Charlotte Wright
Charlotte is a fully qualified canine hydrotherapist and a member of the National Association of Registered Canine Hydrotherapists (NARCH), ensuring the highest professional standards and ethics. The relevant qualifications, training and maintenance of a continual professional development record is essential as a NARCH member. Pet owners, referring veterinary professionals and pet insurance providers can be confident that dogs in the care of an a registered hydrotherapist receive the highest standards of treatment.
Charlotte has over 10 years’ experience within the hydrotherapy industry and gained her hydrotherapy qualification in 2015 at Greyfriars in Guildford, a leading veterinary practice within the UK for veterinary referrals and rehabilitation. Charlotte has a vast amount of experience with a variety of aquatic treadmill and pool-based techniques to assist in the rehabilitation of orthopaedic and neurological conditions. Charlotte completed her PGDip in Veterinary Physiotherapy at Harper Adams in 2021, allowing the integration of a deeper knowledge and understanding into hydrotherapy sessions. Charlotte completed her MSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy in 2024. Her dissertation investigated the muscle activity of specific muscles within the canine forelimb whilst walking in the aquatic treadmill at varying water heights.
Charlotte has grown up and worked around animals her whole life, with a particular love for dogs and horses. She has previously worked at kennels, veterinary practices, as well as teaching practical and theory classes for FE and HE in Animal Management at Myerscough College. She currently shares her passion with students at Fylde Coast Hydrotherapy, lecturing and practically training on their hydrotherapy qualifications. Charlotte continues to develop her knowledge at the benefit her hydrotherapy clients through regular CPD events and research.
Donna Griffiths
Donna is a fully qualified Chartered Physiotherapist and a category A member of ACPAT - the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy. She currently works in both the human and animal fields of physiotherapy, thus allowing for development of her skills as it happens in the human field and applying that to her animal treatments and vice versa.
Donna has been treating animals since she qualified as a physiotherapist and has bred and lived with animals throughout her whole life. She sees a number of different conditions relating to neurological and orthopaedic injuries, surgical repairs and work ups for working dogs including pre season assessments and fitness rehabilitation. She will also review working animals for potential problems that may arise from their conformation or activities of daily living. She also has a vast amount of experience with competing agility dogs and has had several dogs that have been injured and returned to complete at Olympia and Crufts.
