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"After being a huge fan of all your equine products (Contender II Saddle Pad, Mesh sheet, and Leg wraps) for my FEI dressage mare over several years, I was excited to try the Mesh dog blanket on my Aussie who frequently competes in Flyball. During a recent tournament, she actually ran on two teams, and I found the Mesh blanket to be a big help in keeping her muscles warm and flexible in between races. The Mesh blanket fits her well and the zippered tail opening and leg straps keep it in place perfectly. I love how adjustable the blanket is everywhere.
Thanks for another great Back on Track product!!"
Shari Glickman and Abbey
GoodNess Ridge Farm
www.goodnessridge.com
"I have been recommending the Back on Track products to my clients for years now. I am very impressed with the results. Dogs feel better, recover from injury quicker, and perform better. I love them for older dogs and dogs with back problems - they almost have the ability to restore the hurting dog to the energetic, non-painful dog!  All six of my dogs wear the blankets - ranging from the 14 year old arthritic Labrador Retriever to the competing 3 year old Portuguese Water Dog. Performance dogs benefit from a quicker recovery time and improved performance - I consider the blanket a must for any performing dog. They are also appropriate for any dog with a problem or history of an injury, or the dog and owner that is wanting to prevent one. I think it is a MUST have product!"
Dr. Debbie Gross Saunders
Wizard of Paws Physical Rehabilitation for Animals, LLC
World Renowned Canine Rehabiltation and Conditioning Expert
www.wizardofpaws.net
“Agility is a physically demanding canine sport and knowledge is growing each day as to how we should take care of our dogs in the best possible way. I am responsible for my dogs’ wellbeing so that they have the best chance of performing as well as possible in competition. If I am thorough in the way I look after my dogs’ physique then we can avoid injuries for a large part. A huge part of avoiding injury is making sure that my dogs are well warmed up prior to workouts and contests – and this is where Back on Track’s products have been outstanding! Agility is all about high velocity and quick, twisty movements which place great strain on both joints and muscles. A warmed up, flexible muscle has significantly better prerequisites under such conditions than a cold and stiff muscle.

I have used other rugs on my dogs for several years, but it was when I started using the Back on Track dog rugs that I noticed the difference. My older dog Lotus has a hip joint problem. He is very sensitive to the cold and becomes stiff easily so Back on Track has been a great help. For example, I have compared various different dog rugs when he has been lying in the car. After using the Back on Track dog rug there is no stiffness whatsoever when he gets out of the car. Other rugs haven’t worked as well as Back on Track to retain heat and prevent stiff hips. I have also noticed an appreciable difference when I compete during the winter months and use Back on Track
compared to the usual dog rugs available. Stiffness that may appear after a rest period completely disappears after diligent use of Back on Track.

But it isn’t just injuries that need to be prevented. Of course I want my dogs to excel as much as possible in each race so that we come tops in contests. In agility every millisecond is all-important and that is why I want my dogs to be in top form so that we play our cards right.

Jenny Damm, Gold medal winner,
Agility World Championships and
National Championships, Crufts-winner
agility and Winner of the Year´s Agility
Dog as well active national and
international agility instructor.
 

In August 2007 myBorder Collie Luna aged 5 yrs (Lunarlite My Fire) damaged her shoulder whilst competing in an agility competition. Luna jumped a jump and caught the wing, as the next obstacle required a pull through and the wing landed on her shoulder. Luna continued to work and finish the round but once we left the ring it became apparent that she had injured herself.

I did the usual, total rest for a 2-week period and she didn’t improve, I was worried that she could have a broken bone so Luna was x rayed and everything looked normal. Luna was then put on anti-inflammatory pain relief. She wasn’t lame anymore but the problem returned with exercise. We tried several types of pain relief. In November I decided to take her off the anti-inflammatory pain relief, as the situation wasn’t improving I tried other natural remedies and increased her exercise gradually with lead walks. This helped but there was still slight lameness and she couldn’t go running off lead with the other dogs.

After reading about the Back on Track pain relief garments, I gave Luna a gradual three-day build-up wearing a Back on Track dog rug, after which she was ready to sleep in it overnight. The results were amazing. After one month’s use, Luna’s slight lameness had gone, and she was now enjoying off-lead walks and running with the other dogs … something I never thought she would do again. Luna’s agility training has resumed, and I am building her up gradually. At the moment, she is only jumping small heights but I am hopeful of competing with her again in the future.

I was so impressed with Luna’s recovery I decided to try Back on Track myself, as I sometimes suffer from knee pain after and during weekend agility shows. The joint feels twisted after wearing football boots whilst running the dogs, so I thought I would try the Back on Track horse back pad (which I use as a mattress for Luna), and slept with it wrapped around my knees. Again it was amazing, as the pain had gone after only one night’s wear.

