I'm feeling great and I prioritise health. I don't feel better than anyone else! I can enjoy feeling good about myself and hope for everyone else to enjoy themselves too. I believe that happiness is not something you achieve, it's something you DO. I'm choosing habits for happiness and I do them every day. I hope you can join me and start to seek happiness every day.

Do you ever feel self-doubt and low-self confidence?

I have to admit I fought many low self-confidence battles throughout the years! It's not an easy journey but it's a process that I will continue for the rest of my life.

I want to cultivate compassion to all living creatures. I want to inspire others to do the same. It’s not easy to share my opinion but I’m done with going into silence. What I’m sharing here is just my opinion and everyone can have their own. I would like to encourage other people to share their opinions and create a healthy discussion.

We don’t always behave in the same way. Nor we, nor our dogs.

Changing behaviour changes your emotions around it. You can become more resilient with practice.

Behaviour principles can be applied across the species. From animal training to personal development. Changing my behaviour changed the way I talk to myself. It can be applied to any new skill you would like to learn, I applied it to changing my diet. I’ve done it, you can do it too.

Animals just as much as humans are individuals with their own set of preferences and biases. What works for one will have no effect on the other. We can influence a positive change in the behaviour of any individual but the approach needs to take the individuality into consideration.

Focus on what you can give, even if it seems small. It’s not small for the individual you gifted. Seeing the dogs happy makes all the difference! Think about the fabulous time you can give those dogs that you can take out. Focus on the value you can provide. You can be a highlight of their day, it’s worth a lot!

You can use behaviour science and shaping in your own life to design learning new skills in the most positive and least intrusive way. It might not be the easiest thing to analyse and some people might not like self-reflection part. But if you are already doing self-reflection on a regular basis, this can be an amazing tool to enhance your self-development significantly and learn new skills effectively.

I want to be as good as other experienced trainers are. I believe that I can be with enough deliberate practice. It's not our innate state that makes us be as we are. It's our experiences that shape us. I might sometimes think that I'm not good enough yet but I know that I'm on my way to be. At least that's my philosophy as I continue to learn and practice.

It's ok to have a feeling of not being good enough. Let it be, accept it and most importantly LET IT GO. Find something positive in your life, something that you are grateful for like a dog wagging his tail or asking to be petted. And then you can see the previous situation in a different light. Expecting too much from myself isn't fair. Letting myself learn will be.