Aquahounds!

When our four-legged friends can't get around on land as they used to  - due to injury, illness or perhaps putting on too much weight - have you ever considered water as an option?

Hydrotherapy - or water healing - has been around since ancient Egyptian times. It can can help animals (as well as humans) recover from things like arthritis, tendon and muscle injuries, nerve damage, and obesity.

Kiwi canine hydrotherapist Sarah Apperley trained in the UK and has set up one of the few animal hydrotherapy units in New Zealand - she calls it Aquahounds!

Dixon with Lynn Freeman and Sarah Apperley.

Dixon with owner Mark Stephens.

Dixon on the treadmill.

Dixon on the treadmill.

Dixon's board.

Zava with canine chiropractor Julie Walters.

Ziggy and Dixon with hydrotherapist Sarah Apperley.

Ziggy and Sarah Apperly in the exercise pool.

Zava the German Shepherd with canine chiropracor Julie Walters.

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