After experiencing the benefits for myself, I now understand why Luna is happy to wear her rug and why she has improved so much, so quickly.

The Back on Track dog rug has given
Luna her life back.

These products are brilliant, and the results that myself and my dog have experienced have been incredible.

Louise Raine
UK Agility Trainer and
Instructor. Owner and trainer of Agility
Champion Borderstorm No Regrets.
 
“Because of my work as a specialist in canine rehabilitation at the regional hospital in Strömsholm, Sweden, I meet and help dogs with joint-muscular problems on a daily basis. These are either injuries or chronic diseases of the skeletal system, joints, muscles and nervous system.

In almost all the cases that I treat, regardless whether due to injury or disease, the dogs move in a faulty way due to weakness, pain or dysfunction. By nature, dogs are very good at compensating for, or hiding any weakness from their surroundings. They do this by shifting more stress onto other healthy body parts when in pain. This helps the dogs deal with the pain in the short-term, but has devastating consequences in the long-term. This can lead towards serious strain injuries in the joints, joint capsules, ligaments and muscles. In addition, the dog’s balance and coordination capacity is put out of play, and the dog runs a greater risk of injury in connection with called-for training, competition, exercise and play.

Dogs that present physical changes because they have been affected by a joint or muscular related inflammation often turn out to be motion intolerant, and often suffer stiffness after a period of rest. Or they limp during prolonged exercise sessions.

When a dog suffers an inflammation then the affected body part is actually stressed less, whilst at the same time its range of movement is impeded. This situation soon leads towards a lack of nourishment for both joints and muscles around the affected joint. Thus the already weakened joint becomes further destabilized and worn down, whilst important muscular protection weakens at the same time. This is why it is important to treat these dogs with veterinarian measures, and also through physiotherapy and strength training.

A big part of the physiotherapy staff’s work is achieved through correctly planned training sessions and pain reducing treatment, to stabilize and rebuild optimal functionality for the dogs’ range of movement in order to achieve long term and lasting results.

With the help of Back on Track products and in my direct cooperation to create the ideal products for rehabilitation, I have an increased range of treatment options in my work today: stabilizing and heat insulating leg and joint wraps that contra indicate and reduce pain, joint stiffness and instability. Thus inflammations and the healing process is much better controlled than before and dogs literally get back on track faster with the help of these excellent products.

Back on Track’s special dog rug is made to insulate and retain the body’s own heat, thus providing both joints and musculature with the maximum preconditions to achieve energy-saving sustainability and range of movement. I recommend that all dogs with back pain or stiffness anywhere else in the body should use one of Back on Track’s dog rugs. “That may really make all the difference”.

Of course Back on Track’s dog rugs are also suitable for the healthy dog as they create “heat according to desire”. The dog rug may be used both when warming up and during cool-down when training or competing, as well as for everyday exercise and as a protection during transportation, for instance in a cold car.

On behalf of all the dogs I have helped with your products, I would like to thank Back on Track for these great products which are also of such high quality. Of course I am mainly a specialist and innovator within the field of canine rehabilitation.

A sure sign that proves how capable dogs are of hiding pain from their surroundings is that around 20% of all dogs in Sweden are sooner or later affected by the joint illness Arthritis. This is a pretty high figure considering that there are around 800-900 000 dogs in Sweden. My advice to all dog owners would be that “prevention is better than cure”, it really is worth it in the long run.

Stefan Rosén, Cert AMVA Pt (University
USA), Cert. Dog masseur, Cert. Physiotherapist
Small Animals, Specialist
competency in rehabilitating canines,
Veterinary Therapist, educated at
Muskö Navy Yard. www.redog.se
 
”I am very pleased with Back on Track’s greyhound dog rug.” “We have used Back on Track’s greyhound dog rug for a while, mainly for our male dog.

I was surprised to discover that one may also use the rug indoors for dogs with a summer fleece. The dogs don’t get so wheezy and warm and they sleep like logs!

The dog rug has an excellent fit and is without a doubt the best dog rug we have had for our dogs. I have used the blanket during rehabilitation periods, for recovery and during transportation as a protection against drafts. They make the dogs relaxed and warm.

Since we started using the rug one dog’s performance remained unchanged, whilst the other dog started yielding much better results.

One dog used to have a stiff back during the whole competition season, but now that dog is doing significantly better – even our canine physiotherapist says so. That dog has now beaten the racing record for over 680 m on Hyvinge track in September 2007. The record before that hadn’t been changed for several years.

I am very pleased with Back on Track’s greyhound dog rug. I plan to buy several and recommend them to others too. I hope that others will also benefit from them as me and my dogs have.”

Minna Turunen, owner of dogs
Jaguarseejunior and Arrival.
Jaguarseejunior made 13 starts of
which 12 were victories in 2007,
Finnish Master 2007.
 
