My journey into dog training started when I got my Golden Retriever, Zelda. The plan was actually quite simple: I wanted a walking companion. Then I discovered clicker training, and dog training quickly became much more than a hobby.
What fascinated me most was the analytical approach to training. Not just the question "how do I get my dog to do this?", but why the dog does what it does, what in the environment affects behaviour, what the dog has learned, and how we can adjust training so the dog has better conditions for success.
I'm a qualified clicker trainer and have completed Canis Hundeskole's one-year instructor training in clicker training and behaviour analysis. During this training, I've specialised in training planning, observation and video analysis, systematic skill development, training data and communication of training methods to course participants.
I also spend a lot of time on further development through courses and professional deepening. I have a particular interest in competitive obedience, working dog sports and search work, and have specialised through courses in competitive obedience, tracking, search and rescue, nose work and search development.
With my own dog, Zelda, I train competitive obedience, working dog sports and nose work. What I find most exciting is building skills systematically and finding out what it takes when training doesn't develop the way we'd hoped.
By day I work as a software developer, and that background also shapes how I think about dog training. I like to break complex problems down into smaller parts, look for causes, test solutions and adjust based on what I observe.
As an instructor, I don't just want to give course participants a recipe for what to do. I want to help them understand what's actually happening in the training, why a solution works, and how they themselves can observe, evaluate and adjust their training as they go.
The goal isn't just to get the dog to do what we want. The goal is to understand what it takes for the dog to succeed.
