Hello

My love of dog training begins in 2020 when, like many, we decided to get a new family dog. Our previous dogs have all passed and the house was feeling empty. We decided to get a German Shepherd dog. We were naive as many are, about the difference between working breeds and the universal family pet dogs that we were largely used to. Add to that that our female dog was pretty reactive, or as I call that now, she has very large feelings about things. Trying to figure out this sweet dog is what started me on deep dive journey. 

 

For what it's worth, I enjoy a good challenge and shortly after we added another German Shepherd, and a year later foster failed a Belgian Malinois. 

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What started off as a crazy dog acquisition decision, that challenge turned into the best passion that is still filing me with inspiration. Our dogs taught me that I had to work and learn harder than them to stay ahead. I took course after course, read one book after another, took them to weekly trainings and classes and kept a tight routine of activities, learning, engagement, fitness, and play/work at home. The naive dog lover in me began to pursue professional dog training path. To this day, I breathe canine training and behavior.

 

Within dog training, scent detection and mantrailing have become my biggest passions. I have seen those disciplines give our dogs purpose and enormous confidence, and offer loads of help to people with high energy breeds who are otherwise at a loss. 

 

I am a Search and Rescue technician SAR tech II certified, accredited Mantrailing Global head instructor and assessor and am pursuing master level professional dog training education at Catch Dog Trainers Academy. Meanwhile I still train our own dogs in different disciplines of scent detection. 

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Dogs are my greatest passion and I'd love to share dog training with you and your dog 

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- Tjasa (TJ)

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Member of The Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT) since 2023

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