As base manager, I am fully committed to all projects.

My Weimaraner Labrador bitch Snowy (date of birth: January 1st, 2019) accompanies me in my day-to-day life in my main job at the tax office/auditing firm. She is always by my side, so we are a great team, which I am very proud and grateful for. Through regular trailing (since the 16th week of life), our bond has become even stronger.

Even “earlier” – before Snowy, I was able to gain valuable experience, either by listening with interest to my mother Sabine Kratzenberg, or as a silent companion during training.

From the beginning, Snowy and I as a team have gone through the testing system according to the K-9 ® guideline including blue. Since 2022, we have been animal search - mission tested and regularly carry out voluntary animal search missions as part of the non-profit association Tiersuche Niederrhein eV.

This intensive, wonderful hobby together with my dog was quickly consolidated through more challenging trails or tasks after mission analyses in training units with SK Suchhunde Niederrhein, Sabine Kratzenberg or with K-9 ® Alexandra Grundow -online/ on site in Carinthia-.

The fact that I am able to experience and structure the day-to-day life of Tiersuche Niederrhein eV as a board member or founding member has created a wide range of knowledge and experience in addition to an incredibly valuable network in the field of animal rescue and animal protection.

By further consolidating technical content through ongoing training at K-9 ® experts webinars and online training units, I am creating a solid foundation for myself.

Over the past few months, I have had the opportunity to get to know some great new teams and, in addition to the necessary seriousness, we have had a lot of fun. I am really looking forward to continuing to support the existing teams and integrating new ones.

I decided to take the unique training to become a search dog trainer at the K9 Academy® because it is a top-certified training with high quality standards and very experienced instructors.

Continuous training K-9 ® experts:

• 08.05.2023, 15.05.2023, 22.05.2023: Trilogy - Building the Mantrailer
• 04.06.2023: Get out & Dive in
• 27.07.2023: Contaminated odor article
• 17.09.2023: Keep the Focus
• 21.09.2023: The Ease of Trail Riding
• 04.01.2024: My addiction is a control freak
• 28.01.2024: The impulse step
• 30.01.2024 / incl. Animal Search Team: Emergency Advisor
• 01.02.2024: Mental Resilience
• 18.02.2024: The right search speed when mantrailing
• 10.03.2024: Plan B - Crisis management in action
• 05.05.2024: Mindfulness - in harmony with the dog
• 15.05.2024: Mental Coach - Group appointment for club members
• 11.07.2024: Show me twice!
• 21.07.2024: Double Blind
• 28.07.2024: The K9 - Tapping Method in Mantrailing and Dog Training
• Trilogie: Troubleshooting Thermik 22.08./29.08./01.09.2024
• Trilogy: Troubleshooting Thermals in Practice 29.09./06.10./13.10.2024
• 03.10.2024: The Operation ABC
• 17.11.2024: Trouble Shooting im Mantrailing
• 12.12.2024: The two ways of training (only for K9 Trainers)
• Additional qualification: Start - Endpool 07.01.25/ 09.01.2025

• 1 week June 2024: Austria, Carinthia/ Slovenia Training Alexandra Grunow

Ivy, a 4-year-old Welsh Springer Spaniel bitch, and I have been trail running for 1 ½ years.

For me, trail running is the way in which we grow together as a human-dog team through shared exercise in nature and also celebrate mutual successes.

It is our way.

teamwork.

Since I started training with Elke, Farina and Sabine in spring 2024, we have made such a leap forward that I have been infected – I would like to know more.

After consultation with the existing trainer team, I have now completed the training to become

I started training as a Basic Trail Trainer (BTT) at K9 Experts. This way I can also inspire others to take up trail riding.