{"id":569,"date":"2023-08-23T14:20:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/?p=569"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:08:25","slug":"elsies-up-and-running-as-our-team-cures-lameness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/elsies-up-and-running-as-our-team-cures-lameness\/","title":{"rendered":"ELSIE\u2019S UP AND RUNNING AS OUR TEAM CURES LAMENESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A beloved labradoodle unable to walk after playing with a frisbee is back on all four paws following treatment here at Kentdale. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Eight-year-old Elsie was referred to us after she started limping, which very quickly progressed to her being unable to bear weight on her rear left leg while clearly being in pain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A detailed diagnosis discovered a left hind cruciate ligament rupture with torn meniscus, which are C-shaped pieces of cartilage that act like a cushion between the shinbone and your thighbones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This required an urgent operation to repair the damage and give Elsie the best chance of using that leg again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Grateful owner David Crowe from Kendal said: \u201cPlaying frisbee was the immediate cause of Elsie\u2019s lameness but we were told it is a degenerative condition and the ligament would already have been weakened. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cWe were worried but Kentdale Vet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/about-us\/meet-the-team\/joe-higgins\">Joe Higgins<\/a>, who led the operation, thoroughly explained the procedure and the rest of the team were very welcoming and attentive to Elsie from reception through to physiotherapy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Elsie\u2019s operation involved a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO), while the meniscal tear was removed. Elsie\u2019s intensive care was completed with a 12-week course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/services\/veterinary-physiotherapy\">physiotherapy<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Toby Gemmill, Managing Director at Kentdale, said: \u201cElsie was presented to Kentdale with acute onset of non-weight-bearing lameness on her left hind after exercise. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">She required care from our surgery, nursing and physiotherapy teams and I\u2019m delighted to say it\u2019s been a very successful outcome. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Elsie has regained even muscle mass and continues to build up her walking distance. It was a real team effort to get Elsie back on her feet and we\u2019re delighted to see the progress she\u2019s making.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Elsie\u2019s owner David added: \u201cKentdale provided a very high standard of care throughout, coupled with a transparent enjoyment in their work. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Elsie now moves well and jumps on the sofa as before. You cannot tell that she\u2019s gone through the operation, although there\u2019ll be no more frisbees!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beloved labradoodle unable to walk after playing with a frisbee is back on all four paws following treatment here at Kentdale. Eight-year-old Elsie was referred to us after she started limping, which very quickly progressed to her being unable to bear weight on her rear left leg while clearly being in pain. A detailed&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/elsies-up-and-running-as-our-team-cures-lameness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","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\/569","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=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentdalevets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}