Meet our team
Train with the best
Gorana Smoljenović
instructor for puppy school, private lessons and group lessons
"Success is moving from failure to failure without loosing enthusiasam." Winston Churchill Never give up! Goga is the founder of the Fun Fido Zagreb School; the realization of a long-standing dream. Since 2007, he has been working more seriously with his dogs. Before that, she only had dogs as pets. For the last 10 years or so, she has been leading training groups and courses for rescue dogs, initially in KOSSP Zagreb, and currently in the fire brigade as a member of DVD Prečko. He is a licensed FCI instructor for training rescue dogs since 2017. Since 2018, he has started running courses for pets, initially courses for puppies, and later for adult dogs. He also conducts individual training for dogs with developed behavioral difficulties. He is currently working with his fourth service dog, a young working English cocker spaniel, Malu. The previous 3 dogs, Sunny, Tya and Lamar, have the highest FCI/IRO license for Ruin Rescue and Nature Search. She ran agility in the A2 large class with the border collie Ty, and currently runs with the working English cocker spaniel Lamar in the A3 medium class. She tried her hand at many other canine disciplines, so she did mantrailing, retrieving, nosework along with rescuers and agility. This year, with her dog Lamar, she represented the Zagreb Fire Department at the World Rescue Dog Championship in Austria. In VZGZ, she was the president of the committee for search dogs. As a Team Leader, she led the HR national teams at the world championships in Slovenia in 2014 and Romania in 2022, and as a Team Leader she was at the MRT in Germany in 2011 Licensed HKS/FCI rescue dog training instructor for rescue in ruins and nature, 1st class firefighter - specialization in rescue from ruins, head of search dog section and treasurer in DVD Prečko, member of the specialist civil protection units of the city of Zagreb. Participated in rescue interventions during the earthquake in Zagreb, Petrinja and Sisak and numerous searches in nature in cooperation with HGSS. Manager of city projects for financing rescue dogs for more than 10 years. Member of the Hunting Kennel Society for Retrievers, Rescue Dogs Maribor, secretary and course leader of the Samo Psi Kennel Club and member of the Magna Canis Kennel Club. In KOSSP Zagreb, she held the position of president for 4 years and secretary for 3 years.
Tomislav Zdenčar
leader of individual and group work
"It's not important to participate, it's important to win!" Grunf Tomislav gained his many years of experience in working with dogs through various canine disciplines. Since 2002, he has been dealing with rescuers, agility, mantrailing, working with sheep, obedience, canicross. He got his start in KOSSP ZAGREB, and currently plays for the Slovenian club REPS MARIBOR and represents the Zagreb Fire Department as a member K-9 team DVD Prečko. He led courses in obedience, individual obedience, house training, that is, preparing dogs for coexistence with the owner, which is what he currently does most. He is an instructor of rescue dog training, and often leads groups at international seminars and camps. Of the five dogs he has trained, he is active with two more, border collies Witch and Smash, a mother and son from his own breeding. "First love" are his saviors, and among the more important results in that discipline, seven appearances at the world championships with three different dogs, and three placements within the top 10, won fifth and twice seventh place. With two dogs, he also took part in the world championship in the agility discipline and also took a high 8th place. He participated in the rescue of the earthquake-hit cities of Zagreb and Petrinja. He also participated in the international mission in Albania as a member of the intervention group of the Republic of Croatia. He was the first in Croatia to pass the most demanding licenses for forest and rubble rescue prescribed by the World Rescue Organization IRO (international rescue organization), MRT area and MRT rubble with the same dog, and the only one in these areas who did it again with another dog. He is the former president of the KOSSP Zagreb club in one term, and a member of the Presidency in another. He is currently a member of the Civil Protection of the Republic of Croatia, the Fire Brigade of the City of Zagreb, and the KOSSP Zagreb and REPS Maribor clubs.
Masa Srebric
workshop leader with puppies
Live, laugh, love! Maša has been combining sport and dog training for almost 20 years. Since 2006, she has been actively training agility in the KOSSP club, where as a member of the club's national team, she competes in agility in the A3 category with terrier Bob, and Croatian shepherd dogs Lili and Bajka. With all three dogs, she ran for the Croatian agility team for the European agility championship in 2013-2015, and with the Croatian sheepdogs for the Croatian agility team at the World Championship in 2014 and 2015. In 2013, she competed with her dog Bob at the European Agility Championship in the Japanese team. She is the originator of the agility project for children, in which, through a fun and simple way, children are introduced to a quality and correct relationship with a dog. Maša was active in the KOSSP clubs, the Zagreb Croatian Shepherd Club, and the Magna Canis association. With Croatian shepherds Lili, Bajka, Lija, and Bibi, she competed in the world championship for Croatian shepherds and with Bajka won the title of world champion in bikejoring twice. In 2012, she won overall 5th place at the World Championship in work for Croatian shepherds. Her favorite canine disciplines are agility and bikejoring, and she also trained rescue dogs and canicross. She successfully passed training for a rescue dog handler. With the bitch Bajka, she has passed the national obedience tests A0 and BH-VT.
Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen. Orhan Pamuk Ana Jurenić is the manager of courses and workshops at K9 Nosework Hrvatska, and is a member of Sportski kennel club Rijeka. She has been dealing with dog training for 10 years, trained in agility and rally obedience, and for 7 years her focus has been on Mantrailing and K9 Nosework. He is the first K9 NOSEWORK trainer in Croatia. Her poodle Wiki is the first dog with a 3rd place (highest) grade K9 NOSEWORK, and the younger poodle Yotta is the youngest dog with that exam in the Republic of Croatia. She passed the training with Slovenian coaches. With the Slovenian trainer and international judge for rescue dogs, Matjaža Zanut, she also passed her license as a 1st generation MANTRAILING instructor in Croatia. All three of her dogs successfully do K9 Nosework and Mantrailing, and Ana also passed the handler's exam rescue dog. He is working on the promotion of the poodle as a breed, but also of other dogs-pets so that people can include them in one of canine disciplines. She is most proud of being a timid terrier with epilepsy Misha through K9 Nosewok and Mantrailing has rehabilitated her to the extent that she copes well with everyday life, which challenges her a lot fears (sudden sounds, events...) This is exactly the reason she started dealing with "nose" disciplines because of all the benefits of quality activation of the nose as the dog's primary sense.
Ana Jurenić
manager of K9 Nosework
Mateja Tuščić
breed selection advisor
To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.
