Every week, during my canine massage clinics, I meet dogs with pain, dog with orthopaedic & neurological conditions, elderly dogs. And one word can summaries why I relate so closely to them and their owners: MEHWI (MAIS OUI), my “little” pup who was supposed to become my next agility dog and my first trial herding […]
Canine Pawsibilities and Agility Team Scotland feature this week in the Canine massage guild blog! If you are interested to understand how warm up and cool down massages can benefit your agility dogs or any canine athlete, this blog is for you! Check it out on the Canine Massage Guild blog page: Team Scotland Understand […]
With the nice weather we had a couple of weeks ago, Iain decided to take his camera out to witness another training day at CANINE Pawsibilities. There was a mix of junior classes, agility foundation for young dogs and one to one agility training sessions. Although I am a border collie addict, I love training […]
During their last dog agility training session Buzz and Colin were working on early verbal and physical cue for more efficient lead leg change during collection and extension jumps. Although lead leg is often overlooked in agility it is actually a simple concept that can make the difference between a tight turn and a wide turn. […]
The nice part of training agility outdoor again is the sun and the light, the bad part is how cold it can be in Scotland even mid-April! We had a lovely (very cold) training session on Monday night and it was even better as Iain decided to try one of his new toy! So we […]
In 2012 Manouk and me were lucky to be part of the very first Agility Team Scotland that went to represent Scotland at the World Agility Open Championship. This year I will be returning to the event as the Canine Therapist for Team Scottish. Last Sunday was the last team training. I thought it would […]
How time flies! A year ago I was getting ready for Crufts with Manouk to compete in the agility championship final on the Sunday, one of the most prestigious final of the UK. Manouk was just back from an injury, in fact I only had the go ahead to compete from Scott Rigg, his orthopaedist […]
On Wednesday 17th of February, I had my first opportunity to raise the awareness about the value of Canine Massage Therapy and the Canine Massage Guild to the veterinary community of the North East of Scotland. It was also a great opportunity to discuss how beneficial a multi-disciplinary approach can be for the rehabilitation of […]
It’s been an amazing year setting up my Canine Massage Therapy Clinic, with some scary moment too! My confidence builders have been two of my canine massage guild colleagues, namely Natalie Lenton, course director of the Canine Massage Therapy Centre and Chairman of the canine massage guild and Emma Overend, instructor in Canine Touch and […]
Today is a good day: I just found out the I passed the exam for the canine sport medecin course with a 99% Mark, hurray! As some of you already know I went to Zurich at Bessy’s Kleintierklinik last month for a 3 day intensive course about Canine Sport Medicine taught by Chris Zink. This […]