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PERCY PICKLE PANTS
Time to update you on young Percy. You diet, supplements, pain medication,
may remember he came to us when he appropriate rest, a well-managed
was deemed unmanageable in his early environment and behavioural support
months, he was a very stressed dog but we have not been able to get to the
when he arrived in BTRF’s care two years real root of his problems … but we may
ago. now have some answers!
He bounced everywhere on his two back Just recently we were invited to take
legs, chewed and ate his way through Percy to an amazing sports rehabilitation
everything he could find, was terrified of and pet dog pain management and
being groomed, hated being separated treatment centre in Gloucester called
but didn’t really want to be touched, The Renew Centre. Here he was to
was very unsure about other dogs and undergo a trial for a new
had very few positive experiences to groundbreaking procedure – a pain trace
draw on. analyser! This is an amazing piece of
equipment that basically can pinpoint
He arrived with a ‘clean bill of health’ pain and the reasons, and it can be done
and was just thought to be a ‘naughty’, either with the dog awake or asleep!
out-of-control teenager, but we could We couldn’t turn it down if it meant we
see straight away all was not quite right could get to the bottom of Percy’s
with his movement and when we started issues, so Aunty Lisa hot footed it down
a pain-relief trial (and watched him calm to Gloucester with our lad!
and relax almost instantly) we knew we
were on the right track … we just didn’t
know how complicated that path would
prove to be!
Percy is quite the medical mystery. He
has clear pain in his right hind leg, which
responds well (but not fully) to a
comprehensive pain management
strategy. He has had x-rays, MRI scans,
been reviewed by orthopaedic and
neurological specialists and we still can’t
pin down the source. But we have got
him feeling a LOT better with the right
info@bedlingtonrescue.co.uk www.bedlingtonrescue.co.uk
