Services

Is your dog having difficulties rising up or jumping in the car lately?

Has he recently undergone an orthopedic surgery? Is he having hard time joining in with your common activities, sports or work due to mobility problems?


Diagnostics

Check-ups, diagnosis based on history, gait analisys, manual check up, goniometry (joint mobility) and thigh circumference measurements, reflexes; individual counseling

Physiotherapy

Laser and Therapeutic Ultrasound (for improved healing and reduced pain); Manual Therapy (massage and stretching, joint mobilization); Therapeutic exercise (assisted exercise for improved balance, strength and coordination)

Canine conditioning

Fitness exercises for better balance, strength and coordination (to reach peak performance of sporting/working dogs as well as injury prevention); Warm ups / cool downs; ON-LINE trainings

Education

Workshops, seminars and lectures about canine conditioning

Hydrotherapy in an Underwater Treadmill

Special properties of the water (buoyancy, hydrostatic pressure, thermal effect) create an unique and safe environment for the rehabilitation of patients after injuries / operations of the musculoskeletal system, neurological patients, older dogs and dogs with chronic diseases in which the movement is difficult or painful. Regular exercise in the water improves cardiovascular endurance and strengthens the muscles, and is therefore an excellent addition for maintaining the condition of healthy dogs, overweight dogs and as fitness preparation for sporting and working dogs.


      Jana Gams

  • doctor of veterinary medicine
  • CCRP (Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner): graduate of continuing education at University of Tennessee 
  • FCI licenced dog instructor for Agility, FCI Obedience and Rally-O
  • active competitor in Agility and FCI Obedience
"Physiotherapy in human medicine is an indispensable part of any orthopedic intervention or recovery after injury. Treat your best four-legged friend with the help you need, and enable him to be able to spend as quality and as active time he can with you, for as long as possible."

Mobile: +386 40 186 321 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Knowledge Contact us

 

Jana Gams, dr. vet. med., CCRP

My cynologic path started more than a decade ago, when I, as a young girl, saved enough of my pocket money to buy my very first own dog – a westy. Because I have never wanted »just a dog«, I decided to learn more about dog training – and together we learned a lot about problem solving, tasted competitive spirit and first podiums in heeling, and proved (especially to ourselves), that by will and effort one can achieve anything.

My life continued to be connected with animals also when signing up for faculty – quite obviously, I chose to be a veterinarian by profession. Later on Brie and Genie, two border collies, joined us, and opened me the door to all sorts of dog sports: agility, FCI obedience, rally-o, sheepherding, dogfrisbee, dogdance, canicross and more and more… - but we ended up competing only in agility and FCI obedience for the last few years in the row now. Because I soon realized, I want to combine my passion with my proffession, and because I believe one must never stop learning, I signed up for continued education to become a CCRP (Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner) at University of Tennessee – and now I wish to put my knowledge into use, and offer it to all who need and seek for such services.

I enjoy spending active time with my dogs and my wish is to use my knowledge, and enable also other people to spend good time with their four-legged friends for as long and as quality as possible – be it just on regular walks, or in other activities and dog sports.

Knowledge

 

Tery, Brie and Genie

TERY.

.:: If, out of time, I could pick one moment and keep it shining, always new, of all the days that I have lived, I'd pick the moment I met you. ~

April 13th, 2004 - September 24th, 2020

My best teacher, who pushed me into the beautiful world of cynology, positive motivation based training and thinking »outside of the box«.

BRIE.

 .:: Everybody stumbles across a golden opportunity at least once in a lifetime. Unfortunately most people just pick themselves up, dust themselves down, and walk away from it... ~ I didn't.

Date of Birth: May 23rd, 2011

  • Agility grade A3
  • FCI Obedience grade OB3

Also sheepherding, canicross, rally-o, dogdance, dogfrisbee, tricks, commercial filming, show performances, …

She opened me the door to all sorts of dog sports and activities, connected me with new fantastic people and is my forever idol regarding how she takes life at ease and just enjoys the moment.

GENIE.

.:: The unexpected is usually what brings the unbelievable ~

Date of Birth: June 9th, 2014

  • Agility grade A3
  • FCI Obedience grade OB1

She is a fantastic co-worker who takes work very seriously and doesn't accept from me anything less than my best. But, being unique in her own goofy way makes her the true clown of our team!

 

Primož Gams

My greatest support, my »partner in crime«: biologist by profession, and a passionate mountain biker with years of experience in the sports-field. He will take care of administrative and organizational work in our team, and he will certainly contribute a lot with his innovative ideas and solutions!

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.

