{"id":494,"date":"2023-01-25T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/?p=494"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:01:06","slug":"paralysed-dachshund-quickly-back-on-all-paws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/paralysed-dachshund-quickly-back-on-all-paws\/","title":{"rendered":"PARALYSED DACHSHUND QUICKLY BACK ON ALL PAWS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A paralysed dachshund has regained the ability to walk again thanks to surgery carried out by our talented team here at Kentdale.<\/p>\n<p>Eight-year-old Jay required intricate spinal surgery after suffering a slipped disc that was causing substantial spinal cord compression.<\/p>\n<p>Such was the success of the neurological surgery to reduce the nerve pressure and repair the slipped disc and area around it, that it was only a matter of days before Jay was up and about.<\/p>\n<p>Jay\u2019s relieved owner Steph Whyte, who lives near Workington, said: \u201cWhen Jay became paralysed my world was turned upside down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t understand how Jay could go from being completely fit and athletic to being paralysed from the shoulders down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rushed him to an emergency Vet who was very knowledgeable and referred Jay to Kentdale, where he was operated on straight away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruly, I can say the team at Kentdale saved Jay\u2019s life, for which I could not be more grateful \u2013 little Jay is my whole world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is now completely back to normal and running around with his big happy smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/about-us\/meet-the-team\/jan-beranek\">Jan Beranek<\/a>, EBVS European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery here at Kentdale, said: \u201cJay\u2019s surgery was a complex and lengthy procedure that was not without risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, it was a complete success, and Jay was allowed home after a couple of days with a physio care plan created specifically for him by our in-house physiotherapy experts. We\u2019re delighted to see Jay make a speedy recovery and get back on his paws so soon after surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-496 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-4-Jay-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Jay on a beach\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-4-Jay-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-4-Jay-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-4-Jay-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-4-Jay-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-4-Jay-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-498 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-2-Jay-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Jay post-surgery\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-2-Jay-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-2-Jay-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-2-Jay-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-2-Jay-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-2-Jay-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paralysed dachshund Jay is back on his feet after our team carried out intricate surgery to correct a slipped disc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A paralysed dachshund has regained the ability to walk again thanks to surgery carried out by our talented team here at Kentdale. Eight-year-old Jay required intricate spinal surgery after suffering a slipped disc that was causing substantial spinal cord compression. Such was the success of the neurological surgery to reduce the nerve pressure and repair&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/paralysed-dachshund-quickly-back-on-all-paws\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}