We know all about IVDD here at the Long Dog Hotel, sadly our rainbow pup Poppy suffered with it and both current Directors, Millie Moo and Dolly have suffered with it. This is the reason why we only accept quiet chilled pups at the hotel to allow IVDD warriors a chance to enjoy a holiday without fear of being jumped on. IVDD  stands for Intervertebral Disc Disease , a condition that affects the spine of animals, particularly dogs. It occurs when the intervertebral discs (the

Here at the hotel there are no steps for pups to go up and down so we can make sure all our boarding IVDD pups are safe. We dont have any steps inside the house, the upstairs is blocked off with a baby gate.

Hey furiends, Millie Moo here, Director of Long Dog Hotel….hoomum says I is a brave girl as I’ve been through 3 ivdd ops (neck&back) & one scare where I was on crate rest for 8 weeks-phew a lot for a 11 1/2 year old! I told hoomum to buy dis amazing ivdd book by Dr Marrianne Dorn for der hotel because we board ivdd pups so it’s totally fab and full of great advice. We totally understand how tough it is to go through ivdd so to all der pups currently suffering, lots of licks &

Furiends...the lovely Charlotte Baldwin at Dedicated to Dachshund with IVDD have me borrow a buggy on the long term. Check me out in my new wheels. Hoomum loves it cause she can go on a longer walk now without having to carry me. Woopie. So if we get any poorly sausages come to stay, they can ride with me in my wheels.

Furiends dis is me a few years agos in a buggy borrowed from der charity D2D with IVDD. it waz a god send so I could gets out for some outdoor therapy. I can bounce along nows but it tooks me 4 months to gets der. Us sausages are very resilient 🐶😊

Ohh Moo, such a horrible stressful time in our lives :( Our poor Director has had the unfortunate experience of having 2 IVDD operations both at Fitzpatrick Referrals in Godalming. Luckily she has recovered the best she can although she is still a bit woobly and stiff. She gets about and travels around in her little bag if she gets too tired and is a happy go lucky little sausage.