Choice Hydrotherapy

19/12/2025

A lovely stroll around Attingham before work got going this morning. Super annoying river levels still! 🚣🏻‍♀️

Just getting some odds and ends of admin tied up. (Hopefully for the year!) If anyone wants insurance claims processing or needs other admin now is the time to message as next week will see me clock off and hang up my admin hat for the rest of the year. I'll only be doing the actual treatments and enjoying my actual job. 😂

I'll be posting some updates and letting everyone know our Christmas hours later on. We're managing to simultaneously have quite a nice holiday and remain open for a fair number of appointments over the holidays. The joys of being a 3 therapist team this year. 😍

Happy Friday all!

04/12/2025

Getting sent these while stood in security has brightened our day! 😂

JB the shoe thief strikes once again! Haha.

Thanks Charlie ☺️ x

03/12/2025

Out of office 🥳

I'm actually having a proper break for the first time in a while. I'm going to go and watch Ryan run a half marathon in the sun with Georgie and Tommy. Emphasis on watch... Everyone wish him well, though we know he's Mr running man so he'll breeze it without a doubt. 🥳

While neither of us are here our fabulous Charlie is holding the fort! She'll have the work phone so if anyone needs to reschedule or is running late please drop a text or leave a voicemail as usual.

I've been in to do the cleaning and maintenance, stocked up the fridge to keep her going and I've put up the Christmas tree for some Christmas cheer. 🎄🥰

I'm just finishing up the last few odds and ends of admin and then anything else will be dealt with on Monday as I'm not expecting Charlie to do an entire centres worth of dogs and admin on her own. 😅

Video of Buddy enjoying his swim 😍 x

26/11/2025

A quick reminder that if you've got any Shoe boxes or other donations for Shropshire Canine you can drop them into hydro or grooming for her to collect in time for Christmas. 🎄🎁🥰

Any donations of food, toys, treats or anything else that the smaller rescues might appreciate is gratefully received.

Let's beat last year's pile guys hehe. We want Cheryl to have to make multiple trips again 🤭🤭🤭 X

I’ve been asked if it’s possible to post to me - of course you can, and some do! Just send me a message if that’s the easiest for you.

I can collect presents or our drop off points are:

📍 Priory Vets Much Wenlock
📍 Groom at No.1, Cressage
📍 Choice Grooming, Leegomery
📍 Groom for Improvement, SY1 3FA
📍 OsDogs grooming, Oswestry
📍 Zoe’s - St Georges - DM for addy

Please do send us any pics, we love seeing children get involved & writing letters to the doggies 🥹💕

18/11/2025

Do you know what you're asking your agility dog to do?

Just done a fab bit of Tuesday night CPD! Nic Jones of the kennel clubs agility liaison council talking to the CHA about Biomechanics of the Agility Dog.

A fab run through of the pressures a course can put on a dog! A really great question to top it all off from Nic.

After that I think I've got a better idea and a better ability to understand where our common injuries are coming from. This will help me to assist handlers in pin pointing injury causes as well as being quite handy at rehabing and providing injury prevention through conditioning.

A photo of the tiny hounds short lived agility career. Because she has a surprisingly uncoordinated human and was absolutely wasted on me!

I'm off to do some more reflection and decide how I'm using tonights learning to better our hydro work! Happy Tuesday!

07/11/2025

Having spoken to a few people today about fireworks and mentioned some helpful odds and ends, this image demonstrates how to tie the Ttouch half body wrap. It does the same thing as a thundershirt but you can use a scarf or a piece of bandage. Cheaper and probably closer to hand.

Worth mentioning we don't tie it too tight or you'll either have the opposite effect or it'll be way too effective! 👀😬

My biggest piece of advice? Don't pretend they aren't happening. If they need snuggles then crack on and snuggle them. You should be their number one safe place. Pretending it isn't happening must make them feel like they're losing their minds! Don't panic by any means but maintain a calm, reassuring, sense of normality when they lose track of their senses and need grounding.

Other management tips are ⤵️

🎆 Happy Hoodies - We use these for the hair dryers and they're fab for dampening noise. If your dog is used to having a weird sleeve on their head (when they're with us for example 👀) Then go for it. If they're not then they need careful introduction before any sustained wearing of them!

🎆 A safe space like a crate or a better insulated room (bathrooms with no windows are popular.) Pad it out with a comfy bed and if possible cover it over for extra sound insulation and feelings of safety. I don't recommend trapping them anywhere but making sure they have options and they're comfy where they choose to hide is fab.

🎆 Get all the exercise you can in before it gets scary or dark outside. They'll be anticipating it if it's dark so just not worth the association.

🎆 Enrichment puzzles, frozen treats, lick mats, safe chews, safely destroyable cardboard and snuffle games. All great distractions and lovely and calming. Make their tea last as long as you can! Keep them busy.

🎆 Classic FM - Pet Classics. Not everyone's bag but it can really work miracles! Close the blinds and get any kind of music playing to mute the noise from outside.

🎆 There are loads of supplements you can try including, pet remedy and skullcap and valerian. But remember if you really struggle you can always speak to your vets about getting medications to help when there are planned events you need support through! It won't hurt them and you'll all rest so much easier!

Good luck out there ❤️ x

07/11/2025

Fireworks.

Whilst we are blessed that Kahli doesn't seem to mind them. A lot of clients dogs get in such a state because of them.

I really dislike fireworks. Personally I've never been a fan of the noise. Add to this the disruption to clients treatment plans because of them and the fact they stop my businesses being able to function normally. They're really quite a nuisance.

They're never just "one night of the year" as many like to try to state.

So with this in mind. Our usual working hours are being mucked around. I can only apologise. We have to make sure patients feel safe not only in our building but also on the way too and from it. To do this we may have to reschedule appointments that fall too late in the day on Fridays and Saturdays for the next couple of weeks. We can't predict them and when they go off they are horrendous around the Hadley area.

I would also add that if your dog is terrified and has a rough evening of it then they may not do too well at hydro. And also if you have to sedate your dog they need to have the day off after to recover and shouldn't be coming swimming with any sedative still in their system. Let us know if you're concerned please. 🙏🏼 We won't be expecting much of them if they don't seem themselves and we will turn patients away if we're concerned about medication risks.

I'll post a video from a few years back later on to provide more context as to why my usually calm self is on here declaring my hate for something 😂

Thanks as usual! Bryony x

04/11/2025

I know I don't post much at the moment but I had a peruse through my photos and I have to tell everyone how cute Opie is 😍

I'm obsessed. He was in today. He lets me carry him around and thinks it's the best thing ever. Gets on with his hydro like a star and then does the goodest boys work and shouts at the post man on our behalf.

Thanks Opes. Appreciate you tiny friend 🥹🥰 x

27/10/2025

Human priority of the day - accounts

Canine priority of the day - eat grass

Good prioritisation all round I'd say 😂

11/10/2025

This is a great post. I often say it's important to understand that pain can mean discomfort.

It's maybe not as scary but it is more widespread than most realise.

We've all experienced discomfort and there's no way limping isn't a sign of that. If a dog is limping we need to be seeing a vet and getting actions in place to make sure they're comfy and safeguard their long term health.

We can be a part of that process with a vets referral but you definitely need them comfy before we attempt manual therapies or exercise like swimming. We can't solve it all on our own.

If your pet is limping, we can help! Speak to your vet about referring to MSK vets for a consultation to understand why your pet is lame.
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