Points East West Veterinary Services

Is there anyone out there that likes sharing pictures of their dogs?

Dr. Lane is putting the finishing touches on a textbook chapter on diagnosing back pain (Duerr's Canine Lameness 2nd ed.) and he is looking for pictures of active dogs demonstrating evidence of back pain (e.g.: an agility dog not properly extending over a jump, altered sit posture or topline)... any picture of a dog showing symptoms of back pain. The editors are looking for pictures that have a "professional look", including a single colour background.

If anyone has pictures that they would like to share for publication in this textbook, please email them to [email protected].

Gratuitous labradorable picture for tax.

Here was an interesting study that links increased PennHIP scores and elevated emotional arousal:

First evidence for an association between joint hypermobility and excitability in a non-human species, the domestic dog - PubMed There is a well-established relationship between joint hypermobility and anxiety in humans, that has not previously been investigated in other species. A population of 5575 assistance dogs were scored for both hip hypermobility and 13 behaviour characteristics using previously validated methods. Our...

I'm curious to hear the results once its published...

Follow this link to take the survey: https://rb.gy/8ykzb4

We are sad to announce that we will be unable to attend this years BC/Yukon Regional Agility Championships to provide on-site treatment. We hadn't anticipated that they would be held so early in the season this year, and had already made commitments for that weekend. We will be available to get everyone "tuned up" in advance of the competition from our Squamish location. Please let us know if you would like to be seen by emailing [email protected]

Happy holidays from all of us to all of you, and thank you for entrusting us with the care of your pets!

Another one of our talented patients:

Homeless Short Film | Teaser Trailer Homeless is the story of 'Roufus', a dog abandoned by his family finds love and home with a homeless man.

Many of the behaviour issues we see in geriatric dogs have multiple potential causes, including sensory loss (deafness, failing vision), dementia, pain, or some combination of the three. Our first treatment priority is to remove any pain, and then see what symptoms persist afterward.

And showtime ….

It only just became available on the internet, but already this paper is making an impression: I was just asked to give a pair of lectures at next year's ACVS conference - the world's largest gathering of veterinary surgical specialists.

Synthesis of surgeon and rehabilitation therapist treatment methods of bicipital tenosynovitis in dogs allows development of an initial consensus therapeutic protocol Abstract OBJECTIVE To compare the therapeutic approach of surgical specialists, sports medicine and rehabilitation specialists, and veterinarians with rehabilitation certification when treating bicipital tendon disease or tenosynovitis in dogs and to combine this information with existing research t...

Attn: BC Veterinarians. Here is a great way to spend a rainy Saturday, with a full afternoon of discussion on how to address pain and spinal dysfunction in geriatric dogs.

Only a few days left to buy your tickets! The SBCV 2023 Fall Conference & Trade Show is coming up this weekend, Saturday, November 4, and Sunday, November 5, 2023. With four incredible speakers and 40 Trade Show exhibitors, you don't want to miss out on this event. Buy your tickets today and join us for this fantastic event.

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Happy Halloween from all of us here at Points East West Veterinary Services

For those who can't get enough information on cruciate disease....

ccr.rcvsknowledge.org

UPDATE: Thank you so much to everyone that replied! So many of you send great shots of their dogs that we have enough to keep us going through many hours of lecture.

An unexpected (and very comforting) by-product of asking for these photos, was seeing all the stories in the comments section about patients we had helped through past injuries, or are part of the team that keeps them happy today. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to treat your dogs.

We really do have the best clients.

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Does anyone have pictures of geriatric dogs looking all grey-faced and foggy-eyed?

I'm giving a 3 hour lecture on geriatric sports medicine for the CVMA/SBCV conference this fall, and am running out of high resolution images of older dogs to make the slides more interesting.

If anyone has any images they would like to share for this purpose, I would be grateful to have them.

Please email them to [email protected] to preserve resolution.

Thank you.

And that's a wrap.....

For those of you that have never graced the bathroom in our hospital, this is the artwork that appears on the wall....

We see a lot of osteosarcomas, which have what is described as a “sunburst” appearance on X-ray. That same pattern shows quite clearly in this specimen. It's unfortunate that for this tumour to have grown so large, its likely this dog would have suffered for some time.

For those that like to read veterinary sports medicine research abstracts:

All scientific and clinical short abstracts presented at last month’s 2023 ACVSMR Symposium are now published in a special supplement edition of the “Open” version of Veterinary and Comparative Orthopedics and Traumatology-Open (Issue S 01, Volume 06, January 2023). The link just received last week to the VCOT-Open supplement is:

Thieme E-Books & E-Journals - VCOT Open / Issue Thieme E-Books & E-Journals

The inaugural conference of the American college of veterinary sports medicine and rehabilitation was a smashing success. So many good lectures and even better discussions afterward.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of giving a lecture on injury prevention and early detection to the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association. Until now though, I couldn't post about it because I didn't have any nice pictures to share.

Maybe we are biased, but we thought this was a good writeup.

Here's an interesting blog you want to read!
Dermatologic Reasons for Lameness thanks to Guest Author, Dr. David Lane!
https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=600

From our family to yours… thank you once again for entrusting us with your pets’ care.

Probably more than just a few of us are going to want to read this:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.1025331/full?fbclid=IwAR1egA3vVfQgwUqhsEtaAlset-DlR0kIJOoBLjaGPT5TbCgp0yfMj_0ham8 #.Y0_k17eOrOs.facebook

Internet-based survey evaluating the impact of ground substrate on injury and performance in canine agility athletes Agility is a rapidly growing canine performance sport worldwide, yet the literature is sparse regarding the impact of ground substrate on performance and injury. Approximately 1/3 of dogs participating in agility trials will experience a performance-related injury. The impact of ground material has....