Eva Bodfäldt - 24 years as a dog consultant

I am a dog consultant specialized in learning psychology and the interplay dog-man. I received my education as dog psychologist in 1980-82 from Anders Hallgren at Stora Sofielunds Hundskola. I have also learnt operant conditioning from Marian and Bob Bailey, one of the great luminaries in this field in the United States.

Following my education I started my own business where I conduct courses for dog owners on all levels, from people who have acquired their first dog to experienced competitors and dog owners with specific aims and directions or problems. My motto is Empathy-Friendship-Responsibility. During the season 2002-03 I celebrated my 20-years jubilee as dog consultant.

I furthermore conduct courses and give lectures for dogs clubs and associations all over Sweden and in the Nordic countries. The Swedish Working Dogs Club, regional clubs within the Swedish Kennel Club, the Swedish Spaniel and Retriever Club and the Swedish Poodle Club are some of the associations that have engaged me during the last few years. I also conduct further training for instructors, among others those in the Swedish Working Dogs Club.

Among my own competition prizes are three obedience championships, one working dogs championship in tracking and two participations in Swedish Championships in obedience. I have furthermore trained one of my earlier dogs as a rescuing dog.

The following review of Eva Bodfäldt's book The Contact-Contract – A Book About Man’s Interplay with Dog was written by Ingrid Sigfridsson for the magazine Brukshunden 1/2002:

How do you succeed in getting the dog to maintain contact and walk gently on a leash? Can you interplay in a playful way? What does a dog’s way of greeting you signify? Why does the dog growls? How do you train a good recall? What does shaping mean? You can get the answer to these and many other questions in Contact-Contract – A Book about Man’s interplay with Dog by the dog consultant Eva Bodfäldt. This paper-bound book is published by Bodfäldt own publishing house Mio Production and comprises 208 pages with photo illustrations. In Contact-Contract Eva Bodfäldt shares her 20 years of experience concerning learning psychology and the interplay man-dog with us. The author is well-known in working dogs circles and her training methods have become a standard for many obedience handler The book contains a good number of practical tip-offs concerning how to get a docile dog happy to obey. The main theme is how you create a positive interplay by reinforcing the dog’s spontaneous wish to establish contact. A number of examples from the real world make it easier for the reader to follow the author. The Contact-Contract is both for the newly-fledged dog owner and the more experienced ones, for those who want to have the dog just as company and for active obedience handler.