“It started with our dog Culo, who was diagnosed with a chronic back inflammation. We were recommended a Back on Track dog rug and established that it definitely helped Culo´s bad back. The fact is, he got almost a little too well. So well, that he didn’t take it as easy as he should have, and actually got worse because of that. So we put the rug away and it was more or less forgotten.

Last spring my Border Collie Billy stopped working on the obedience contests. The situation felt very stressful because we had just qualified for the Swedish Championships – our first national championships. We saw a veterinarian who gave us a diagnosis of spondylosis/L7-S1. This is a fault in the back that can cause pain during workouts. The start of the championships seemed to just fly away, right under my nose.

Billy got massage, arnica cream, double doses of glucosamine and BioSynov/turmeric. We went on long walks and the Back on Track rug went back on, and Billy just got better and better. The rug was on practically day and night.

The championships came along and it was cold, rainy and windy. Exactly the type of weather one does not want if you have a dog with a bad back! However, the rug stayed on all the time until we went into the ring to qualify. The result was 13th place and a spot in the finals! Achieving this just felt incredible. What a feeling, just one month after we thought we wouldn’t be able to compete at all, and then to finish the first national championships heat with a result like Sweden´s 13th best obedience dog!

Now Billy may always have his rug on at least a half hour before work. Sometimes he gets a bit sensitive in his back and then he is allowed to sleep with it on. Then he is so warm and good and his muscles are pain free the day after. It is no doubt that Back on Track gave us a second chance!”

Kitty Pedersen, works full-time
with dogs. Competes in obedience,
freestyle and herding.
 
“Back on Track products – only one word really sums it up: unique. Our sheep dogs work under very tough working conditions and therefore need the best preconditions to keep fit. We use the Back on Track dog rug during warming up and as a precaution but also with those dogs that are a little stiff after a hard workout. Our best bitch Min was unlucky enough to injure her knee last autumn, resulting in an operation on the collateral and meniscii ligaments. Min’s future didn’t look particularly bright, but we have done everything we can to get her back into shape. Besides using the dog rug, we have allowed her to lie on a Back on Track blanket in order to increase circulation and aid healing in the knee she was operated on. Now Min is back on form with complete muscular strength, and she is more sprightly than ever. The dogs use the rugs as soon as they lie down and wait for their turn to work out, and even during walks or when they are lying still in the car and waiting.

All our dogs use Back on Track dog rugs now. Why wait until the damage is done when you can take precautions to avoid them in the first place? A warm and warmed-up dog has a much better chance of giving a top performance. We put our dogs under such pressure to perform, so they should also have the right to expect a lot from us. They feel good in their dog rugs and when the Back on Track “blanket” is lying out then all the dogs want to snuggle up on it.

We even use the leg wrap now and then. As a race, Border Collies make fast accelerations and side movements, and it isn’t completely unusual for them to sprain or overstretch themselves. The leg wrap definitely aids a faster healing process so we can refrain from stuffing the dogs with antiinflammatory medicines.

I myself have continuous pain in the back of my neck, due to an injury. So Back on Track’s products for people were a natural choice for me. I use the neck protector and pillow every day and have felt a significant improvement.

We know it sounds too good to be true, but the only way to really find out is to try out the products, which is what we did. Both we and our dogs are now Back on Track “addicts”. It simply was an obvious choice for us to provide both our dogs and ourselves with the best possible conditions.”

Cima Cohen. Border Collie breeder
with the kennel name of Kelliegården.
Trains and competes with dogs full time.
 

”The best thing about the dog rug is that it really does cover the hips and backside.”

“I have a working dog race, Flatcoated retriever, an English setter. I have always used the dog rug on my dogs as a precautionary measure. I believe that if you look after the muscular-skeletal system and minimize wear and tear, then maybe you can protect your dogs from unnecessary suffering as they age, with stiff joints and painful muscles as a consequence.

Now that I have had the chance to try these Back on Track rugs, it is no understatement to say that I am very surprised at how effective they are. My bitch Troja, who has one hind leg that is a little stiffer and straighter, has now started to stretch it out as much as the other leg. Now you really cannot see the difference anymore. All this after just a few weeks of use. It wasn’t so apparent earlier, but it did bother me.

The best thing about the dog rug is that it really does cover the hips and backside. They are compact and convenient to bring on training sessions and to competitions. The fit is good and is easy to adjust. Another extra are the large reflectors on the sides.

I have just started to try out the leg wraps and wow, what can I say: excellent fit! Even if the dogs are running around or working hard they stay in place where I put them. I wish I had had one such when my dog scraped his spurs on a sharp object once. Instead I had to bandage it up as well as possible, and it didn’t hold for very long.”
 

“My dog PimPim has been stiff and limping in one foreleg for some time now, with no obvious cause. I preferred not to give him pain killers and was looking for other alternatives. This is when I came upon the leg wrap from Back on Track.

