Conditions explained
A clearer starting point for conversations about your dog’s diagnosis, comfort and daily life.
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Treatments & technology
Explore the assessment tools, spaces and approaches that may form part of an individual plan.
Explore this topicLiving with your dog
Thoughtful questions about home, routines, equipment and the things that matter to you both.
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Making room for your dog’s communication, preferences and emotional experience.
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Clear explanations. Useful questions.
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Understanding arthritis: start with everyday life
Bring the details of your dog’s day into the conversation about arthritis.
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IVDD and spinal disease: making space for questions
A starting point for understanding the next conversation with your veterinary team.
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Hip dysplasia: seeing the whole dog
Moving from a diagnosis to a conversation about the dog in front of us.
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Elbow dysplasia: what would you like to understand?
Useful questions for a conversation about movement, assessment and daily routines.
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Cruciate disease: understanding your dog’s pathway
Questions that help connect veterinary care, rehabilitation and home life.
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Neurological conditions: building a shared picture
Bringing your questions, observations and veterinary history together.
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Orthopaedic conditions: beyond the diagnosis
Why the assessment conversation includes routines, surroundings and priorities.
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Chronic pain: conversations about comfort
Finding words for the changes and questions you want to share with your team.
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Ageing and mobility: noticing your dog as they are now
A thoughtful check-in with the routines and activities that matter to an older dog.
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After surgery: joining up the next steps
Preparing questions about instructions, communication and rehabilitation reviews.
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Body condition: a practical, judgement-free conversation
Talking about food, routines and activity in the context of the whole dog.
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Living with long-term disability: what matters to your dog?
A conversation about individuality, practical support and everyday priorities.
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Huxley explains hydrotherapy
The questions that come before choosing a water-based setting.
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Huxley explains pool hydrotherapy
An introduction to the pool, with the individual dog at the centre.
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Huxley explains the underwater treadmill
What to ask about this assessment and rehabilitation environment.
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Huxley explains veterinary physiotherapy
Understanding the conversation between assessment, priorities and an individual plan.
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Huxley explains Class 3B and Class 4 laser therapy
Questions to ask when laser therapy is discussed as part of a wider plan.
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Huxley explains WINBACK BACK4 / TECAR
Making unfamiliar equipment names part of an understandable clinical conversation.
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Huxley explains stance analysis
Why the team may want to look at how your dog stands.
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Huxley explains gait analysis
What are we actually looking at when your dog walks?
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Huxley explains EKICO software and boots
Exploring the role of technology in movement assessment on land and in water.
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Huxley explains the land treadmill
Introducing another environment for a conversation about movement.
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Huxley explains land-based rehabilitation
Looking at the purpose behind rehabilitation equipment and activities.
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Huxley explains therapeutic exercise
How to have a useful conversation about the purpose and practicalities of home guidance.
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Huxley explains strength and conditioning
Starting with the dog, the activity and a meaningful goal.
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Flooring and stairs: a different view of home
Noticing the surfaces and routes your dog uses every day.
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Cars, harnesses and the journey to an appointment
Making practical handling and travel questions part of the conversation.
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Sleep and rest: talking about the quieter hours
Your dog’s resting routine is part of their everyday story.
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Walking and exercise: make the guidance specific
Questions that make an individual activity plan easier to understand.
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Sniffing, enrichment and how your dog learns
Starting a conversation about the experiences your dog enjoys.
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Mobility equipment, wheelchairs and home adaptations
A starting point for an individual conversation about support.
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Medication: keeping the conversation connected
Bringing current information and questions to the right team.
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Treats and food during rehabilitation
Sharing the routines, preferences and dietary instructions that matter.
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Preparing for an appointment: your questions belong here
A thoughtful introduction to arrival, communication and what to bring.
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Pain and behaviour: leave room for the whole story
Bringing physical and emotional questions into the same conversation.
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Body language: context before labels
Talking about what you see without reducing a dog to a single signal.
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Fear, anxiety and a more considered appointment
Making concerns about the rehabilitation environment part of preparation.
Read with HuxleyBehaviour & wellbeing · 3 min read
Choice, consent and cooperative care
Questions about participation, handling and your dog’s experience.
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Making room for a break
How to discuss a pause when something in an appointment feels different.
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