Our main objective is the provision of the right care and service for all of our four-legged clients. In order for this to achieve it is of paramount importance to find the most suitable and reliable colleagues, since we all know well, that entrusting someone with our dearest friend often causes anxiety and leaves us in distrust.
Our services are carried out by professionals having many years of experience in this specific field of expertise, being dog-keepers themselves – or maybe even more than that, dogs being the centre of their everyday lives, their passion. Our goal is to convey this love and affection to your dog too.
Love and affection is one aspect though, the other being special requests by the dog owners. Be it an individual training course or discipline to be learned, behavioural anomalies to be treated or health to be preserved, our well-prepared and up-to-date colleagues will soon after having thoroughly investigated the situation work out the most suitable service.
Along with the professional content, flexibility is another very important issue. As our circle of clients comprises everything from the elderly with difficulties to move all the way to busy businesspeople or diplomats often spending weeks abroad, we try to organize our services in a flexible way regarding time, range of service and the financials.
Management
Péter Gárdos
Peter is responsible for Dogmopolite's general management. Following his high-school studies in Austria he moved back to Hungary after 10 years to obtain his BA in tourism and hotel management, to be followed by an MA at the Budapest Corvinus University and later the MBA at the CEU Budapest. During his career he has been general manager of many companies. Peter has working experience in Hungary, Austria, Switzerland and Spain, countries where he not only worked but also lived for longer periods of time.
Dog sitter, walker, trainer and groomer colleagues
Dorka
Dorka has been a dog owner since she was 10. She did the Animal Welfare, then the Habilitation Dog Trainer degrees. She often takes part in professional programmes. Her main tasks were the training of therapy and assisting dogs before joining Dogmopolite. Prior to that, Dorka worked for over 4 years at the Rex Dog Shelter, where she lead courses on rehabilitation and responsible animal keeping, and organized camps.
Évi
Évi has been a member of Dogmopolite since 2014 – her main tasks include dog walking and dog sitting. She loves dogs and will soon start her dog training career. Évi has had a German Shepherd (Jerry Lee) for 13 years, and had, in addition, a dozen cats, all of who she saved from the streets and even from death. Évi’s favourites are the large-breeds, such as the golden retriever, the Labrador and the German Shepherd.
Balázs
Has been surrounded by dogs since his childhood, his father was a dog patroller and trainer. Has been into pro dog keeping since 2010, as a new owner of a foxi mix. He is as pro breeder, having bred and trained therapeutic, rescue and sports dogs. He is a dog behaviour and health specialist. He lives with three dogs. He’s been into dog shepherding, agility, and frisbee since 2010, all of them on a pro level, as well as city dog trainer.
Réka
Réka has been a dog aficionado since her early childhood. She has attended IPO competitions regularly since she was a little girl, most and foremost with her German shepherd. In addition, Réka is a French bulldog breeder. Currently, she is the proud owner of four dogs (two German shepherds, one Belgian shepherd and a French bulldog). Réka regularly attends trainings, seminars, in order to constantly develop her skills.
Lilla
Lilla has adored animals since her earliest childhood. Dogs have been always around in her family, rescued and fostered ones, some of them up until today. She got to know what it’s like to be a true dog owner with her first dog. She did the dog school, further trainings and of course agility. Since then, her enthusiasm and hobby have developed into a life form. She is actively into sports, agility, flyball and frisbee with her young Border Collie.
Réka
Réka has been a keen learner of dog behaviour since 2010. Starting that year, she has attended dog schools regularly, where she was elected into the performing group in 2011. In that year she also obtained her diploma in animal protection, and has helped in Westie Rescue Hungary ever since. Her favourite authors are Jan Fennel, Cesar Millan and Kyra Sundance.
Réka
Réka was raised on the countryside, and has been surrounded with dogs ever since – she has walked her own dog and that of her friends for a long time. She started the vet assistant course in September 2016 and will continue with the therapy dog trainer course in 2017. Réka joined Dogmopolite’s dog walking team in 2016 and has been a very reliable, lovely and professional colleague ever since.
