Dog & Cat Success Stories
Nellie-Jane - Arthritis in hips, knees, elbows, and right shoulder
Description: Arthritis in hips shoulder elbows and knees. Comments: Treatment made a huge difference for Nellie. It gave her back a lot of mobility a...
Brook - Bilateral cruciate ligaments/arthritis in knees
Description: Brook tore both ACLs. The second time in her other knee I signed up to get the stem cell therapy done post-surgery. Comments: My dog Bro...
Callie - Arthritis in hips and knees
Description: Our beautiful Flat-coated Retriever mix rescue dog was 14 years old and had spondylosis, arthritis, and hip dysplasia. She needed assista...
Cherry Pie - Arthritis in Right Knee
Description: Cherry Pie was hit by a car at 12 weeks of age, broke her right femur and near her right knee. Her knee never grew right and had gone thr...
Lucky - Puppy with Bilateral Elbow Dysplasia
Description: 6 month old male chocolate Labrador retriever puppy was experiencing increasing lameness, unable to get up off the floor, limping just to...
Artemis - Bilateral Hip Dysplasia and Arthritis
Description: Hip Dysplasia Comments: Artemis has done well post therapy. Her symptoms were not terrible as we caught things early but I can see impro...
Lucy - Cruciate Ligament with Surgery
Description: Our active 5 year old Golden Retriever started to limp on her left hind leg. After medication and many vet visits, we visited Dr Carlson....
Cooper - Bilateral Elbow Dysplasia with Arthritis
Description: Cooper had double elbow dysplasia since he was a puppy. We managed for years with various meds and supplements but back in May (he just t...
Biscuit - Bilateral Arthritis in Hips
Description: Chronic hip issues...degenerative arthritis Comments: Quite remarkable...Biscuit was struggling with both back legs, specifically her hi...
Jake - Arthritis in elbows and spine
Description: As a puppy (about a year old), Jake was diagnosed OCD in his left elbow and he had a surgery to correct it. The surgery was a success, bu...
Oliver - Bilateral elbow dysplasia
Description: At 10 months old, Oliver began limping. Both of his forelegs have angular limb deformity, with signs of arthritis already present. Oliver...
Walter - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Description: Walter Beaux is a working service dog with an active career interfacing with Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS. He travels the U.S.A. special...
Sadie - Cruciate Ligament
Description: Sadie had a torn ligament in her rear leg (knee). Comments: Sadie has fully recovered after her surgery and stem cell therapy. She is a h...
Kim - Partial Cruciate Ligament Tear
Description: I chose my German Shepherd, Kim, for my next agility dog as she was on the smaller side for a GSD. Unfortunately, 6 months into her train...
Sherlock - Elbow and Knee Arthritis, ACL Tears
Description: Sherlock is a nearly 100 pound Staffordshire terrier/rottweiler mix - big bones, lots of muscle and an even bigger heart! His favorite ac...
Gracie - Bilateral Hip Dysplasia and Osteoarthritis
Description: Gracie, our Golden Retriever, was only two when she suddenly could not stand up. It was heartbreaking to see our precious, rambunctious p...
Nikolai Augustus - Bilateral Elbow FCP and OA
Description: Niko our Labrador, had just turned two...and then he started limping with a kind of swagger that I knew was not normal. The primary vet c...
Reggie - Bilateral Hip Arthritis
Description: Reggie developed arthritis in his hips and his quality of life quickly began to deteriorate. He went from being a playing dog that would...
Casey - Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Description: At 3 months old he started having stomach problems. Around 5 months old Casey was not eating very much, losing weight, loose stools, diar...
Leo - Partial Cruciate Ligament Tear
Description: We were hiking in the mountains last summer and Leo, our 92 pound German Shepherd, jumped out of the SUB, yelped and held his leg up. 2 d...
Jax - Hip Dysplasia
Description: Jax as a puppy always seemed to be limping. At first we thought it was pano. As a side note Jax is a working EOD detection pup. Finally a...
Rowdy - OCD Right Hock
Description: My 5 year old chocolate lab got an injury to his right hock that did not heal right. He was limping and not able to play without swelling...
