25/11/2025
Everyone Meet Howie 👋🏻
As many of you might already know Howie is my dog (Hydro Gemma)
He master of my household and this is his rehabilitation story.......
Howie is a 6 year old cross breed terrier. He was sadly abandoned and brought into the vets at only 8 weeks old with 2 broken legs 😪
I was working as a vet nurse at the time and he stole my heart!
He had a fracture through the femur in his left leg which was repaired straight away with a pin and wire and a small hairline fracture through his right hip, which eventually resulted in a femoral head and neck excision when he was 8 months old, after we realised that sadly his hip joint wasn’t growing correctly. Although both surgeries were successful, Howie had significant muscle wastage, one leg slightly shorter than the other and was reduced to very minimal exercise. He was in constant pain and it broke my heart everyday not knowing how to help him.
Howie is the reason I became a hydrotherapist!!!
After being referred 5 years ago 😲 to my now wonderful boss here at JCB Animal Physio and being blown away by how amazing he was recovering with the physio and hydrotherapy treatment, it peaked my interest and I couldn’t wait to learn more.
Howie has regular treatment now and although I wouldn’t say it’s his favourite thing to do, it’s definitely not his worst 😂
His muscles became stronger and eventually evened out even with a slightly shorter leg.
He lives life to the fullest, mainly running circles around me, he pushes me to my limits but he’s taught me so much. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for him 🐾🧡
