Fish tank

My dog, Digger, had a "jack russell skip" when he came to me, and I thought it was just a quirk but it seems it is much more serious. He suffered a major tendon rupture in his back leg's knee joint where the bones had 'skipped' out of line and became quite lame. He has been through major surgery to have a pin put in to stabalise his joint and is recovering quite quickly. Here he is in the hydropool, where he can exercise his leg and strengthen the leg muscles.

Looking through the end of the 'fish tank' you can see him looking at the nurse who sets up the hydropool, and below you can see him sideways on in his special harness which has a handle on the back so that she can lift him if he gets into trouble. There is a treadmill moving in the bottom that makes him walk at a slow pace, making him use his back leg.

He really loves going for the sessions and actually runs to the room and greets nurse Angela. He has two 5 minute sessions in each bi-weekly appointment at the moment which will be increased over the next 4 weeks until he can use his leg properly. Unfortunately, it seems that in most cases the other hind leg will have to have a similar operation, but I'm hoping this will not be the case as he's been through so much in his short life.

In the meantime I have to keep the back door open for him because the dog flap needs to be increased in size and lowered for him, to accommodate his short legs, bless him, I am waiting for Joe to come and put a new one in the panel.