About Natalie

Natalie owns and runs the Canine Massage Therapy Centre based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. She opened the Canine Massage Therapy Centre in 2006 and has dogs visit her from all over the country including Scotland & Wales and from Europe inlcuding Spain and France for help with lameness and mobility problems.

 

She holds qualifications in Canine Massage, Canine Anatomy & Physiology and a Degree in Journalism & Broadcasting as well as Human Massage Qualifications; VTCT Level 3 Swedish Massage and VTCT Level 4 Advanced Sports Massage.

 

Her number one love (and obsession!) is dogs and she lives with her three dogs Pip, a Jack Russell,  Bob, a Dogue De Bordeaux and Laycee Piglet, French Bulldog.

 

The past several  years have seen the Canine Massage Therapy Centre attract much media attention with Natalie appearing on BBC Crufts Highlights 2008 (and being voted 3rd best thing to do at Crufts), BBC News, local and National newspapers and international magazines, Winner of Business Idol, Winner Of Best Customer Service by Best Of Awards  and she is now the resident Canine Natural Healthcare Expert for `Our Dogs` Newspaper writing a monthly column to highlight the benefits of natural and holistic modalities for dogs. She has also appeared Live in the Crufts studio with Clare Balding to talk about dog massage and its benefits during Crufts 2011.

 

Clinic based in Kidderminster Natalie specialises purely with dogs in the Rehabiliation of Soft Tissue Injuries, Remedial Massage For Senior Dogs, Sports Massage for Sporting & Active Dogs, and the support of Orthopaedic Conditions like Arthritis; helping to give dogs a better quality of life with this non invasive form of manipulative results driven therapy.

 

When she isnt treating at the clinic Natalie also runs popular 1 day workshops for owners as well as the comprehensive Therapeutic Canine Massage Diploma which trains people to become Professional Canine Masseuses working with vets and owners to improve the mobility of dogs.

 

Her best selling DVD`Canine Massage in 3 Easy Steps` was produced for the owner at home  to help them apply dog massage so their own dogs can benefit; as the only dog massage DVD on the market to show the owner a full routine they can follow on screen with their own dog, it has become a globally successful DVD.  Its pre launch was at Crufts 2011 and global launch with publishers Dogwise Ltd, is due for launch in Winter 2011.