Michael Naef

Before the dogs, I worked with people.

Before entering the world of dogs, my work was directed at human beings. I accompanied people through personal growth programmes — courses designed to go beyond the limits and conditioning we carry within us: those inflicted on us, those learned, those that became habit without our noticing.

The heart of that work was simple: to free up choices. To expand possibilities. To recover energy and attention to put back in service of what truly matters — one's own Dreams.

Those experiences have not remained in the past — today they are an integral part of my approach and accompaniment with dog-human pairs. When I work with a dog and their human, I never work with just one of them.

A great part of my vocation is making a dog's behaviour comprehensible to their human — especially those that create discomfort in the relationship — and then offering concrete tools to handle them differently, so the dog feels understood, relaxes and trusts their human more. And vice versa: the human steps out of the conflict with the being they love, but who often pushes them to their limit with behaviours they cannot understand. Greater harmony is thus created, and the human receives the tools to be the Guide their dog needs.