ABOUT

My name is Catherine Ryan and I am a Clinical Canine Massage Therapist and the very proud owner of Dogs Body Canine Massage Therapy based in Hartpury, Gloucestershire.

I decided to change career in 2010 and did a Diploma in Therapeutic Canine Massage through The Canine Massage Therapy Centre (now The Clinical Canine Massage Practitioner Programme)  I had a human sports massage qualification and as I wanted a job working with and helping dogs, this was the perfect opportunity to make positive changes to not only my life, but to the life of any dogs needing massage.

Since completing the course and setting up my own business, I have joined The Canine Massage Guild, a network of highly skilled Professional Clinical Canine Massage Practitioners.  I was CPD Officer for The Canine Massage Guild from 2012 - 2017 and I am a Tutor working with The Canine Massage Therapy Centre on the Clinical Canine Massage Practitioners Programme.  This course is for students wanting to become Clinical Canine Massage Practitioners.  Having done the course myself in 2010/11, I am there to teach, support and guide them along the way.

I love working at Riverside Veterinary Practice, having been asked by one of the vets there to treat his clients.  I visit the practice as often as I am required and see some of my own clients there too as it is closer for them to travel to rather than my other base in Gloucestershire.