17/10/2022
** Last few places remaining for Saturday 22nd October **
A2Z is pleased to welcome back Mel Doyle to host three training days over the remainder of 2022 at our indoor venue near Colchester, postcode CO11 2PP. To book your place please message David or the A2Z Agility page.
Mel has been competing in agility for 23 years and teaching for 20 years (at a club, delivering training days for local clubs, and in the last 4 years at her ow venue training one-to-one).
Having competed at Championship level for a number of years and achieved a Reserve Championship certificate with Dare, Mel has also competed at Olympia and Crufts as well as many finals including DINAS, Pairs and team finals too.
Mel has a great background in animal behaviour, and in training dogs (and people) for an assistance charity for 15 years has developed excellent communication skills, allowing her to adapt easily to individual learning styles and needs of the dog and handler.
The training days will be focused on supporting handlers to develop their dog's skill level, whether that be understanding a skill to enable distance handling, identifying choice of handling techniques on a course (where, when how and why you would use that technique), building a solid skill base or simply enjoying your time working together.
Qualifying as a Veterinary Physiotherapist and Hydrotherapist in 2013, four years ago she has opened her own clinic offering Canine Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy services together with use of an Underwater Treadmill, and treats many agility dogs. Her experience as an agility competitor, understanding the demands of the sport physically on the dog as well as the need to improve performance and reduce injury, has enabled her to have a unique perspective in developing treatment and home programmes for each individual dog on a bespoke basis.