Already on its second day of use I felt that PimPim seemed to be less stiff, and after a week there was no stiffness left whatsoever. Since then he hasn’t been limping either.

In the beginning I was rather skeptical that the leg wrap could remain in place during agility-training or during wild play with other dogs. But after having tested it all I can say is SUPER!

I am very happy with what Back on Track have done for us in a very short space of time and have no idea how we would manage without the leg wrap.

My mixed breed dog, Obelix, acquired Lyme disease and Ehrlichiosis when he was young. This has impaired his circulation so he gets stiffness and pain in his body, which makes it difficult to practice his agility and freestyle training.

I had tested various dog rugs without actually achieving the desired effect. But when I tried Back on Track’s dog rug I noticed a significant difference at once! Obelix was already much more flexible during the warm-up and we were able to do harder exercises much quicker than we had before. This saves energy for both Obelix and me. So all I can say about the dog rugs is that they are tremendous!

Malena Knutsson, competition leader
and instructor in agility. Competes in
agility, freestyle and obedience.
 
Dear folks at Back on Track,
 
I recently ordered a couple of things from your company, and I have to admit that I’m a true believer.
 
I have a young Shetland Sheepdog (Emma), who does agility, that suffered a shoulder injury when she was a puppy. She has been struggling with pain on and off for a few years, and has steadily been getting worse. I’ve been to two different vets, and nobody can recommend anything for her other than oral pain meds, which I’m against using because I believe that they simply mask the pain and do not go to the source of the problem.  I’ve been getting steadily more and more desperate to help her as she is slowly deteriorating, so when I read about the dogs on your website, I thought, well, it can’t hurt.  I also have a young Trakehner gelding  (Oliver) who is just beginning his eventing career. He, too, suffered an injury to his pelvic region, resulting in a lot of scar tissue and limited range of motion. On a whim, I ordered a saddle pad for him as well.
 
So, I got my Back on Track dog blanket (for Emma) and my saddle pad yesterday. I put the dog blanket on Emma for the four hours recommended for the first 2-3 days, and after that four hours was up, Emma was pretty sore. However, the literature says to expect that at first because you are creating heat in an area that might be already inflamed, so something is obviously happening. This morning, Emma had much more freedom in her shoulder and appeared to be more comfortable getting up from a lying down position, which is a huge improvement already. Since I used to be so gullible and willing to try and buy anything that remotely promised me results, I have gone the exact opposite way and now I’m extremely skeptical about anything that promises “miracle results”, but I was getting desperate.  Well, after seeing the results on Emma, I was really looking forward to trying the saddle pad on Oliver. I put it on him early and let it warm up his back before I saddled him and then walked down to the arena. Immediately, I noticed a difference in his walk – it was much swingier and freer. When I picked up the trot, he was more willing to come up and out into the bridle, and there was much more action behind. In fact, he was willing to stretch in better balance, his canter felt more supple…in short, there was a noticeable difference. However, that all could be chalked up to the bodywork that he had recently received.  We hacked around the property and when he reached around to his side to bite at a fly, I noticed something VERY different. He had FOAM coming out of his mouth – white, frothy foam. There was so much of it that it actually speckled  his chest and painted a little on the reins. So, I asked him to come around to the other side to see if the foam was the same on the other side, and what do you know – foam on that side, too, even possibly a little more. I have never, EVER gotten him to relax his jaw/neck enough to create that kind of foam, ever. And it wasn’t a result of nervous mouthing the bit – if anything, his mouth is a little TOO dry. Same bit, same bridle, same saddle – everything the same as last night with the exception of the Back on Track saddle pad. I think that it loosened his back up enough for him to truly come through and soften his poll and put pressure on those salivary glands that cause the foam.
 
Count me in as once your biggest skeptic; now your biggest fan and believer. Thank you, Back on Track. I will definitely be ordering more products from you in the future (No-Bow wraps, a spare white dressage show pad, and the back pad, plus some socks for my husband). My husband is excited about the possibilities for cycling clothing (he’s hoping you have a sleeveless, tight fitting T).
 
Sincerely yours,
 
Kim O’Callaghan
PS – Please feel free to use any part of this email as a testimonial on your website.
Ride Irish!
Irish Cycles and Endurance Sports, LLC
www.irishcycles.com
Fayetteville, NC, 28307
info@irishcycles.com
 
Hello,
I bought the Back on Track hock boots for my horse last year. He had been having some pain, and wasn't able to perform at his best. After only a few days of wearing the Back on Track hock boots he was moving even better than he had before! My horse never usually lets anything stay on his legs for very long, but he loves the hock boots and has never pulled them off; they must feel great. I use the hock boots on a regular basis and haven't had any problems with his hocks or movement since I bought them. I can't wait to get more Back on Track products for my horse, me, and my dog!

Thank you,
Emily D.

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