Henry Ford

Jana Gams

 

Doctor of Veterinary medicine:

  • Completed 6 years of study at Veterinary faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in the beginning of 2017
  • Practiced with work in small animals at the the veterinary clinic in Ljubljana and in Slovenj Gradec during the course of studies 


Graduate of Continuing education at University of Tennessee & Schloss-Seminar for CCRP (Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner):

Completed:

  • Canine I (Introduction to canine rehabilitation)
  • Canine II (Physical agents & electrotherapeutic modalities)
  • Canine III (Therapeutic exercise prescription / aquatic therapy)
  • General rehabilitation guidelines for canine osteoarthritis
  • Canine IV (presence days 23. - 28. 10. 2017, Mallorca, Spain)
  • Externship: C.H.R.C, Centre d'Hydrothérapie et de Revalidation Canine, Sart Dames Avelines, Belgium
  • Final exam Graduation in October 2019


Experiences:

  • lecturing about K-laser therapy and its use in veterinary medicine for doctors of veterinary medicine, Celje (december 2019)
  • lecturing at 1. IAVPRT / 6. VEPRA Veterinary conference for Sports medicine and Rehabilitation, Ghent, Belgium (September 2019)
  • canine conditioning workshops (Conditioning the Canine Athlete for Agility / Canicross / Flyball / Obedience)
  • workshops on warm up / cool down topics
  • canine conditioning workshops as a part of agility camps with top-level agility competitors
  • canine conditioning for members of Agility World Championship 2017 and 2018
  • canine conditiong trainings in Fitko – first fitness for dogs in Slovenia in 2016/2017
  • years of experience with dog training (agility and sports obedience) at formerly ŠKD Emona Ljubljana and Koroško KD, now active in PrimaPes

 

Other education:

  • VOG conference - Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology Group, (Zreče, December 2019)
  • 1. IAVPRT / 6. VEPRA Veterinary conference for Sports medicine and Rehabilitation, Ghent, Belgium (September 2019)
  • WEBCON 2018 - Virtual Veterinary Rehabilitation Conference, November 2018
  • HYDROCON 2018 - Virtual Conference for Canine Hydrotherapists, September 2018
  • EERVC, Eastern European Regional Veterinary Conference - Zagreb (CRO), September 2018
  • WEBCON2017 - Virtual Veterinary Rehabilitation Conference, November 2017
  • member of Onlinepethealth Academy for continuing education (veterinary rehabilitation topics and webinars)
  • Canine Fitness & Body Awareness workshops with Bobbie Lyons - CCFT, MTI, Cert CF (Belgium, December 15-18th, 2017)
  • dog massage workshops (Debora Severo, May 2017; Breda Kralj, November 2016)
  • It's possible!, Canine conditioning workshop with Robert J. Porter, CCRP (October 2016)
  • Reactive dogs workshop (Igor Gaćeša, April 2016)
  • and many other agility and dog training workshops

 

Licenced dog trainer of Cynological Association Slovenia, FCI

  • for Agility, FCI Obedience and Rally-O
  • years of dog training experiences

 

Active competitor in:

  • Agility
  • FCI Obedience
  • Member of European Open Agility (EO) team 2018 with both dogs
  • Member of World Agility Open (WAO) team 2016
  • Member of European Open Agility (EO) team 2016

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ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Dogs4motion Ltd

Canine Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine

Dobja vas 253

2390 Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia

phone: +386 40 186 321

email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

As the owner of sporting dogs, dog trainer and active competitor in dog sports, I know exactly the specifics of sporting dogs - their needs, training specialities and the most frequent consequences of excessive sports stress. With fitness training, the dog can be better prepared not only to achieve its best abilities and reach their peak performance, but also to make an important step towards preventing injury.

Because of so many differencies between various dog sports and activities, we like to focus on each individual's interests and take the specificities of each sports trainings and competitions (for example, agility dogs are more vulnerable to shoulder and iliopsoas damage; protection/IPO dogs to neck and back pain; sprinting/coursing dogs need to get special focus on their tendons and ligaments; and SAR dogs to be in excellent overall body condition). It is also neccessary to approach differently to older dogs or to puppies and young dogs who is only starting to develop into a future canine athlete.

Depending on the desired topics, we can adapt our seminar/workshop program to meet exactly your personal needs and interest, and ensure the real satisfaction of the participants.

Check out where you can meet and join us!

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Warm ups / Cool downs

Alpha and Omega of every activity – whether it's a sport tor just playing with other dogs and fetching balls. Warming up the muscles and tendons is essential in preventing injuries, because a muscle/ligament that is not warmed up and ready for lengthening and contractions, is severly subjected to excessive stretching and thus damage (strains, sprains, shears or even tears). Also, when warming up the dog for a certain activity, it is important to consider and follow certain rules and facts (how to gradually warm up,  which exercises, what is important not to miss out at specific sports, why,…).

