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— A Provider-Led Initiative

Building a Better Future for Canine Mobility Care

Canine rehabilitation is evolving. We’re bringing together professionals working across animal rehabilitation and mobility care to better understand the challenges facing providers and explore new ways to strengthen awareness, access, collaboration and professional opportunity.

Professional Care

Movement

Recovery

An Evolving Profession

The field is growing. The challenges are real.

Professionals working in canine rehabilitation are helping dogs recover from injury and surgery, manage chronic conditions, maintain mobility and enjoy a better quality of life. Yet developing this emerging field and building a successful practice within it can present very practical challenges.

01

Awareness

Do enough pet owners understand what canine rehabilitation is or when it could help their dog?

02

Referrals

How can providers strengthen veterinary relationships while developing additional pathways to appropriate clients?

03

Visibility

How do qualified professionals distinguish themselves and reach owners actively searching for help?

04

Connection

Where can practitioners exchange experience, collaborate and explore opportunities beyond traditional education?

05

Innovation

How can clinicians have a stronger voice in shaping products, technologies and services for canine mobility?

We think these questions are worth exploring together.

Our Approach

Before proposing solutions, we're asking better questions.

Rather than beginning with a predetermined platform, product or service, we’re beginning with the people already doing the work.

“The professionals closest to the challenges should have a voice in shaping what comes next.”

01 Listen

Understand provider experiences and priorities.

02 Learn

Identify common challenges, gaps and opportunities.

03 Connect

Bring professionals and perspectives together.

04 Test

Explore practical ideas with the people they are intended to serve.

05 Build

Develop resources, services and opportunities around demonstrated needs.

2026 Provider Research Initiative

What does the profession need next?

We’re inviting professionals working in canine rehabilitation and mobility care to participate in an initial provider study. We want to understand what’s working, what’s difficult, what’s changing — and where greater collaboration could create meaningful value.

Practice development

Client acquisition

Professional collaboration

Products & clinical tools

Your Experience Matters

Share what you're seeing. Tell us what's missing. Help shape what comes next.

Participants will receive access to a summary of findings and invitations to future discussions arising from the research.

Approximately 8–10 minutes

From Insight to Action

What could we accomplish together?

The research is a starting point not the destination. As we learn from providers, we see opportunities to explore practical initiatives that strengthen both the profession and access to canine mobility care.

Build Public Awareness

Help more dog owners understand the role qualified rehabilitation and mobility professionals can play throughout a dog's life.

Improve Provider Visibility

Explore better ways for pet owners, veterinary professionals and other stakeholders to discover appropriate, qualified providers.

Strengthen Professional Connections

Create opportunities for practitioners to share knowledge, develop collaborations and build relationships across disciplines and regions.

Connect Practice with Innovation

Create stronger connections between clinicians and the emerging products, adaptive aids, research and technologies shaping the future of canine mobility.

And there may be important opportunities we haven't identified yet. That's precisely why we're starting with providers.

A Broader Ecosystem

Better mobility care is inherently collaborative.

We want to hear from professionals and organizations contributing to canine rehabilitation, recovery, performance and mobility.

Join the Conversation

Help shape what comes next.

If you work in canine rehabilitation or mobility care, we’d like to learn from your experience. Better solutions begin by listening to the people closest to the problem.

Provider Research Initiative

Help us understand what the profession needs next.

This study explores the realities of working in canine rehabilitation and mobility care today how practices grow, where providers encounter friction, and which opportunities could create meaningful professional and clinical value.

— Join The Conversation

Join The Community

Stay connected with the initiative, receive a summary of study findings, and hear about future discussions and opportunities as this work develops.

We’ll only use your email for this initiative. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.