Top Dog Stavanger

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About me
Imagine a small, idyllic town in Switzerland, with lots of farms and fields where children play in the hay and you can hear the church bells chiming. That is where I grew up. My parents are originally from Vienna, Austria, where we spent all our summers during our childhood. We were a pack of five: my parents, my sister, Taski, and myself. Taski was our Golden Retriever and undoubtedly my first ‘true love’.
I grew up around dogs, going to puppy courses, organising playtimes and walking some of the dogs in the neighbourhood. I could never imagine my live without dogs, but it is only now, after some years of moving around and about, that I’ve turned my passion into my work as a dog professional.
In the past, I called many different places my home, even Mexico and Miami, but since three years my boyfriend and I have been living in Stavanger, Norway. I enjoy exploring new cultures and learning new languages, only then do I really feel connected to people.
I have a degree in Hotel Management and for many years I worked in hotels worldwide. But I have grown out of the hotel industry and am laying my focus on the canine world.
My boyfriend and I usually spend some time each year in Lima, Peru, which is where his roots are, and where we volunteer at a dog shelter for street dogs, hoping to make their life a tiny bit better.
What I like most about working as a canine professional is to see the relationship grow between the dogs and their owners, as well as how trust develops and owner and pet become best friends. And of course I LOVE the hair and paw prints on all my clothes!
Christine Lang