Essex Canine Hydrotherapy Ltd

01/09/2025

Traffic Alert
If you have an appointment with us this morning there has been a major accident on A130 that has affected all major roads, please check you route

29/08/2025

🌈 Rainbow Bridge is real! Remembering all of our lovely doggies who live there now 🌈 they are visiting hydro this evening 😊

28/08/2025

Check out this agility field for private hire

The Only Way Is Agility 🌟 Opening 18th August 🌟 please email towiagility@gmail.com to book
🐾 Hire by the hour
🐾 Fenced grass paddock 29 meters x 15 meters
🐾 (intercan) Galican contacts and weaves
🐾 Non slip tunnels
📍located in SS11 8UA

26/08/2025

Happy international dog day! Let's see your doggos! 🩵

21/08/2025

Remus Horse Sanctuary will be opening its gates for the penultimate time on Sunday 7 September 2025 from 1pm to 4pm for its ever-popular Novelty Dog Show and Family Fun Day > https://www.remussanctuary.org/fun-for-all-the-family-at-remus-horse-sanctuarys-dog-show-and-family-fun-day-sunday-7-september/

21/08/2025

20/08/2025

This is so interesting 🤔

CAMBRIDGE VETS OFFER NEW INJECTION TREATMENT FOR DOGS WITH IVDD

A new enzyme injection treatment for dogs with severe intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) is now available at the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital (QVSH), offering a safe, less invasive, and more affordable alternative to surgery for some patients.

The treatment, called percutaneous intra-discal chondroitinase injection, involves delivering an enzyme directly into the damaged intervertebral discs. This enzyme dissolves the central part of the disc, potentially relieving pressure on the spinal cord.

The QVSH in Cambridge recently worked with colleagues from Texas A&M University in the United States, to run a clinical trial involving 54 dogs who had lost the ability to walk due to IVDD. The trial, now published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, showed that dogs receiving chondroitinase injections recovered the ability to walk at a similar rate to those who undergo other forms of treatment for IVDD.

The procedure is now available at the QVSH as part of a low-cost IVDD treatment package including a full neurological consultation, MRI scan, and injections into multiple discs for a total cost of £1,750. We are still accepting dogs for the original trial, where pet owners who are unable to afford traditional treatment may be offered the injections at a significantly reduced fee of £400, but with no MRI or CT scan.

What Dogs would meet the criteria for treatment?

A : The treatment is aimed at dogs who are severely enough affected that they are unable to walk ie would otherwise normally be recommended for surgery. For the specific trial we have been running we have to see them within 48 hours of becoming unable to walk; for the new protocol where we offer MRI as well the time limit is not as strict.

For further information about chondroitinase injections for IVDD or about the ongoing trial, contact the QVSH on 01223 337621, or alternatively email Professor Freeman at pf266@cam.ac.uk or the neurology service at neuro@vet.cam.ac.uk.

And see the links below.

IVDE Chondroitinase trial | The Queen's Veterinary School Hospital https://share.google/UDZoQQItpxesbiZHF

Published Trial Results
https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/263/6/javma.24.12.0790.xml?tab_body=fulltext&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMQh41leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHpWvYwUsUddJIbBt4tuOJLsE4hE5Qj2HRVVlu8yCGeighD0tEELP61kr6ie4_aem_ZtV-82cHTjaDWYOKt2xIyg

https://www.dachshund-ivdd.uk/symptoms-treatment/chondroitinase-injection/

11/08/2025

Please note the road through Shotgate is closed for gasworks so please check your route before leaving 🐾💦

08/08/2025

We have eggs for sale from our very own ECH free range chickens (Wilma, Bambam and Peggy) £1.50 for 6 eggs can be paid cash or card at reception so make sure you grab yours they are delicious 😋

02/08/2025

We have some appointments available Monday afternoon 4pm onwards. This is for dogs who already swim at the centre. If you are interested give us a call. Please do not respond on here as it is unmonitored🐾