Other than the obvious signs of a dog having had an intravenous treatment, like a shaved forelimb and a small puncture mark, I hadn’t really considered any other “side effects” such as the impact on a dog’s muscle tone and movement.

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We are regularly bombarded with media exclamations about the “obesity crisis”. Regardless of all the hyperbole, we know that being overweight for us and our dogs decreases quality of life and our life expectancy.

Being overweight also has a direct correlation to the occurrence of joint disease, particularly osteoarthritis. It is not clearly understood which comes first – being overweight and joint disease or the other way around. Regardless, the link between weight and joint health has been identified at the biomechanical and biochemical level.

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For most of my clients, being on a table would be a frightening, negative and potentially painful experience – not something I want dogs to associate with me visiting them.

Here are some other reasons, I typically don’t use a table, even for small breed dogs.

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