FUELED

In this episode of Fueled Dr. Spoo talks with Dr. Kristin Kirkby Shaw of the Canine Arthritis Resources and Education or CARE website (https://caninearthritis.org/). Dr. Kirkby Shaw is a small animal surgeon and rehabilitation specialist whose career has focused on bridging the gap between these two disciplines. Kristin received her DVM from the University of Florida (UF) in 2003, followed by a rotating internship at Veterinary Specialists of Northern Colorado, and a small animal surgery residency at the University of Florida. She completed both her MS and Ph.D. at UF.

She is past-president of the American Association of Rehabilitation Veterinarians and worked as an instructor for the Canine Rehabilitation Institute for many years. In 2018, she was the recipient of the John J. Sherman Award for Excellence in Veterinary Rehabilitation. Dr. Kirkby Shaw founded CARE in 2018 to provide valuable tools and resources for her clients and veterinary colleagues, as well as those caring for dogs with arthritis around the world.

In this episode we discuss her passion for canine arthritis---from what arthritis truly is, how arthritis differs in people and dogs, how to prevent it and what options exist to treat it beyond non-steroidal anti-inflammatories. I learned a lot in this discussion and will be making some tweaks to my own treatment plans. And while I hope you never have to treat a dog with arthritis, the odds are against you if you own dogs over the course of a lifetime, should your hunting partner be one of the unfortunate I hope this episode helps keep them out in the field.

Some of links discussed in the podcast:

• Article on PennHipp: https://caninearthritis.org/article/canine-hip-dysplasia-chd-benefits-of-pennhip/
• About CARE: https://youtu.be/SKcKRWIC-y0
• The concerns with canine obesity: https://caninearthritis.org/article/pet-obesity-5-serious-risks/

In this episode we sit down with Dr. Jan Van Dyke, a pioneer in the field of canine rehabilitation and sports medicine. Dr. Van Dyke initially started her veterinary career as a board certified surgeon. During the course of her career she saw many patients that would benefit from physical rehabilitation and in 2002 founded the Canine Rehabilitation Institute (http://www.caninerehabinstitute.com/index.html ).

In this episode Drs. Spoo and Van Dyke discuss canine rehabilitation, what it is, what training looks like. The differentiation of a rehab certified vet and board-certified as well as resources for finding a vet with advanced rehab training.

On this episode of Fueled we sit back down with one of my favorite guests, Russ Kelley, the Scientific Services Nutritionist for Royal Canin and Eukanuba. Russ has been a part of the Eukanuba brand going back to 1997 when he joined the team where he was part of important advancements in nutrition related to maternal and puppy nutrition. In this episode we discuss the launch of the new Eukanuba formulas.

Dr Spoo and Russ Kelley talk about how these formulas are the culmination of decades of research into canine performance nutrition. These new formulas will rewrite the book on nutrition as we move away from thinking of performance formulas simply as 30/20 formulas and more so designed to meet the needs of the performance work you are doing with your dog.

The first episode of fueled with Russ was Episode #3 (https://www.eukanubasportingdog.com/podcast-episode-russ-kelley.html) and is a great one covering a lot of information about overall performance dog nutrition.

This episode of Fueled is part 2 of a 2 part discussion on cruciate ligament disease with Dr. Sarah Shull.

Dr. Shull is an Assistant Professor in Small Animal Clinical Sciences and the Head of the Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Service at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Her special interests include field dogs and sporting breeds. She trains and competes in field trials and hunt tests with her own Curly-Coated Retrievers and has added some labs to the mix more recently. In addition to competing she occasionally breeds curly-coated retriever litters and is an AKC Field Trial Judge.

The idea for these two episodes came from a four-part series of article that Dr. Shull recently wrote for The Retriever News (https://www.theretrievernews.com/cruciate-disease-articles.html ) The series is one of the most complete sets of information on the subject currently available.

In this episode Drs. Spoo and Shull discuss what surgery looks like, the different options for addressing this condition surgically, rehab post-surgery and non-surgical management.

On this episode Dr. Spoo interviews Dr. Sarah Shull, an assistant professor in small animal clinical sciences and the head of the Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Service at Michigan State University. During part 1 of this discussion we discuss the basics of Cruciate Ligament Disease, what it is, what causes it, and generally everything you need to know about the disease.

In this Episode of Fueled we talk with Dr. Rick Wall (http://www.animalclinicsofthewoodlands.com/dr-rick-wall.html). Dr. Wall is a sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist who owns practices in the Woodlands area of Houston, Texas. Dr. Wall and his lab Caleb duck hunt the famed Katy Prairie of Texas as well as the Texas Gulf Coast. He is the immediate past-president of the Texas VMA and in innovator in the area of myofascial pain and pain relief in our canine patients.

We take a deep dive into compensatory muscle pain in the canine patient. So often we think of these dogs as bones and joints, and while bone and joint injuries are important they can lead to many compensatory muscle issues. Muscle pain and dysfunction are very under recognized issues with our canine athletes and one that too often goes undiagnosed and untreated.

We talk about identifying the issues and treatment options. If you have a dog that is having difficulty recovering from a surgery, looking to optimize performance after a surgery or have a dog with aches and pains and drugs just don't seem to cut it this episode is for you.

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brenda Kennedy of Canine Companions for Independence. CCI is one of the oldest, largest and most cutting edge leaders in the assistance dog world and in this episode we get a peak behind the scenes at the dogs of this great organization and the how these dogs get from whelping to work. We cover a lot of ground in this interview. Dr.Kennedy details their breeding program, puppy raising and job selection process. She gives her take on the controversial topic of timing for spays and neuters and the impact of that decision in an organization that deals with a large number of working large breed dogs. We finish by discussing some of the mind-blowing research they are a part of as the organization works to make their amazing dogs even better through science and a better understanding of these dogs.

Dr. Matt Eberts, a leading expert in tick-borne diseases, joins Dr. Spoo on this episode of Fueled. Dr. Eberts was personally affected by a tick-borne illness early in his career, this sparked an in-depth interest in expanding our knowledge of these diseases in dogs. In addition to the diseases themselves they tackle prevention and what you need to know, whether you live in tick country, or only travel there occasionally to hunt.