Jan's Memoirs

Beyond Obedience: The dogs and people who taught me the most 🐕🦺
Looking back, some of the most valuable lessons in my dog training career came not from training the dogs, but from the people and animals

Tafelberg School: 7 vibrant and rewarding years as Headmaster🎓
It’s 1988 and Colin is doing his military service in the State President’s Guard. Michael is heading for his final school year. Nikki has completed

Michael: A promising life, over too soon
For a brief period of time, Michael was our only child remaining at home and would grab breakfast before dashing off to work. He would

Becoming a Dog Trainer 🦮
Being back in Cape Town meant living in our own home again in Simon’s Town but also taking up a new role as headmaster of

Michael: our talented, youngest child
After his scary, jaundice diagnosis and brief treatment after birth, we were able to bring home a beautiful, healthy boy. With his blonde hair, blue

Chess: Our family and the Game of Kings ♟️
I do not remember when I saw my first chess set or when or where I acquired my own set. New things always interested me,