Nate - Partial Cruciate Ligament Tear and Mild Hip Arthritis
Description: Left leg partial CCL tear. In January 2020 Nate starting limping and toe touching on left hind leg after running off leash. An orthopedic...
Zoey Rose - Bilateral Hip Dysplasia/Osteoarthritis
My Zoey Rose was shown to already have hip dysplasia at 6 months old. I harvested her stem cells at 8/9 months old, and have had them stored and froze...
Molly - Osteoarthritis in Hocks, Elbow, and Spine
Our 12 1/2-year old chocolate Labrador retriever Molly has severe arthritis in both of her back hocks, and her left elbow. A vet described her left el...
Belle - Partial Cruciate Ligament Tear and Osteoarthritis
Belle was running and playing in the backyard and injured her right rear leg. After seeing her vet, she was diagnosed with a partial cruciate ligament...
Finn - Feline with Gingivostomatitis
Finn was diagnosed with stomatitis and Calicivirus at just 5 months old. We tried several medications and his condition persisted. We were willing to...
Yana - Iliopsoas tendon/muscle tear
Unbeknownst to me Yana tore her right Iliopsoas muscle while I was at work in 2018. After 6 weeks and 3 misdiagnoses, we found an Orthopedic specialis...
Bella - IVDD and Osteoarthritis
Description: IVDD and osteoarthritis. Bella has been on chronic pain management medications with little relief. Stopped jumping on and off furniture,...
Jackson - Partial Cruciate Tear and Osteoarthritis
Jackson had a rear leg amputation at age 4 months, just prior to our rescuing him from our local animal shelter. At about two and a half years old he...
Kirby - Osteoarthritis in Hips and Knees, Cruciate Ligament Injury
Kirby is a 7 year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi. We have been competing in Agility since he was 1 1/2 years old. About 4 years ago he started having interm...
Zo - Feline with Severe Arthritis in Both Elbows
Always a friendly and social cat, my thirteen-year-old tortoise shell “Zo” was now spending her days lying on my bed. Isolated, she rarely left the ro...
Babette - Osteoarthritis in hips and knees
Babette was nearly unable to go up a flight of stairs. When she tried, she would fall as her back legs gave out on her. This caused her to lose her ba...
Trinity - Feline with Kidney Disease
Description: kidney disease 2014- vomiting, not eating, lethargic, weakness, uninterested, hiding, high output urination, weight loss. Pancreatitis 20...
Tucker - Bilateral Hip and Elbow Dysplasia
Tucker was adopted from a breeder at 8 weeks of age in May of 2014. At 4 months, he began to have lameness and limping in his right hip and elbow. At...
Seve - Severe Osteoarthritis in Both Hips
Seve is our beautiful, almost 11 year old, white golden retriever. He is the love of our lives! In the last year or so, Seve was getting a little gi...
Harper - Bilateral Elbow Arthritis
After initial consult with vet for limping, Harper was put under to get x-rays of both her elbows. She was diagnosed with severe elbow dysplasia and r...
Bender - Feline Kidney Disease
My cat Bender ingested an unknown poison that very nearly killed him in September 2014. He subsequently spent 7 days on continual fluids and under 24...
Bailee - Intervertebral Disc Disease
Neck spine injury from jumping off a deck only about 4 ft high. Poor dog screamed in pain. He was given medication, which knocked him out for 10 hours...
Clyde - Feline with Arthritis
Clyde has arthritis and could not go up or down stairs. Coat unkempt, could not go up in the cat tree. Clyde is now able to run up and down the st...
Opus - Bilateral hip osteoarthritis
Opus had moderate arthritis and hip dysplasia, which started to manifest when he was 6. He'd been doing well on Adequan and the occasional Rimadyl, an...
Yoshio - Bilateral hock arthritis
9.5 year old Akita with bilateral hock dysplasia; unable to jump on bed, stand with hocks at the proper angle (he used them almost vertical at a 90 de...
Daisey - Bilateral hip arthritis
Daisey an English Cream Golden Retriever was starting to show signs of pain in her hips at the age of 6 years. She was limping after doing activities...
