Three dog trainers organize the 1st festival dedicated to dogs and cats in Vire Normandy

They could very well be competitors and not rub shoulders. Because actually it’s all three professional which intervenes in the same way: the dog’s well-being. But it is exactly the opposite that they decided to put in place. It was their shared vision of the subject that brought them together. The discussions took shape on social networks.

There is Manuela Lameul who created ” Meet your dog “hair Saint-Clément-Rancoudray (50), which offers dog training, group trips and boarding. There is Nadège Native installed at Truttemer-le-Grand who created ” Maine Educ “. It also offers dog activities, group tours and boarding. Finally, Justine Auvray is based in Seoulline beside Villers-Bocage with ” Walking paws » who is a behavioral scientist and who organizes walks, offers adoption advice and pet sitting. She can look after animals at home.

A multitude of stands

The idea of ​​the festival was Nadège Native, who proposed it to her colleagues after seeing a festival of the same type in Alsace.

This first Bocage meeting, open to all, will allow pet owners to discover a wealth of stands. There will be necklace designerslanyards, toys, but also balls of dog hair, care specialists with osteopathy (conference Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.) or the shiatsuFor example A first aid trainer for animals. The organizers also wanted moments for discussion around certain topics.

Another originality of the festival: the organization of a mantrailing. This involves asking the dog to find a person who has been hidden.

It’s funny. We place a reference object, and if the dog wants it, he searches for it.

For professionals, there is no question of setting up an agility track.

We are not at all in favor of this practice, which damages the dog’s joints, causes it to lose its self-control… that is not our view of things

On site, it will also be possible to eat and participate in one raffle. The organizers have planned everything. “There will be enough space for owners and dogs to walk around peacefully.”

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