Carolyn McIntyre, Hon.BKin., MSc. PT, PgCPain, Dipl. Canine Rehabilitation
Owner and CEO

Carolyn McIntyre has always been passionate about physical activity. Growing up, she was a competitive varsity athlete, spending countless hours training for and playing hockey. Her love for movement later drove her to complete a Masters of Science in Physiotherapy from McMaster University in 2008, followed by eight years of providing in-home physiotherapy services to geriatrics. In addition to being a natural athlete, she also dipped her toes into the world of dog sports with her wheaton terrier Casey, her first performance dog, and became hooked.

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​Years later, when she brought home her wild and reckless aussie Quinn, she realized both of her worlds- physiotherapy and dog training- had more in common than she initially realized. After watching Quinn launch herself into jump bars and off of contact equipment, Carolyn committed herself to looking at ways to bring all the benefits of strength training, body awareness, and mobility that she saw with her human clients to canine athletes.

In 2014, Carolyn began her specialized training in canine rehabilitation from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.  In 2016, McIntyre Canine Rehabilitation (or MCR as we like to call ourselves) was founded and developed with the goals to restore, maximize, and improve the physical capacity of all dogs, from puppies to seniors to performance dogs. In order to make canine fitness and rehabilitation accessible to as many people as possible, Carolyn created a mobile service that travels to client's homes, trials/show sites, and training centres to complete comprehensive canine assessments and deliver practical workshops for every dog owner. She is especially passionate about injury prevention and making it accessible and affordable to all clients by using minimal equipment, easily stored and used at home.

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Kayla Grant, Dipl. Print Journalism, B.A., M.A, Ph.D(c)
Marketing Manager

Kayla was first introduced to the world of dog training and the sport of agility in 1997 with her childhood dog Zoë, a Labrador Retriever. Her interest in performance sports and dog training grew from there. Since then, Kayla has trained in a number of dog sports including conformation, obedience, rally obedience, dock diving, lure coursing and field. She currently trains in agility, and scent detection with her two Alaskan Klee Kai, 6-year-old Valor and 4-year-old Fenris. Kayla's wide range of dog sports experience means she is knowledgeable in the physical demands of numerous dog sports and the areas in which performance dogs can benefit from canine conditioning. 

After her first dog, Piper, displayed stiffness in her rear end at an early age, Kayla was introduced to the world of canine conditioning and rehabilitation. Her Weimaraner Brisingr's clumsiness cemented her belief in the value of conditioning work to prevent injury.  Kayla is a firm believer in the importance of early preventative care and conditioning exercises to ensure a long and healthy life for both the performance and companion animal. 

At MCR, Kayla is the behind-the-scenes marketing and social media wizard. She has a background in print journalism and currently holds a Master of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. When she's not with her dogs or working with Carolyn, she is a full-time graduate student working on her doctoral thesis in the field of International Relations. 

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Stacy Bols, Administrative and Social Media Assistant

Coming from the world of elite sports, competing in volleyball and softball for 20 years the transition to the world of competitive dog sports was an easy one. Stacy started agility with her then 8 year old miniature schnauzer and quickly caught the bug.  With a background in both education and sports coaching it was an easy transition when asked to help her instructor in teaching agility classes. Then several years later branching out into her own training business Proof Positive Dog Training, teaching agility classes, private lessons, seminars and online classes.
 
Fast forward 17 years later, she has competed in agility, obedience, dock diving and flyball at the top levels with 4 miniature schnauzers and a border collie and is excited to get into the ring later this year with her 5th miniature schnauzer.   Her accomplishments in agility include two world teams, multiple AKC national and invitational finals, winning Cynosports Grand Prix with her then 2 year old mini schnauzer Kermit.
 
Similar to her experience in her own competitive sports she quickly realized the component conditioning and fitness plays in dog sports.  She was very fortunate to not have a need for any rehabilitation until her mini schnauzer Krusher had a herniated disk in his back.  Because of his excellent fitness prior to the injury and a diligent rehab plan he was able to get back to his previous level of competition in both flyball and agility. Then several years later when front leg amputation was required due to malignant melanoma he was able to come back to competition in the agility venues that allow tripods to compete.
 
Stacy is very excited to be a part of the MCR team, allowing her to share her passion for canine conditioning in both injury prevention and reaching the dogs highest level of ability in any sport.

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