It takes huge talent to be highly successful in one skill in life...but three?

Yet that’s exactly what Leah Gardner has achieved – in Canine Agility, Canine Rescue and Rehabilitation, and very recently her incredibly realistic Art.

The latest news is that she has been invited to exhibit in three forthcoming art exhibitions!

The first exhibition runs October 6 to October 22 at The Factory, 21-31 Shacklewell Lane London E8 2DA and includes two of Leah’s pieces…

“400” - a piece about the endangered Sumatran tigers (there are only 400 left).

“Concrete jungle” - a piece about the wildlife’s world being encroached into by man. 

The next two exhibitions are for “Sketch for survival” and take place in Edinburgh from 27th October and London OXO towers from 9th November and include …

 “Down but not out” - a piece depicting the plight of the critically endangered African Wild Dog. 

Leah says, “I started drawing properly in 2020 at the beginning of lockdown and was lucky enough to be runner up in the Into the Wild art competition and then won Pet Portrait Artist of the year 2021.”

Involvement in art has followed on from her other two major interests - Agility and Rescue and Rehabilitation.

Leah saw Agility at Olympia when she was seven years old and then ‘had to do it’!

CSJ’s and Leah’s own websites (details below) list numerous gold, silver and bronze medals including European Open and IMCA World Championships, both with dogs that she had saved from death’s door… Herbie (European Open silver) who was scared of everything and unable to be handled when she first got him and Theory (IMCA World Champion) who was saved at 2 weeks old from being drowned.

She has also vet nursed and worked closely in rescue with rehabilitation all her life, working for and raising funds for Many Tears Animal Rescue (registered charity No: 1192227).

Based in Wales but having dogs in foster homes throughout the UK, Many Tears Animal Rescue takes in and rehomes primarily ex-breeding dogs who are no longer required, those on "death row" in the pounds and those whose owners are no longer able to keep them - now homing in excess of 3,000 dogs a year.

CSJ say they are in awe at Leah’s art and proud of her dogs’ agility success plus heartwarming involvement with canine welfare whilst Leah says, “My dogs absolutely thrive on CSJ. They are fit and healthy and adore their food. The shine in their coat and comments from my vet about their great condition is testimony to how good CSJ is.” 

Do take time to find out more about Leah, her dogs, agility, art and rescue at the following websites and on social media.

www.leahgardnerart.co.uk www.anjuagility.co.uk www.manytears.co.uk