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TEGAN
It’s time for an update on little Tegan, Here we are now, several months down
one of our forever foster dogs who has the road and whilst she is so much better
been in our care now for a little over a than she was, at a recent review with her
year. When she arrived, she was a poor lovely vet, Amy, and her care team here
wee mite in a very bad way – we at BTRF, it was felt that she still wasn’t as
suspected that she had experienced comfy as she could be. This was also
some sort of trauma to her spine. She flagged up by Tegan’s amazing foster
could hardly walk, was clearly in a lot of carers who feed back to us on a regular
pain and her general body condition was basis on her progress and share
in a mess. In fact, as soon as she arrived observations so we can assess how well
in our care, she needed emergency she is doing – they know her so well! This
veterinary attention. is exactly what foster care is all about –
working closely with us so we can all do
the best for the foster dog.
We are going to repeat the scan to see if
there have been any changes. But before
we do this, we need to arrange a full
posture and movement assessment
(known as a Dynamic Dog assessment).
These are carried out by very highly
qualified and experienced canine
Cutting a long story short, you may recall behaviour and wellbeing practitioners
that we had to set up a fundraiser to help who know exactly what to look for and
pay for an urgent MRI scan. As ever all how to recognise not only pain but also
our supporters rose to the challenge and exactly where on the body the dog is
within days, we were able to arrange the experiencing that pain.
scan. The scan showed that she had
ruptured a disc in her spine and whilst it
was touch and go as to whether she
would require surgery, with carefully
managed rest and plenty of TLC (which
she got in spades from her forever foster
carers!), the consultant was happy that it
had resolved. Help us to help Tegan JustGiving
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