Bogey - Bilateral Cruciate Ligament Tears and Arthritis in Left Hip
Bogey is a 9-year old black lab and injured the ACLs in both of his back legs. He also has advanced arthritis in his left hip. He could barely walk an...
Ava - Partial Cruciate Ligament Tears & Arthritis in Both Knees
Ava is a 115lb female Newfoundland who at the age of 3 had a partial tear in one CCL, and then a year later a partial tear in her other CCL. She's a...
Gracie Allen - Arthritis in Both Knees
9 year old Shar-Pei with arthritis in rear knees. We first noticed a problem and immediately took her in on 11/14/17. We thought she had cruciated he...
Jack - Hip Dysplasia and Arthritis in Both Hips
Born with hip dysplasia Results... he is able to still walk!!!! Jack is a Great Pyrenees; which is a giant breed for dogs but mom's know best..i jus...
Stuart - Bilateral Elbow Arthritis
I have a beautiful blonde lab named Stu. His favorite thing in the world is to play ball. He can do it for hours. He loves playing ball so much tha...
Gabby - Partially Torn Cruciate Ligament and Arthritis
Gabby tore her left cruciate ligament and had surgery in August of 2016. During recovery of that surgery, she partially tore the right cruciate. In...
Makalia- Arthritis in both elbows
Our 8 year old golden retriever had arthroscopic surgery for right elbow dysplasia. We knew a second surgery would be necessary following an earlier...
Maverick- Hip Dysplasia and Arthritis in both hips
Maverick, an 8 year old golden retriever, was adopted from a local humane society in February 2017. He had major difficulty going up stairs and jumpin...
Ruger- Arthritis in both stifles (knees)
Ruger was not even 4 yrs old, when he started limping and holding up his right leg. The vet said hip dysplasia, arthritis in both rear knees. He pre...
Molly- Hip arthritis, torn cruciate ligament
Back legs and thigh was in bad shape problem walking and running. She was about 5 years old. She was a springer spaniel. After Dr. Glenn Behan perfor...
KC- Hips and Hock arthritis
KC was around 10 when he started limping and "rolling" on one of his back paws, he was hardly walking on it so we went to the vet and she said that it...
Baxter - severe arthritis in his hocks (ankles)
Baxter had severely arthritic hocks and he was only 1 year old. Luckily his veterinarian Dr. Joey Yazer suggested stem cell therapy. Baxter was in rea...
Harley - arthritis of carpi (wrists) and stifles (knees)
In 2009 at the age of five years old, Harley was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both carpi. Her pain was managed with medications every 8 hours, i...
Knuckles - old stifle (knee) injury
In August 2013, Knuckles had surgery to repair a torn cruciate ligament and to stabilize luxating patella. Unfortunately, just about eight weeks af...
Sheldon - bilateral elbow arthritis
As a young Bernese Mountain Dog puppy, Sheldon had a limp. An active pup who suddenly didn't want to go on walks, he started to get depressed. His lim...
Cooper- Veterinarian, Dr. Valerie Warmuth's Dog
Within the first 30 days after Cooper's stem cell therapy, we noticed a mild to moderate decrease in his hind limb lameness and an increase in his d...
Abby - quality of life for a hip dysplasia diagnosis
"I have been training bird dogs most of my life. Abby was the easiest dog that I have ever trained. She was competing and placing in field trials at...
Maka - issues with all fours
"Maka is going to be 14, and has had a lot of things wrong with him. His back leg was broken when he was 9 months old and he had elbow dysplasia surg...
Shiloh - bilateral osteoarthritis in hips
"We chose Vet-Stem for a variety of reasons but number one was Quality of Life for Shiloh. The procedure was less invasive, had less rehab requiremen...
Zeke - Lameness from an acute injury to cruciate ligament, followed by arthritis in the knee
"Just over two years ago, Zeke, our 125 pound Leonberger, became lame after a big backcountry ski with us. The diagnosis was most likely a partial CC...