At the end of activity, the opposite gradual cooling down is important in order to maintain a good blood flow and to reduce the accumulation of waste products (lactic acid) – and thus reducing possible muscle pain afterwards. We can also help with stretching exercises owners can do by themselves, to maintain the joint flexibility and muscle relaxation – to help them getting ready for new action sooner again!

 

Thematic Workshops for specific sports

Agility:

  • Warm up and Cool down routine: Why it should be an alpha and omega of every agility training or competition, and how to do it as effective as possible?
  • Foundations of canine conditioning: Improved strength and power can create a faster dog
  • Specific exercises to target different skills - jumping, weaving, turning: Power up your dog!
  • When and why do injuries happen? Or how to prevent them
  • Stretching techniques

Exercises for building up better condition, coordination and strength – for improved performance and injury prevention in Agility (what kind of stress does sports-training do on the particular body part, dangers, most common injuries and how to avoid them) + detailed exercise explanations and try-outs

 

DogFrisbee

  • Warm up and Cool down routine: Why it should be an alpha and omega of every agility training or competition, and how to do it as effective as possible?
  • Foundations of K9 Conditioning: Improved physical preparation can create a more powerful dog, which is less prone to injuries
  • Is mental focus enough to maintain excellent performance until the end of competition or "How to improve your dog's Stamina
  • JUMPING & FLEXIBILITY SKILLS: specific exercises for better take-offs and flexibility in air
  • Physical preparation for better landings: "Finding balance and stability"
  • Traps of the sport: common injuries and consequences, and how to avoid them
  • Stretching techniques as a part of the cool down routine

 

Flyball:

  • Warm up and Cool down routine: Why it should be an alpha and omega of every training or competition, and how to do it as effective as possible?
  • Foundations of canine conditioning: Improved strength and power can create a faster dog
  • Power of execution: »SPEED AS ANOTHER DIMENSION«
  • When and why do injuries happen? Or how to prevent them
  • Stretching techniques

Exercises for building up better condition, coordination and strength – for improved performance and injury prevention in Flyball (what kind of stress does sports-training do on the particular body part, dangers, most common injuries and how to avoid them) + detailed exercise explanations and try-outs

 

Canicross:

  • Warm up and Cool down routine: Why it should be an alpha and omega of every training or competition, and how to do it as effective as possible?
  • How to improve your dog's stamina for excellent performance until the finish line
  • Foundations of canine conditioning: Improved strength can create a more powerful dog
  • Traps of the sport: common injuries and consequences, and how to avoid them
  • Stretching techniques

Exercises for building up better condition, coordination and strength – for improved performance and injury prevention in Canicross (what kind of stress does sports-training do on the particular body part, dangers, most common injuries and how to avoid them) + detailed exercise explanations and try-outs

 

Canine conditioning for sporting dogs – the basics

General anatomy and physiology of locomotor system for better understandig of conditioning impacts, individual dog sports (stress on the particular body part, dangers, most common injuries and how to avoid them), how to start with fitness (recommendations – why, how and how much) in theory and practical (working with dogs)

 

Canine conditioning for sporting dogs – advanced

Upgraded basics topics, sports-specific advanced exercises, assembling and training plan designing in theory and practice (working with dog)

 

Conditioning for Older or Younger dogs

Dog's locomotor system is different whether we have a young, or an older dog in front of us. For young dogs, for example, it is of utmost importance to take in consideration open growth plates, to be aware that different body structure (long »puppy« legs etc.) affects the muscles and tendons to work in a different manner than in adult age, not to forget frequent overloading of structures that are not ready to bear the stress yet (especially with sporting dogs, but also others) – often leads to injuries and life-long medical consequences. It is important to think about it prior to starting with activities in young dogs: we should give strong ephasis on learning of proper basics and building a good relationship, and leave the sports »skill training« aside until the young dog grows up – to be physically sufficiently prepared for the load.

Similarly, older dogs need special approach too. We should think about what our dog has already gone through in his life – the stress on the body (due to trainings, competitions, maybe just daily life activities that are hard on the body – can be because of no warm ups/cool downs,…) any injuries and consequences or are there only common age changes (reduced joint mobility, loss of general condition, etc.). Keeping a good muscle mass in older dogs is definitely one of the most important things, which can help to extend the quality and time of common activities up to the honorable age. With fun and effective exercises we can enrich the daily walks or take advantage also on rainy days, and thus keep our dog in motion and retain him in our daily rhythm for longer.

 

Proffesional content

Seminars for fellow veterinarians who want to include rehabilitation in their work, to provide a greater success of treatment after surgeries, injuries or diseases and greater customer satisfaction – who will be more likely to return to your offices again.

 

Special topics upon your wishes

Do you have different wishes or interests? No problem! We can prepare the program exclusively according to your wishes and provide quality content also from other areas.

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