Before You Arrive

Hydrotherapy Appointment Checklist

  • You have read and understood the cautions and contra-indications
  • Please ensure you have an appointment
  • For your first referral, we are in receipt of your dog's referral form with recent and relevant medical history and current medications, if any:
    Vet Consent-Referral Form
  • For puppy swims and wellbeing swims, we have your vet's consent form (you only need to provide this once, for further sessions we review periodically with the vet's practise):
    Swim Consent Form
  • Please ensure your dog is clean and free from mud and debris
  • Do not feed your dog at least two hours before making your journey in for hydrotherapy and at least one hour after the hydrotherapy session
  • You can bring with you your dog's favourite toy or ball and a small amount of cooked chopped meat for treats (not constituting a meal!). Please no kibble as this encourages thirst.
  • Please bring a towel to dry your dog, and any preferred shampoos
  • Should you need assistance from your car, please make this known when booking your appointment

Cautions

  • Incontinence
  • Obesity
  • Breeds with elongated soft palate
  • Brachycephalic breeds
  • Laryngeal paralysis and tie backs
  • Decreased exercise tolerance
  • Cushings/Addisons disease
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy
  • Heart murmer or heart disease
  • Extreme laxity of joints - hyperextension injuries
  • Undiagnosed forelimb lameness - risk of worsening any cervical spine problem due to extension of neck

Unfortunately, we are unable to swim your female if she is in season.

Contra-Indications

  • Open wounds
  • Surface infections
  • Contagious diseases
  • Cardiac and respiratory disfunctions
  • Severe peripheral vascular disease
  • Epilepsy - one or more fits in week preceeding hydrotherapy
  • Water phobia causing extreme panic reactions
  • Vestibular syndrome
  • External fixators
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhoea
  • Some spinal conditions
  • Renal failure

Vets Consent Required

With all swims we do need your vet's consent. Please download the consent form and return a completed signed copy to us for the first appointment.

Before You Arrive

This is all you need to know before you attend your appointment.

Hydrotherapy Appointment Checklist

Core Values

We are committed to giving the best care to our canine clients and dedicated in delivering our therapies to the highest standards. We will continue to develop our practice and therapists to remain at the forefront of our industry. It is our passion to be inclusive of the mind, body and soul when we welcome our clients for therapies and wellbeing time.

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