Debbie's Peters MIRVAP (MT)

I had been running Schooling 4 Dogs, a Behaviour and Training company based in Brighton, for the past 11 years.

As with humans, there are strong links between pain and behaviour in animals. As a result, working with behaviour problems requires collaboration with Veterinarians, Veterinary Physiotherapist or Massage Therapists to address medical influences behind the problematic behaviour, prior to any behaviour modification.

Having regularly used Veterinary Physiotherapists and Massage Therapists for our behaviour clients and my own 7 dogs, and having shadowed many practitioners over the years, I found that I had a good eye for gait abnormalities. It was also so encouraging to see how, just like us, an animal’s mindset can be so drastically improved following a treatment. For these reasons, I decided to go back to University to gain my BSc Veterinary Physiotherapy.

Member of:

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The Institute of Registered Veterinary & Animal Physiotherapists (IRVAP)

IAAT (International Association of Animal Therapists)