that I’ve presented info on canine plyometrics, and I have seen a few blogs on canine plyometrics… so I thou...

I posted the following question on the FourLeg Forum, and I like the discussion that ensued.  Have a read!----------Putting it out there and looking for discussion & sharing of ideas:What are your favourite marketing 'tactics' and 'strategies' for marketing to (potential...

Last week, I had a wonderful little dog come in.  Max is an older, small poodle cross, and he had a spleenectomy back in the spring.  I used to see him in the past as a sporting dog, but this was the first I had seen him since his surgery.  What struck me was his t...

 I just can’t help myself.  At first I say, “No, you don’t need that.”  But then I get more and more interested.  Then I want it.  Then I justify getting it.  “It’ll help me.”  “I’ll use it l...

 Kapatkin  AS, Nordquist B, Garcia TC et al.  Effect of single dose radiation therapy on weight-bearing lameness in dogs with elbow osteoarthritis.  VCOT 2016; 29: 338-3343Link to full paper:http://www.orthovetsupersite.org/sites/default/files/vcot-full-paper/...

My husband once convinced me to crawl up into a tree (actually a willow bush – but ‘tree’ sounds better) to look inside a magpie nest.  He had told me that looking into the nests of crows and magpies was always interesting because these birds liked to colle...

Reviews courtesy of APTEI / Bahram Jam PT (www.aptei.com)This guy does some great reviews!  And this one I thought I would like to share with you folks.  I think we have a tendency to learn something new and add it to everything we do, without thinking or learning about...

Last Monday, I woke up with neck pain.  I woke to find myself sleeping on my stomach with my head turned to the side (and a pillow overtop in order to minimize the sound of my husband snoring).  Well what started out as stiffness soon turned into angry nerve pain, and I...

When searching for inspiration for today’s blog, I found an interesting physiotherapy blog, http://physiowinnipeg.com/4-ways-physiotherapy-helps-you-age-gracefully/.  Physiotherapy helps you to age gracefully!  Now there’s a good spin!So here were the main p...