The Puzzle Dog team
Puzzle Dog is a one-women / one-dog business:
Tessa and #PuzzlePuck are the ones that do it all: teach, sew, puzzle, demo, finances, logistics, emailing, website building, creating content and everything else that needs to be done running a business!
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Our passion for Hersenwerk and puzzles is what started it all. First we focused on sewing and selling puzzles and over time courses, events, patterns and more have been added, because we keep on learning and have many cool ideas that we want to share!
All our services and products come together in our wish for every dog to have a happy, pain free, comfortable, enriched and fun life! And his owner too!
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Keep on learning!
Being good in what we do and becoming better all the time: that's our goal for Puzzle Dog.
After a career as a quality manager, facility manager and consultant in several branches I started 'studying dogs' in 2014 after our first move abroad - from the Netherlands to Norway. When we moved from Norway to Canada in 2017 I studied to become a certified ‘Hersenwerk for dogs’. And since then I also got the amazing job of tutor and manager international for Hersenwerk for dogs.
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Since 2017 we have added knowledge and skills to our 'backpack' and we will probably never stop doing that. There is so much to learn about dogs and so much research is being done these days: the learning won't ever stop.
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Besides from one-time webinars, reading books and learning from colleagues, these are the courses on our list:
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2018:
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Hersenwerk for Dogs: 2 day course ‘Hersenwerk and puppies’
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Hersenwerk for Dogs: inspirational sessions with colleagues
2019:
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Hersenwerk for Dogs: clinic ‘observing, watching and seeing’
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Hersenwerk for Dogs: clinic ‘Hersenwerk for injured dogs’
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Hersenwerk for Dogs: clinic ‘Dog wear’
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Canine Principles: Scentwork Enrichment; Accredited Certificate, Dec. 20, 2019
2020:
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Hersenwerk for Dogs: clinic ‘people with anxiety for dogs’
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Hersenwerk for Dogs: seminar 'rescue dogs from abroad'
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Canine Principles: Senior Dog Care Course; Certificate of completion Jan. 6, 2020
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Maritime Dog First Aid and Hiking Safety: Canine CPR & First Aid, June 22 2020,
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All about the Dog - Gemma Hodson: ACE online workshop, 48 ACE credits, July 2020
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Canine Principles: Canine Cognitive Dysfunction: Certificate of attendance, Nov 8 2020
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ACE Dog Detective - Sarah Fisher: online workshop, 40 ACE credits, November 2020
2021
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ACE Cool, Calm and Connected - Sarah Fisher: online workshop, 40 ACE credits, March 2021
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Zoopharmacognosy - Centre of Excellence, certificate April 2021
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2022
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ACE Module 2 - Sarah Fisher/Lucie Leclerc: online workshop, 100 ACE credits, April 2022
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Dynamic Dog Practitioner - Gemma Hodson, Dynamic Dog, Certificate of Completion with Distinction May 2022
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Sensory Integration, 10 hour lecture course, FreeDogz, October 2022
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Movement of the Canine, Galen Myotherapy, 1.5 CPD points, December 2022
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Soft tissue Injury and Repair, Galen Myotherapy, 2 CPD points, December 2022
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2023
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Building resilience for Seniors, Behavior Vets, 1.5 CEU, March 2023
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Resilience Rainbow tour - in person, Behavior Vets, 14 CEU, May 2023
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Stress in Dogs - Why worry?, The DoGenius, Amber Batson, July 2023
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Canine Neuropark® : Predictive Brains, Behavior Vets, 1.5 CEU, August 2023
