I started training after a hobby foundation in 2006. Since then, I have studied animal training in a variety of ways, both with theoretical studies and by keeping my hands busy in practical work. In addition to customer work, I work e.g. in the teaching work of animal trainers, and as a separation anxiety specialist for Digital Dogsitter. ​ The most important teachers in my work have been the thousands of dog families I've met - all of them different with various problems.

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The turning points in my career have been in the treatment of separation anxiety in dogs. The subject got me, and since then I have been translating and applying the Finnish separation anxiety terminology, bringing out the difference between separation anxiety and other separation related problems, and produced content about the most used tranining method of both separation anxiety training and human therapy, (systematic desensitization). My application of home alone training, which feels  the most personal, has been combining emotional conditioning with systematic desensitization, which is now known in Finland as a term resting routine ("leporutiini"). My biggest goals in changing separation anxiety training have been increasing desensitization in the training of separation anxiety dogs, separating different problem solving methods, and understanding the importance of the balance of rest routines, health, social time budgets and other well-being as a big part of the training process. In order to increase the knowledge of separation anxiety, I have built educations for trainers in Finland.

 ​I work to increase the well-being between dogs and people. I strive to increase people's awareness of training methods based on science and to reduce the use of methods related to pressure and punishments. All behavior modification is possible with fear free methods, improving the learner's well-being.​