With the hotter weather keeping more of us indoors and exercising less than usual this summer we are currently seeing more pets with cruciate ligament injury.
While debate rages, even among the experts, about whether early sterilization, poor diet, or other factors are the cause of cruciate injury,
a recent study by Washington State University into the likelihood of cruciate injury in Agility dogs concluded that dogs that performed core strengthening exercises as part of their training had a reduced risk of suffering from this type of injury.
We look at what to do in the early stages following injury or surgery in our latest blog here:
