Anne Lill Kvam
President
Sarina Kriechbaum-Young
Chair
Anne Lill lives in a house in the forest in Norway, together with Tyra, her adolescent Icelandic sheepdog. Anne Lill was educated by Turid Rugaas in 1995, and has worked world wide alone and together with Turid in giving
seminars, courses, speeches, IDTE's since 1996. Her deepest interest is in all kinds of sense work, and around dogs' emotions, and then consequently in stress and aggression. She is strongly dedicated to educate new dog trainers
in the world, who will follow PDTE's strict Code of Ethics.
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Sarina is based in Austria and has been working with dogs since 2014, the year she completed the IDTE in Vienna with Anne Lill Kvam. She is also an English teacher for adults. Sarina has a dog school called "Sky Dogs" in Austria (near Graz) where she specializes in nosework for dogs. She is passionate about teaching, animal welfare, and learning about dog language and natural behaviour.
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Katja Werner
Secretary
Peter Botsch
Treasurer
After completing the IDTE with Turid Rugaas, Katja has been working as a dog trainer in the QimmiQ Lodge (www.qimmiq-lodge.de) in Germany with dogs and their owners since 2015. In addition to individual and tracking training, she works in the dog day care centre with fixed dog groups. In her second life, she is a scheduler in a film and television production company.
Peter is based in southern Germany and graduated and works as a Dipl.-Ing. in mechanics. He has completed several courses with experts such as Turid Rugaas and Anne Lill Kvam about canine behaviour and health. He is passionate about nose work and works as a freelancer at Dogcom in Bad Wimpfen.
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Leticia Sanchez Moral
Board Member
Sandy Guevara
Board Backup
Leticia is a Canine Myotherapist and educator from the North of Spain where she runs her canine business, Preparadogs. She has shared her life with 5 dogs, each of them with their own challenges, who have motivated her to learn more.
Leticia keeps up with new knowledge to deliver the best service to her clients. She has completed the International Dog Trainer Education program and is a full member of the PDTE, having served as the Country Representative for Spain and Mexico.
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After completing her specialisation in Canine Behaviour and Dog Trainer at the Nordic Dog Centre for Ethical Dog Training in Norway, she has focused more on treating pain-related behavioural problems.
She has a sensory garden in Queretaro Mx, also gives courses on dog behaviour (more information at www.candemicorazon.com) and gives behavior consultations. She likes to make needle felting wool figures in her spare time.
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