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Meet Yaz, your Canine Therapist.

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Yaz runs Yorkshire Pooches Therapies in Castleford, West Yorkshire. She combines a passion for musculoskeletal health, species appropriate nutrition, canine behaviour and all things natural, to provide a holistic canine service.

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Yaz is a Canine Merishia Massage Therapist and Applied Herbal Choices Consultant. These qualifications provide the foundations for her specialism in Pain Management and all aspects of Natural Canine Health. Yaz is also a Photizo Ambassador and author of Your Dog's Pain Diary, A Blueprint For Monitoring a Pain Trial.   

Yorkshire Pooches Therapies has a busy West Yorkshire based clinic along with extensive online services. Working internationally in the USA, Europe and UAE Yaz has been able to work with Pet Parents across the globe to help with their dogs pain management. The most popular service being Online Gait Analysis, identifying abnormalities in your dogs movement and then reporting my findings to facilitate further conversations with your Vet.

Dogs with 'big feelings' are always welcome at Yorkshire Pooches Therapies. Consent based treatments are the heart of Yaz's practice, allowing your dog to set the pace of the session. This mutual respect of boundaries then builds into a beautiful line of communication, vital when working with painful dogs. We have to remember dogs don't understand the concept of a massage, we have to gently introduce hands on work as a positive experience.

Yaz always has a lot to say when it comes to Natural Canine Health, which bodes well when working with fellow businesses in the Natural Canine Health sector. Yaz can often found guest lecturing, writing guest articles and or consulting for Raw Food Manufacturers.

Every day is a school day and with the ever changing world of canine health Yaz is always keen to be learning something new. Along with her Canine Merishia Massage & Applied Herbal Choices Qualifications, Yaz has continued studying across a variety of subjects.


- Canine First Aid                                                     

- Canine Reflexology                                             
- Canine Biomechanics                                       

- Neuro Rehabilitation                                           
- Finding and Releasing Emotions     
- Reiki Level 1 & 2            
- Holistic Herbalism
- Muscle Testing
- Canine Arthritis Management (Level 1)
- Understanding Stress in Dogs
- Diploma in Canine Communication                  

- iPet OFQUAL Level 3 in Canine Nutrition           
- Getting to Grips with Radiographs                   

- Canine Neurophysiology                                   
- VOA Blue Paw Award   
- Small Animal TCM & Food Energetics           
- Canine Kino Taping                 
- Photobiomodulation with Photizo   

Yaz is part of the Governing body IAAT and a member of IASP, IAVRPT and VOA. This ensures that the services she provides are upheld to industry standards along with robust insurance to cover all aspects of business.


Yaz holds a First Class Ba Hons Degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Performance Practice, obtained from York St John University. Yaz is currently studying towards her second degree BSc Hons in Natural Sciences - Biology, with the Open University.

Yaz has three dogs of her own,  Lily and Rodney and Peggy, her Romanian rescue. Also in the gang are Nancy and Patty the guinea pigs, Pan, Mitzi and Mr Walter the ferrets and Evil Charlie the rescue cockatiel. Not forgetting Yaz’s forever patient, Husband Adam!


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