Mason, Bongo & Lucky

Gary and Warin bring in their six-year old Shih Tzu, called Lucky. She’s been referred to Fitzpatrick’s with severe arthritis in her hip. She’s in so much pain that she is on a diet of painkillers and can barely walk

Bongo is Sara and Russell’s much loved family Labrador who acts like another brother to their sons, Milo and Marley. But despite only being two years old, Bongo has been affected by osteoarthritis on all four legs

Mason has a genetic disease called Osteochondritis Dissecans, where in some joints the cartilage doesn’t develop normally and the cartilage never turns into bone and eventually wears away leaving a hole. Noel has seen this before in German Shepherds, but when Mason’s results come through they are worse than Noel feared