Petra
Petra has been a dog lover since her childhood, having sitted many of her friends’ dogs. After that came Bodza, the 8-month old mix. With him, that Petra learned the responsible dog keeping principles. They started basic obedience early with positive reinforcement and clicker – tools she is still using today. She deems the mental, spiritual and physical development as extremely important. Petra has been a dog walker since 2016.
Dora
Dora has been a dog lover since “her birth”, as she puts it, and it’s mostly dogs. In the beginnings she helped out in shelters, and in January 2015 she adopted her first dog. They did the basic obedience training in the dog school, followed by many tricks learned at home. Currently she is rehabilitating a seriously maltreated dog as a foster owner, whom she will adopt soon. Dora joined Dogmopolite in February 2016.
Hetti
Hetti joined the team of the Dogmopolite Pest Grooming Salon in 2015. Hetti has an endless patience and love towards animals, her profession is also her devotion and passion. In her 15 years of active dog grooming career Hetti has always been open to development, and has attended many trainings and seminars. She obtained her diploma from the famous Szűcs Marika, and is amongst the best groomers in Hungary.
Zsófi
Zsófi grew up on the countryside. She’s been a dog owner since her early childhood – her first dog was a Hungarian vizsla, who lived until 2014. Shortly thereafter arrived Bosco, the black toy poodle. In 2016 the family further expanded, this time with Dexter, the French bulldog. The two became best friends. Zsófi regularly volunteers, wakes up early and loves walking dogs.
Saci
Saci graduated as a pro dog groomer in 2007 with excellent results. She has a dog past spanning over 18 years, starting with the Miniature Poodle, after which she became a Boxer fanatic, a passion still lasting today. Saci’s favourites also include the Westie. She does dog sports, flyball and also dog training, as Saci is a pro dog trainer at the same time, having been a tutor in many dog schools. After giving up this activity, she has devoted all her time to dog grooming.
Kinga
Kinga has been crazy about dogs since her childhood. For over 10 years she has been both a dog and cat owner, and she grooms them too. She reads professional books and publications, she deems her professional progress as extremely important. Kinga is a regular guest on dog events, exhibitions. She graduated in 2010 as a dog groomer, and has ever since developed into one of the best in our grooming team. Her favourite breeds are Schnauzer and Vizsla.
Bogi
Bogi joined Dogmopolite dog grooming salon Pest in 2016. She’s been a groomer for 4 years. Side by side with our other colleague, Hetti, she managed to raise her skills to phenomenal levels. She’s lived with dogs for four years and wishes to learn dog whispering, as – in addition to hygiene – mental health is also an important issue. She continuously develops her skills with seminars, courses and trainings.
Anna
Anna has prepared Pulis and Kerry Blue Terriers for exhibitions for over decade and has been a pro dog groomer for almost a decade, too. She is a regular visitor of agility, dog dancig, frisbee competitions and dog exhibitions. Anna has worked and studied in Hungary, the United States and Spain. She is a keen learner, and develops her skills constantly on seminars and competitions.
Mónika
Mónika has adored animals since her early childhood. She’s had dogs since she was 6. She got her first dog in need for regular grooming at 10, in the form of an English Cocker Spaniel. That’s when she decided to become a groomer. She did the grooming school in 2008 and has grown her enthusiasm ever since. She’s become a real pro. Currently she shares her life with four dogs (3 Salukis and a Yorkie).
Borbála
Borbála’s family has kept dogs since her birth – they either adopted our found them, so they were mostly street terriers. Nowadays Borbála shares her life with two dogs and two cats. The dogs are a Labrador-Cane Corso, and a smaller hunting dog mix. She does a lot of trailing and sports outside with her dogs, even swims in the nearby lake with them. Her favourites are large breeds. She’ll soon start the dog training course.
Andi
Andi has had large breeds (Caucasians) since her early childhood – her parents raised her to love animals, and taught her how to love and care for them. She would do anything for animals, most and foremost for dogs to take them off the streets. In this sense, she adopted a small breed dog who went astray, and Andi wishes to make his, hopefully long life as good as possible. Andi is member of our dog walking and sitting team.