Moose - Restricted walking and pain due to dysplasia and arthritic bone growth in both front legs
Description of injuries - Restricted walking and pain due to dysplasia and arthritic bone growth in both front legs, with a grim prognosis of the cond...
Derby - Severe osteoarthritis in hips, stifles, and elbows
"This picture is of Derby, 14 years and going strong, due to the wonderful treatment of Dr. May at Capitola Veterinary Hospital. His improvement from...
Barley - after both cruciates ruptured, and years on pain medication, Barley was facing possible surgery
"I want you to know that I fully believe stem cell therapy has significantly prolonged Barley's life and I am so glad I found out about your therapy w...
Ruby - arthritis in both hips
Ruby was in constant pain and discomfort from arthritis in her hips. She had to be carried up stairs and could not go on car rides; her second favori...
Dakota - arthritis from hip dysplasia
Dakota was diagnosed with hip dysplasia when he was 3 years old. We decided to try the stem cell procedure when he was four-and-a-half, as his qualit...
Noni - cruciate ligament injury
"Noni did very well post procedure. She regained muscle strength and flexibility with stem cell therapy. Six months after the treatment she earned he...
Bodie (Blue Smoke Bodacious)
The benefits we see now are that Bodie:
-is off pain medication -runs well -is able to hold a gait while walking quickly; less 'bunny...Mack - an arthritic elbow
"Mack is a 13-years-old, 70lb mixed breed. He's had great care and is internally healthy. However, his left front elbow had arthritis causing a pain...
Floppy - the pain from arthritis was so bad he was reluctant to move much at all
"We are extremely pleased with the results. The level of pain and stiffness has decreased dramatically. It's almost like he's a puppy again! There...
Deuce - tendon and ligament damage to both hocks from an old injury
Deuce had tendon and ligament damage to both hocks caused from an old injury. After any form of activity, i.e. walk, run, swim, he had trouble walkin...
Rusty - ligament injury
"Rusty tore his ACL. I don't know how. He never limped. He just slowed down."
"Rusty loved to run and play hard with his dog friends. We also w...
Hiway
Hiway is 11 years old. She had 'arthritis' so bad in her left hip and knee it was to the point I had to carry her outside at times, which was not eas...
Zedd - arthritis from bilateral hip and elbow dysplasia
Zedd has bilateral hip and elbow dysplasia, diagnosed at 11 months. Now he is four and has arthritis because of the dysplasia. When we decided to see...
Jake - osteoarthritis in both hips
Jake suffered from pain caused by chronic osteoarthritis in both hips. At the young age of seven months he had special surgery on both hips, but unfo...
Walker - severe dysplasia in both elbows
"I'd like to share a story about my amazing dog, Walker. He was my dream dog, my future Champion, my obedience prodigy. He was bred to be these things...
Douglas & Linda Avery & Buck
Buck is a 4-year-old English Pointer, and is an active hunting dog. He has had knee problems from the beginning, and had TPLO surgeries on both knees...
Myrlene and Grace
"We discovered that Grace had hip dysplasia at the age of 3. It was 3 years later, at the age of 6 that the dysplasia was beginning to interfere with...
Tabitha & Graham Unterberger & Chester
Chester was what veterinarians would call a lame dog. He had OCD in both elbows diagnosed at 8 months. Unfortunately, this disease is progressive. Imp...
Judi & Phoebe
Phoebe, an English Mastiff, began to limp at the age of 6 months. She was growing very quickly and so we were worried. At the time, we took her to the...
David and Jane Hoover & Granite, a Service Dog
Granite, our 8-year-old Chocolate Labrador, has suffered from degenerative bone disease and arthritis in both front elbows. Before stem cells, Granite...
Betty and Scarlett
Scarlett is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and in the spring of 2010 at the age of 21 months I noticed that she wasn't enjoying her walks - she was...
Barbara Crisafulli & Doc
Doc, our beloved 12-year-old Giant Schnauzer, has suffered from deterioration of the right hip for some time now. He is unable to stand for any length...
Mike Carnahan & Liliana
Lili's VetStem treatment was performed by Dr. Ian Voelzel at Westlake Animal Hospital in Austin, Texas. Lili was diagnosed with arthritis before she w...
