Sorrel Beth Canine Services

10/06/2026

Baslington had his first physio session with Rebeccah today at ⁠. He was such a good boy, learning the ropes and taking everything in his stride, and he’s been sent home with some homework.

His suspected luxating patellas have come back much milder from a veterinary perspective than the symptoms he presents with day to day, which is encouraging. Hopefully this means surgery isn’t on the cards. Instead, we’ll be focusing on strengthening all four limbs and his core through controlled movements and exercises to help improve his stability, mobility and overall comfort.

Unfortunately there’s nothing drastic we can do about his 10 and 2 feet, other than prevent worsening, strengthen his core and work on stability.

As always, we’re incredibly grateful to our wonderful vets and all the professionals who help keep our doggos in tip-top shape. Next up: hydro next week 🌊🐾

24/05/2026

The last few weeks with these beautiful puppas. How lucky I am to have had the most wonderful clients and doggos who have been such a beautiful support system. Little man will always be present with all his friends and groups. The entire business evolved to what it is now because of Cecil. I am the walker, trainer, guardian I am because of him and I love that he will live on through that. Forever my inspiration to be better.

24/05/2026

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22/05/2026

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08/05/2026

23/04/2026

**yellow collar** Some pictures to support what I was saying about him as a pup. Whilst I met him at 12 weeks old, some of these are pictures I obtained of him from before. He was from a local independent ‘rescue’ who rehome unwanted dogs from puppy farms/ certain communities. If I remember correctly mum was still in pup when rescued or had just had the pups. He is nearly half the size of his siblings from the off. He was the last one left…so many red flags I didn’t want to see at the time, because I just wanted to rescue him. His proportions are just not right and I remember the first few weeks us both saying, he just looks like a really sickly puppy. Nothing medical came from it but now I’m wondering if there is something systemic/ neurological / developmental that could explain the last year. One of the strangest and heartbreaking bits is the sudden rage. He doesn’t discriminate. It’s not just Basil. Me and Poppy have both been on the receiving end too, then when he snaps out of it, it’s like total amnesia, back to being sweet and responsive. This only occurs around sleep too. Again, so far, nothing glaringly obvious has been found medically.

23/04/2026

Some honest reflections in this crazy journey- l can’t escape the gut feeling that something isn’t quite right with this little fella.

I hoped it was hormones, adolescence, or just the dynamic between the boys. But the longer it’s gone on, the harder it’s been to ignore that this feels like something more.

Whilst both dogs have been continually assessed and nothing obvious has come back from a veterinary point of view, there’s just too many pieces that don’t quite fit.

He sleeps 20–22 hours a day.
He shakes violently in the mornings.
He always seems cold.
He can’t tolerate touch unless it’s completely on his terms, usually when he’s already heightened.
He’s not coping in the big wide world and is extremely noise sensitive.
Any change to routine completely overwhelms him.

He wasn’t always like this, as a pup despite a rocky start in life, he was happy go lucky and down for whatever. A lot of what we are seeing has only come out in the last year and slowly progressed as he has matured.

Most of all… he’s just lost his spark.

And when you know your dog inside out, those “little things” aren’t little at all. It only takes a day or two to realise something isn’t right.

He wasn’t your typical puppy either — over curved spine, big round belly, dome-shaped head, bulging eyes… all the things that made me want to scoop him up and give him the best chance.

Now it feels like one thing after another, and we’re left trying to piece together a puzzle that doesn’t quite make sense.

We’ve got further investigations lined up, alongside looking into physio and hydrotherapy, and hopefully we can start getting some answers.

He was once such a happy, carefree little bean. I just want to find a way to get him feeling like that again.

It really does make you question nature vs nurture sometimes. God knows who his dad was but he’s got a lot to answer for.

17/04/2026

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