For Dog Lovers/Trainers

Coaching the Canine Athlete Seminars

Coaching the Canine Athlete© seminars provide information on how the canine body works, and what you can do to improve performance and keep your dog healthy and injury-free. Seminars can be geared towards those interested in any or all performance events – it’s your choice! The seminars are highly interactive and provide ample opportunity for attendees and their dogs to participate in structure and gait analysis, lameness evaluation, conditioning exercises and jump training, alternating lecture time with working activities. There is abundant opportunity to ask questions. 
Event Schedule

June 6 - 8, 2018
Vet Festival
Veterinary Education for Tomorrow: 
A unique outdoor conference that is clinically
relevant to every veterinary practice and their staff.
Loseley Park Surrey, England
www.vetfestival.co.uk

July 26, 2018  NEW!
Fit To Be Tied Premium Course Opens
For information, contact info@avidog.com

Sept. 1 - 3, 2018
Coaching the Canine Athlete Seminar
Ontario, Canada
Virginia Patten csascanada@gmail.com
 
Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 2018
Coaching the Canine Athlete Seminar
Guides Canins Inc
St. Lazare (Québec), Canada
www.guidescanins.com
chelsea@guidescanins.com

Nov. 17 - 18, 2018
Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference For Dog Trainers
Frederick, MD
For information, contact asmith@vosm.com
www.vetsportsmedicine.com

Jan 31, 2019  NEW!
NACSW & CNCA Joint Conference
DoubleTree Golf Resort Palm Springs
Cathedral City, CA
​www.cnca.com
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Chris taught an audience of 200 dog enthusiasts how to evaluate their dog’s structure as a way to help prevent injuries (Surrey, England).
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Chris teaching at the Forward Symposium, organized by Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick (aka SuperVet).

Reviews from Seminar Participants

Thank you, Chris, for sharing your knowledge with us, answering all our questions, and doing it with such good humour. 
                                                                                                                       --- Glenda M., Winnipeg, MB

This is my third time attending one of [Chris Zink's] presentations in the past nine years and each one has been better than the previous. I appreciate that as the sport [of agility] is evolving, so is Chris and her thinking which translates to better knowledge and understanding being passed along to us - how lucky we are!
                                                                                                                       --- Lorraine L.,  Winnipeg, MB

It was absolutely the most fantastic seminar I've ever been to (and I've just about seen 'em all!). If you are competing yourself or teaching students who plan to compete or train their dogs for any activity beyond couch potato, get to this seminar!
                                                                                                                       --- Kathy S, OH

I can't recommend this seminar highly enough. To be fair to our dogs, we need to know and understand their make-up before making any demands. I've been to many seminars, and this is one that I'd recommend as a must to anybody who competes with his/her dogs; be it obedience, agility, conformation, field etc. The seminar was very well structured, informative, interactive and well presented. Chris is an excellent speaker! 
                                                                                                                        --- Rita S, CA

Chris was very approachable for questions and she sincerely cares.
                                                                                                                        --- Chris C, ON

I learned so much valuable information that, hopefully, can help me to help my companions to not only do the performance events they love and enjoy, but to be healthy (mentally, spiritually, and physically) while doing them. [Chris is] a very talented speaker and [her] touches of comedy and sentimentalism add a specialness that holds the attendees' attentions.
                                                                                                                        ---Theresa Y, NY
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