My name is Mia Skogster and I'm a working dog trainer and active competitor from Vihti, in the south of Finland.

My current trial dog is Mecberger Chortoryiski alias Helge, who has won the Finnish Championship twice and done his share in promoting Finnish dog training on international arenas.

In World Championship trials, Helge has - in addition to medals - achieved the honor of being the first and currently only dog in the world to get the next to impossible full score of 100 points in obedience. Also my previous dog Jaki got 100 points in obedience, and his point average was 96, just like Helge's.

Obedience training is my great passion. During the last 10 years I have given seminars and lectures on the subject, trained hundreds of dog handlers in camps and training weekends and provided personal coaching for several individual dog and handler teams.