Karoline Måseide Thomassen

Behavior Consultant and Instructor

Offers courses and home visits in Oslo and the surrounding areas, as well as Follo. She also provides online sessions and consultations at Kolbotn Animal Clinic.

Educated biologist, ethologist, behavior consultant, dog trainer, and certified Fear Free Animal Trainer.

Karoline is a trained biologist and ethologist with a specialization in dog behavior, and she wrote her master’s thesis on separation anxiety in dogs. She is also a certified behavior consultant from NMBU, which provides formal competence to work with various behavioral issues. Karoline has several years of experience in assessing and treating behavioral problems in dogs and guiding owners through this process. She aims to foster understanding between dogs and their owners and to provide tools that owners can use to improve their interaction with their four-legged friends. This is central to her work as a dog trainer as well. In 2016, she became a certified dog trainer and has since worked with hundreds of owners and dogs at various stages.

Karoline med Ylva på fjellet

Mail: karoline@dyreatferd.no

As a dog trainer, Karoline is energetically focused on inclusivity, creating joy, and inspiring course participants. She conveys knowledge in a clear and detailed manner and strives to make dog science as understandable and accessible as possible. An essential part of working with dogs and their owners is not only motivating the dog but also helping the owner to experience success. This is also one of the cornerstones of her work as a behavior consultant, where Karoline employs an empathetic and understanding approach to the various issues a dog owner may face.

Karoline runs the Oslo and Surroundings branch of the Animal Behavior Center.

She has personally owned the following breeds: Border Collie and White Swiss Shepherd.

Karoline resides in Fetsund.