Dates, Venues and Costs   Introduction - Course Structure - Prices - Dates & Places - Scotland & Overseas Near Your Home - How To Book - How to Help - Course Tutor Foundation in Canine Healthcare - Two Day Accredited Study Programme Top breeders, behaviourists, trainers and show people – people who are crazy about dogs and want the best for their friends – tend to disagree with the official veterinary line when it comes to canine healthcare. Their experiences, over maybe as many as twenty or forty years, have led them to believe that what you feed a dog, and how you deal with preventative healthcare, determines whether or not you’ll have a healthy, long-lived dog, or whether your dog will suffer and die years before his time. These experienced people don’t spend thousands of pounds at the vet’s trying to help a sickly dog. Instead, they give their dogs the food they need (and it doesn’t come from a can or a packet!), and they don’t give unnecessary and harmful medications in an attempt to fix basic errors of care*. You can acquire years’ of experience in one weekend. We will share simple truths that will keep your dogs healthy: - We’ll give you simple-to-follow feeding guidelines that will put a new lease of life into your dog, and potentially save you a fortune in vet bills. - We’ll give you the science on vaccine-induced diseases , in easy-to-understand terms. We’ll save you hundreds of pounds that you don’t need to spend. We’ll also save your dog from unnecessary suffering. - We’ll introduce you to the world of complementary healthcare: natural products and safe techniques that don’t come with conventional drugs’ harmful side-effects, but which work. - We’ll explain what makes a dog ill, and what makes a dog healthy – putting the power in your hands so you don’t have to suffer the grief of premature loss. - You will gain knowledge from which to make informed choices on behalf of your dogs. Back to top Foundation in Canine Healthcare The Foundation in Canine Healthcare programme has been designed to make it accessible to all – which means that you can choose to attend for one day or two days, and – if you wish – to complete a home study programme and obtain certification in canine healthcare. The Foundation in Canine Healthcare options consist of: Saturday lecture – 10am to 5pm – a comprehensive lecture covering the important foundations of canine health: diet and the vaccination issue. This lecture is open to all, and is particularly suitable to people who have sick dogs and who want to know how to help them, and to people who have healthy dogs and want to keep them that way. Your only requirement for attendance is that you love your dogs, and want the best for them. Sunday lecture – 10am to 5pm – this lecture covers important factors which can determine the health of your dog, including genetics, environmental toxins, conventional drug therapy, stress, and complementary healthcare options. During this workshop, we will also show you how to ascertain the very best diets and treatments for dogs on an individual basis, and we’ll introduce several complementary therapies for you to use at home. Home study – covering all of the lecture units above, with two or three questions on each unit to complete at home. This option is for serious dog fanatics who have attended both one-day lectures. It’s designed for those who wish to become truly knowledgeable about canine husbandry and be advocates for the dogs. The home study programme empowers you to have the facts at your disposal so you can remember them and speak up for yourselves and the dogs. On completion of your home study course, we will issue the Foundation in Canine Healthcare certificate. As a listed course provider for the Kennel Club, only the full Foundation qualifies under their KCAI Scheme. However, if you attend only one or both days now, you can still come back at a later date to complete the full course. * Vets and veterinary nurses are welcome to attend, promoting open dialogue. Back to top Prices - new for 2008 1 day lecture (Saturday or Sunday) - £55.00 (not available in Scotland) The full weekend lecture (Saturday and Sunday) - £85.00 * (£95.00 in Scotland - see below) The full course (full weekend lectures and home study) - £115.00 * (£125.00 in Scotland - see below) Prices include all lecture/course materials and daytime refreshments (tea/coffee etc) but not meals (lunch or evening). * Dates in Scotland held at Canine Health Concern Lunch is provided for dates held at the CHC premises in Scotland, which is at an additional £5.00 per head per day (eg. the weekend lecture is £85.00 plus £10.00 for two days' lunches, totalling £95.00). A small number of residential places are also available for Scottish dates at CHC, at £25.00 per night B&B, and £5.00 per head per evening meal . Available on a first come first served basis. Back to top 2008 Dates and Places 15th & 16th March - (New venue) - My Nursery, Summer Lane, Barnsley 5th & 6th April - Whitebushes Village Hall, nr Redhill, Surrey 7th & 8th June - At CHC, near Perth, Scotland 27th & 28th September - Burrowbridge, Somerset 11th & 12th October - Ibsley Village Hall (New Forest), Hampshire We are always looking to find the most convenient locations for delegates. If you would like us to bring the lectures to your area, or simply wish to register your interest in attending future dates please contact Rob on: email: rob@carsegray.co.uk, tel: 01821 670410, or write to: CHC, PO Box 7533, Perth PH2 1AD.   Back to top Additional Dates For people in Scotland or those wishing to have a weekend break in Scotland, we run lecture weekends from our home/premises on demand (we are between Perth and Dundee, with beautiful views and walks). If you are interested in attending in Scotland, then please contact us. The dates will be mutually agreed between ourselves and interested delegates. We also are happy to travel overseas. Therefore if you feel that you could organise a Foundation in Canine Healthcare weekend in your country, please contact Rob for further details. Back to top Near your Home If you have contact (or can make contact) with groups of doggie people (why not get all your doggie friends or local dog training clubs together?) and can get a group of at least 6 people together, then we will come to you, and your place will be free (maximum two places free for those putting groups together). We will do all the organisation and the one day/ two day/ full course options would still apply. We just need firm interest to make it happen. If you think you can play a part in helping us to spread the word – get in touch. We are happy to be flexible. Contact Rob@Carsegray.co.uk if you are interested in exploring this option. Back to top How to book your place Simply send your cheque for the appropriate amount (as per the pricing schedule above), together with your full details (name/address), and the option required (which day/days/full course), together with your choice of venue/date to CHC, PO Box 7533, Perth PH2 1AD. Please also add details of any special requirements you may have. Bookings can now be made online (click here) - please ensure your details are included on the message option at the checkout, or contact Rob. If you need more information, have any queries, or want leaflets to hand out, then please contact Rob Ellis at rob@carsegray.co.uk , or telephone 01821 670410, or by letter. Confirmation of booking and full venue details will be sent on receipt of booking. Back to top How you can help Ask us for leaflets/promotional material for distribution in your area. You can do any or all of the following: contact your local and regional newspapers, vets, clubs, groomers, kennels, dog wardens or anyone you can think of to let them know that the event is happening, and get course details and/or links added to ethical websites (we can send you the required information to pass on). Places are limited to venue size, therefore your early booking will ensure your place (you have no idea how helpful this is to us also). Back to top Course tutor Catherine O’Driscoll is founder of Canine Health Concern, which spearheads research and education by and for dog lovers to promote canine good health. She is author of the books What Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines, and Shock to the System, a guest columnist in Dogs Today, and has helped to popularise natural feeding and complementary options among dog lovers on a worldwide basis. Back to top