Olly was involved in a road traffic accident when he was just 4 months old, resulting in a fracture to his left pubis which has left him with a slight limp on his left back leg and an inability to stretch out his back legs together. Now 10 months old, Olly was showing signs of neurotic behaviour which manifests itself in mounting visitors to the house, excessive barking at other dogs and persistent jumping up. Olly also had trouble in relaxing and staying focused enough to learn basic commands such as ‘Sit’. Nicola Davies, Olly’s owner decided to see if massage therapy would help.

“Olly is a very ‘bouncy’ dog to say the least”, says Nicola “he is always on the go. After his first session of massage therapy on the Friday, Olly was incredibly relaxed all throughout Saturday and Sunday to the point where he didn’t even pester to go out for his regular 2 hour walk! “
Nicola said, “I was really amazed by how Olly reacted to massage therapy. I didn’t think Natalie would be able to get him to settle down because of all that puppy energy, but sure enough he relaxed and allowed her to massage him, even letting her touch the areas that are sensitive to him like his back left leg. After the first session, unbelievably, Olly stopped mounting visitors to the house, he stopped jumping up and by the following Friday I had taught him Sit, Stay, Come and Lie Down!”
After 3 sessions Olly had stopped limping and is now stretching out both is back legs naturally.

“I was wary that Olly wouldn’t allow Natalie to touch him, but instinctively he seemed to know that she was there to help him. Being able to sit in (and be encouraged to do so) and watch the massage process was great; seeing how Natalie communicated with Olly and how he responded to her really was something quite amazing to watch. Seeing him trot naturally without limping and stretch out his back legs fully to make an ‘Olly Rug’ really is fantastic”