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Strengthen your patients, empower your pet parents...

With the Optimum Geriactric Excercise Online Course & Community.

Better Strength, Flexibility, Balance, and Quality of Life

For over 30 years, Dr. Laurie has taught veterinary professionals, physical therapists, agility and sport dog competitors, and pet parents, how to get their dogs stronger, more flexible, balanced, and have a better quality life for longer. Now you can learn from all of those years of experience!

Over seven lessons Dr. Laurie takes a deep dive into 24 exercises, describing the how to, when to, why to, and what not to do. This is your chance to take your knowledge to the next level.

Learn the intricacies of each exercise and how they can be used for any dog, young, old, or somewhere in between. 

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“Dr. McCauley is a wealth of information in all things that pertain to movement!! The depth and breadth of her knowledge in evaluating posture and gait is incredibly practical and useful in working through a case. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us— we are blessed and grateful to have you as a teacher and colleague.”

— Stephanie Medcroft, DVM

“This course provides so much more content than just the exercises alone. It’s invaluable.”

— Marie Paterson, Bowen Instructor and Geriatric Exercises Course Student

“Incredible! This is something we talk to people about all the time in rehab, but the way you’ve broken it down into simple, relatable, instructions, helps me feel so much more confident now teaching and showing people what to expect and how to perform this exercise. Thank you so much Laurie!”

— Diana Pacheco, Veterinarian Technician

30 YEARS OF REHAB EXPERIENCE IN ONE COURSE!

Veterinarians, technicians, physical therapists and other professionals, learn high-quality exercises from Dr. Laurie McCauley, the mother of canine rehabilitation, and get the best results possible whether you’re working with geriatric dogs, puppies or athletes.

  • 14 weeks of classes and six months of unlimited access to course

  • Less than $5/month for continued access

  • 24 Optimum Exercises for Dogs

  • Over 75 bite-sized videos that can be easily digested at your own pace

  • Learn the why, how, and when of 24 exercises that you can use with your geriatric canine patients

  • RACE® approved for 15 Credits

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Want to work with Dr. Laurie? Choose Gold!

Even better than just watching the course, you can have direct access to Dr. Laurie. By choosing the GOLD level, you will have the opportunity to submit your own short videos as you are working with your dog.

Choose Gold and you can:

  • Get live access to webinars at the end of each less
  • Submit your short videos of you working with your dog and receive feedback directly from Dr. Laurie
  • Ask questions and get answers in our private community
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GOLD

$449.99

  • Access to all course lectures and materials
  • RACE® approved for 15 Credits
  • Instructor review of homework
  • Access to our community of vets and pet professionals
  • Ability to post questions and start discussions
  • Bi-monthly live events
  • Personal instructor feedback

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SILVER

$349.99

  • Access to all course lectures and materials
  • RACE® approved for 15 Credits
  • Watch Gold-level homework videos and feedback
  • Access to our community of vets and pet professionals
  • Ability to post questions that may be answered in live events
  • Live event recordings from all Gold courses
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BRONZE

$299.99

  • Access to all course lectures and materials
  • Completely self-paced curriculum
  • RACE® approved for 15 Credits
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We stand behind our courses and our students. If you aren't completely satisfied, contact us within 7 days of purchase for a full refund.

"...Her teaching style is clear, concise and interesting, and her hands-on approach allows a person to easily understand the How’s and Why’s, of whatever she is teaching you. She is one of the best teachers that I have ever had the honor of learning from."

- Lisa Kluslow, DVM, CVA, CCRT, VSMT, TCHVM

"This course was outstanding. The exercise videos were easy to see and follow ...
I appreciated that handler body position was included. We had a lot of ah ha moments as well as some laughs."

--Julie Burk, CVT, CCRVN

About Dr. Laurie

Dr. McCauley has had a lifelong passion to help as many pets as possible live an Optimum Quality of Life. A pioneer in the field of Veterinary Rehabilitation, Dr. Laurie designed the first underwater treadmill for dogs and opened the first Veterinary Rehabilitation Clinic.

She was on faculty at Canine Rehabilitation Institute for 14 years, is certified in Acupuncture and Chiropractic therapy, and in 2014 became Board Certified in Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. 

Dr. McCauley is an International lecturer and contributing author in many textbooks and journals. She was awarded the 2011 Iams AARV Award of Excellence in the Field of Rehabilitation and the 2015 AHVMA Holistic Practitioner of the Year Award. In 2017, Dr. McCauley opened Red Tail Rehab mobile practice in North Carolina, and in 2020, she started the online education platform Optimum Pet Vitality to fulfill her lifelong calling to help as many pets as possible.

2011 Iams AARV Award for Excellence in the Field of Rehabilitation

2015 Holistic Practitioner of the Year by the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association

Locum Head of Integrative Medicine at Louisiana State University School of  Veterinary Medicine

Board Certified in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Certified in Acupuncture, Chiropractic Therapy, and Canine Rehabilitation

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