About

I have lived with, felt and watched dogs since I was a child. I love their silent yet profound way of communicating and I am deeply passionate about understanding them more and more — something that helps me grow and helps people evolve personally and in their relationship with their dog, using all the signals they give us and translating them into a path of personal knowledge and growth, both human and relational.

It is perhaps for this reason that the term Relational Alchemist found me.

I love relationships in all their forms — human, between different species, with nature, with oneself. With the world and all its sentient beings. I love being in a relationship.

I have a natural attraction to dogs considered “difficult”. Over time I have learned that, almost always, behind a complex behaviour there is no problem to correct — it is simply the expression of something deeper manifesting in the dog's distress: an unexpressed need, a misunderstanding in the relationship, repressed human emotions or simply a lack of attention toward ourselves.

It is precisely there that transformation can begin — through understanding behaviours, through stepping up and changing our approach, and through concrete tools to replace dysfunctional routines with functional ones, to rediscover pleasure together and feel genuinely connected.

As a dog educator and behavioural rehabilitation specialist I continue to train and grow — both as a person and as a professional. Volunteering in shelters, in Switzerland and abroad, taught me a great deal — but one experience radically changed my perspective: in Dahab, Egypt, I worked at a “sanctuary”, a valley home to 180 dogs, where I observed and studied the behaviour of free-roaming packs in their natural environment.

It led me to unlearn much of what I thought I knew, and I began learning from the true Masters — the dogs themselves. I learn, every day, from all of them — the free-roaming ones and those belonging to the people I meet in my work.

In my professional training I have specialised in: reading the dog and its language, managing aggression and fear, clicker work as a tool for precise and positive communication, and play-based search — both as a means of strengthening the bond and as a recovery tool for dogs with difficult histories.

I have been inspired and shaped by teachers I deeply respect, among them Moreno Sartori, Michele Minunno, Simone Dalla Valle, David Morettini, Luca Spennacchio, Dr. Arrigoni, and many others — each of whom has contributed to shaping my perspective and approach.

I deeply believe that every relationship between a dog and a human holds great evolutionary potential. When we learn to communicate with mutual respect, not only does the dog grow — possibilities open up to go beyond the learned limits we carry as human beings as well.

If you feel it is the right moment to understand your dog better and you wish to grow with them in your relationship, I will be happy to walk alongside you on your journey together, for as long as you wish.

See you soon, Mika