Brook Barn Canine Rehabilitation

We can not thank or reccomend Hannah and her team enough. Our Rottweiler Bella tore both her cruciate ligaments and had to undergo TPLO surgery on each rear leg 6 months apart. One thing to note about Bella is that she is extremely reactive. Especially with strangers and dogs. We explained this to Hannah over the phone and arranged a few meetings just to allow Bella the time to get know Hannah, and understand she wasn't a threat. Bella then started her hydrotheraphy and through Hannahs relaxed and experienced way of working Bella soon began to relax more in her company and on the treadmill. Hannah understood that Bella was touch sensitive and simply took her time to gain Bellas trust, whilst being aware of what Bella was and was not comfortable with. Thankfully Hannah was ultimately able to touch Bella and feel her legs properly whilst she was in the water. This meant Hannah was able to notice that things weren't quite right with Bellas second operation site. After numerous months of Hannah advising it felt infected, a week of antibiotics for Hannah to notice a week after Bellas courses ended that again it felt swollen, Hannah eventually wrote to our vet speculating she felt that possibly Bella was rejecting the plate in her leg. The vet agreed and we decided to remove the plate. I'm happy to say following the removal operation Bella is doing really well. Hannahs said the leg has never felt better and hopes that with just a few months of hydro to build her muscles back up she will be back to normal. We can't thank Hannah enough for having the patience to work with Bella. Had it not of been for Hannahs ability to get close to Bella to investigate her scars we may not have realised something wasn't right until it was too late. Bella now enjoys her visits with Hannah, or as she will forever be known to our family "Pate Lady". Thank you Hannah for all your help and support.