Qualifications

  • 2000-2003 Gundog training for non-hunters at Gundog -Club -Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
  • 2011-2012 -Advanced Certificate of Canine Behaviour and Training from the UK based Centre of Applied Pet Ethology (COAPE)
  • 2013 – Tellington TTouch Seminar with Lindi Dekker at Barking Mad SA
  • 2012-2014 – Diploma as dog trainer and behavioral consultant for dog owners.(COAPE)
  • 2015- Opening of my Puppy Daycare “Happy Dog Happy Owner” in Pretoria
  • 2014-2018 – Frequent talks with “Coape SA” and “Animal Behaviour Consultants of South Africa”
  • 2021 -Certificate of Competence according to Section 11 of the Animal Welfare Act
  • 2022- Tierakademie Scheuerhof- 1 week training boot camp 1.0- training criteria, training plans and handicraft. Improving skills of a trainer practice-practice-practice!!! Chicken Module 1- Chickens are the best trainers!
  • 2022- Summer Academy of the (TOP Trainer) Animal Trainer Community Scheuerhof
  • 2022- Weekend seminar with Simon Prins- training at the highest level with a trainer who trains special units worldwide – collecting data and writing training plans at the Scheuerhof.
  • 2023-Summer Academy of the (TOP Trainer) Animal Trainer Community Scheuerhof
  • 2024-Summer Academy of the (TOP Trainer) Animal Trainer Community Scheuerhof
  • 2024- Mentor For Dog Owners according to the AVE principle with training successfully completed at Scheuerhof.

Webinars

  • From September 2021 – until today Top Trainer- Member of Tierakademie Scheuerhof Viviane Theby and Michaela Hares – Year-round, weekly training on holistic training and behavioral change in dogs and humans.
  • 2020— Stay @ Home Online Dog Congress
  • 2020 — Online Dog Congress
  • 2021 — Webinar “Beloved gray snout” — about living together with senior dogs with Maria Rehberger (Easy Dogs)
  • 2021 — Webinar “I see it differently, don’t let anything persuade you!” with Rolf C. Frank (blue dog)
  • 2021 — Webinar Scared Dog? Background and treatment options with Dr. Lara Steinhoff (Paw Academy)
  • 2021 — Webinar Myths of Human-Dog Bonding, with Dr. Iris Schöberl
  • 2021 — Excessive and Abnormally Repetitive Behavior on Animal Training, TV. with Dr. Ute Blascke-Berthold
  • 2021 — Special aspects when training puppies on animal training. TV. with Viviane Theby and Katja Frey
  • 2021 — Webinar Genetics, Behavior, Character Traits with Dr. Barbara Schöning
  • 2021 — Webinar with Dr. Lara Steinhoff, Castration in dogs — pros and cons
  • 2021 — Online Dog Congress
  • 2022- Online Day Seminar “Harnes, Collar & Co under a physiological magnifying glass”, with Hardy & Corinne Keller, Agimed Animal Physiotherapy
  • 2022- Webinar Dog-Dog Aggression Part 1, with Dr. Stephan Gronostay
  • 2022- Online Dog Congress
  • 2023 – Online Dog Congress