Jim Williams & Bart
Bart has always been a very intense retriever. He lives his life solely to retrieve. It broke our hearts to see the pain he was...
Tom & Linda Cattermole & Keno
In March of 2006 my 5-year-old German Shepherd, Keno, blew his left ACL while swimming in the ocean. Ten days later he blew his right ACL while simply...
Laura and John McCabe & Honey, a Therapy Dog
Honey, our 13-year-old retriever-shepherd mix, had ruptured ligaments in both her shoulders and her knees. She had an increased lameness over the year...
Lindsey and Jackson
Jackson was diagnosed with Osteochondrosis (OCD) at about 1yo of the front elbows. We used to walk him and often would sit down and not want to go. He...
John Doyle & Buzz
When only 2 years old, my most promising go-to dog for cattle and sheep herding tore his right hind tendon. After researching with my veterinarian my...
Susan & Jeff Page & Rainier
Rainer began limping and showing signs of constant pain due to elbow dysplasia around the age of only 7 months old, and by the time he was 16 months o...
Hazel - Arthritis in both elbows with surgery
Description: Elbow dysplasia, removed bone chips from both elbows Comments: The stem cell therapy seemed to help her recovery and has since
Donna and Scott Klug-Splon & Abbey
Abbey, our 12-year-old Golden Retriever had suffered from poly-arthritis for years. We had managed her pain for 4-5 years by using various alternative...
Lisa and Bill Druary & Lawrance
Thank you very much for making stem cell therapy a viable option for our four year old Clumber spaniel Lawrance. Kurt Schulz, DVM from Burlington Verm...
Carol and Hannah
"Our Border Collie, Hannah, has hip dysplasia and our orthopedic vet Dr. Pam Nichols, at Animal Care Center K-9 Rehab Center, told us both hips were e...
Carl & Danielle Patrick & Forest
Forest injured his elbow running at the age of 8. He is now 13, and his elbow joint has slowly deteriorated over the last 5 years to the point at whic...
Stacy Jeter, DVM & Glitter
I adopted Glitter from Guide Dogs for The Blind. She had pre-mature closure of growth plates that lead to a form of elbow dysplasia, and she had no ca...
Shannon and Vixen
Agility dog returns to competition thanks to Vet-Stem Cell Therapy
Vixen finished 8th out of 300 of the top agility dogs in th...
Sherrie Osborne & Rio the therapy dog
Rio had been a working therapy dog until his elbow dysplasia left him lame, lethargic, in pain, and with a decreased appetite. At only 18 months old h...
Linda Jiron-Beckberger & Zeus
Zeus has had major symptoms of arthritis for the last 6 years of his life. He was always limping, had swelling of the joints, and was very unstable on...
Talia and Tazer
Tazer, who has osteoarthritis in both elbows, was in a lot of pain and discomfort. He would sleep all day, wouldn't even eat and lost 10lbs. in a mo...
Mocha
VetStem Cell Therapy Gives Mocha Adams a Higher Quality of LifeMocha was under a year old when I noticed she was limping after a long walk. My fear w...
Tide Rutledge
Tide is a performance agility/sheep dog and runs with great gusto. Since 8 months of age Tide has had periodic lameness in his front left shoulder af...
Tucker's Quality of Life Saved by VetStem
Tucker was a 4-year-old Boxer who was EXPLOSIVE in his energy level. He would run and play outside for 4-6 hours a day. One day he saw a cat and foll...
Small - Feline with Multiple Fractures
In November 2007, our cat 'Small' fell from a considerable height of six floors and shattered three of his legs. Here, in India, Small had two surger...
Rascal - Arthritis in hip and knee
Rascal was rescued from a local shelter at the approximate age of 2 in 2008. He is a Heinz 57 mixed breed. Six weeks after we adopted him, he tore hi...
Bella - Bilateral Hip Osteoarthritis
VetStem Gave my dog her life back! When my puppy was just 5 months old she fell over whimpering and could hardly walk after. After bringing her to...
