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Kelly (she/her) currently lives in the Waikato of New Zealand, sharing her life with the human family, 6 dogs, and some cats. Currently she works both teaching Biology to High School Students, and also training people and their dogs with Hybrid Dog Training & Rehabilitation. Before starting dog training her background included Science (BSc, MSc from Otago University), and working as a veterinary nurse. 

Kelly has loved, trained, and competed with a range of dogs including border collies, a husky cross, a heading dog, a terrier cross, and working cocker spaniels. They have titled in a wide range of sports including agility, jumpers, obedience, rally-o, flygility, tricks, and more. Kelly has gained Champion titles for multiple dogs in agility, jumpers, flygility, and tricks. Kelly and Deo also starred on the NZ Dog TV show ‘Dog Almighty’, and Kelly and the team have completed many commercial advertising jobs, as well as managing numerous professional shoots as the main Animal Wrangler on set. 

In 2018 Kelly completed her Certificate of Canine Fitness Training from FitPaws and the University of Tennessee in 2018, which included travel to the US to participate in the hands-on lab. Other qualifications include FDSA Sports Foundation Trainer Certification, Canine Raw Nutrition, Canine Kinestheology  Taping, Canine Mobility, and Canine Myo-manipulative Functional Therapy (Canine massage). She has completed substantial online and in person professional development from a wide range of sources. More recently she has become a SSANZ nosework judge, completed her Diploma in Exercise Rehabilitation, and is currently studying Hydrotherapy and Laser Therapy. 

Kelly’s business is Hybrid Dog Training & Rehabilitation, which looks at the dog as a whole, and ensures that they are physically and mentally healthy and sound. This includes considering the dog’s fitness, nutrition, training procedures, cooperative care, sports specific handling, decompression and enrichment, emotions and behavior. She’s also a big fan of being smart with training in terms of learning clean training procedures, and getting geeky with strategies for clear and consistent communication. Her passion (and specialty area) is creating sports specific rehabilitation and exercise programs for working and sports dogs.