My work with animals began long before I knew it would one day become my profession.

As a child, I often escaped into the world of animals. With them, I felt safe, accepted and somehow exactly where I belonged. I didn't have to explain myself or pretend to be someone I wasn't. Animals accepted me as I was – and with them, I felt I had found my place.

I started working with horses at a very young age, including some of the more challenging ones. Looking back, I don't think it worked because I was particularly strong or brave. Quite the opposite: With animals, I was simply myself. No role, no façade, nothing to prove. And surprisingly, they seemed to respond rather well to that. :)

I would say that love was what connected us – but that sounds far too cheesy, hahaha.

Later, I had a horse and a dog of my own. Today, I share my life with a dachshund, and over the years there have also been parrots, fish and many other animals, large and small. And although every animal is different, I have always found myself drawn to the same two questions:

What does an animal truly need to live a happy, healthy and balanced life? And how can I, as a human, build a meaningful relationship with them?

Of course, our relationship with a dog is very different from the one we have with fish in an aquarium. And yet, at its core, I believe the same questions remain: Who is this animal? What do they need? How do they experience the world? What is their personality? And what is my role, as a human, in their life?

Looking back, I now realise that these questions have shaped my entire philosophy and the way I work today.

I studied behavioural biology, worked in animal behaviour research, trained animals, developed my work in intuitive animal communication and soul language, and explored energy, healing and the soul ever more deeply. I am a scientist, behavioural biologist and animal trainer – but equally an animal whisperer, intuitive animal communicator and healer.

And the more I learned and experienced, the clearer it became: None of these perspectives is enough for me on its own. They need to work together, with the flexibility to move between them depending on what is needed.

Animal Wellbeing

What does this animal need to be physically healthy, emotionally balanced and truly fulfilled?

Drawing on my scientific background and many years of working with companion animals, farm animals and wildlife, I developed my own framework: the Amann Model – 9 Levels of Animal Wellbeing.

It considers nine interconnected areas: movement, nutrition, social relationships, health and healing, environment, protection and leadership, learning and education, physical development, and purpose and the soul level.

Because wellbeing means far more than ensuring that an animal has enough food, receives medical care and is not obviously suffering. It means asking whether their body is getting what it needs, whether they feel safe, whether they can express their natural behaviours, whether they have appropriate social relationships, whether they are understood and given meaningful guidance – and whether there is also room for their emotional, energetic and spiritual needs.

Despite the spiritual side of my work, I can be surprisingly pragmatic. :)

Not every problem is rooted in trauma or an unresolved soul contract between an animal and his human. Sometimes an animal simply needs more movement. Sometimes clearer guidance. Sometimes they are in pain or emotionally overwhelmed. Sometimes they simply haven't learned something yet. And sometimes, it really is “just” a message from the soul.

A Meaningful Human–Animal Relationship

Over time, I came to realise that even the deepest understanding of an animal is incomplete if we leave out one essential part of their life: us!

We shape our animals' world. We decide how they live, what they learn, what experiences they have and how much freedom, protection and guidance they receive. We communicate with them, guide them and respond to them – while also bringing our own personality, emotions and personal history into the relationship.

And the animal brings their own personality, emotions and experiences too.

Out of this, something unique emerges between two beings: a relationship.

Today, I am particularly fascinated by what happens within that relationship. How well do animal and human understand one another? How does trust develop? Where do misunderstandings arise? What does the animal need from their human? And what does the human unconsciously bring into the relationship?

And there are deeper questions too: Why did this animal and this person find each other? What can they learn from one another? What connects their journeys? And what soul contract between an animal and their human might be part of their shared path?

Behaviourist. Animal Trainer. Animal Whisperer. Healer.

All of these are part of who I am – and all of them shape the way I work. Science, behaviour, training, intuition, intuitive animal communication, energy, healing and the soul are not separate or competing worlds to me. They are different ways of understanding an animal, a human and the relationship they share.

That is why I don't limit myself to a single method. I begin by looking closely. I observe, I sense, and I try to understand what we are actually dealing with: what the situation is right now, what is really happening, and which connections may have been overlooked until now.

First comes understanding. Then deciding what is needed. Then putting it into practice.

This philosophy runs through everything I do. It is the foundation of my personal work with animals and their humans, as well as my courses, training programmes and the many subjects I teach and write about.

Sometimes the focus is on behaviour or an animal's wellbeing. Sometimes it is on intuitive animal communication and soul language. Sometimes it is about what a puppy needs to grow up happy and healthy. Sometimes it is about empathy, intuition and personal development. And sometimes it is about saying goodbye, death and the question of what remains of our connection with an animal.

What Matters to Me

I want to help create a world in which animals are truly seen for who they are and given what they need to live a good life. And I want to help people understand their animals more deeply, recognise their own role in the relationship and grow alongside them.

Because for me, this is the foundation of a fulfilling life together:

An animal who is truly well. A human who truly understands them. And a meaningful relationship in which both have their place.

And I hope my work can inspire you to see animals – and your relationship with them – in this way too.

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu -  May all beings be happy and free, and may my thoughts, words and actions contribute in some way to the happiness and freedom of all.

With love,
Laurent