About the Staff
Owner of Fyra Ben, which is a sub-company of Gröna Val, is Petra Berglund who also run the companies.
Petra grew up with dogs and has many years of experience in dog handling and is a trained dog daycare manager, Certified Professional Canine Nutritionist and certified Family Dog Mediator. More recently, she has also furthered her education as a dog groomer, animal psychologist and Canine Nutritionist. The list of future further education also includes courses for ethologist, physiotherapy for animals and continuation for veterinary assistant.
All her own dogs have always been, and still are, relocation dogs and shelter dogs with different types of backgrounds and conditions.
In 2011 Petra went to the USA and volunteered with the Animal Cops at the PSPCA in Philadelphia. There, she got to work closely side by side with the police, veterinarians, trainers and adoption staff to help animals who had become victims of abuse, starvation and neglect. This became a realization that Petra wanted to work with dogs and make life better for them in one way or another.
In addition to the work at Fyra Ben, Petra has lectured on several occasions about her time with the animal cops and furthers her education as often as time and opportunity allow. Agility and dog shows also take up a lot of free time. Petra has trained her own dog as a Friend Service Dog for the Red Cross and has shown two of her own dogs to Swedish and Finnish Show Champions. At the moment, she is training one of her own dogs to be a bed bug detection dog.
In the family, which consists of Petra and her husband and little son, there are also the dogs Teddie, Enter and Titus.
Petra is also a trained gardener and photographer originally.
Emilia Lundell
Emilia has a 3-year-old son and a 6-year-old male retriever/collie, Poker, and five horses Isak, Imse, Gunvald, Nypon, and Ron. She is a trained horse groom, certified equine therapist, certified saddle and bit consultant, and certified CleanyTeeth dental therapist.
She also has her own company where she runs a shop aimed at animals and owners, rehoming horses and pets, saddle and bit trials, and massage treatments. Emilia has a great interest in the anatomy and musculoskeletal system of animals and has an eye for immediately seeing if something is wrong with a dog.
The best thing about working at Fyra Ben, according to her, is all the unique individuals and of course all the wagging tails.
Emilia is also an idea generator like no other, and comes up with all sorts of different fun things for us to do. She likes to be busy and both cleaning products and dog treats can fly in all directions when she gets started.
Sofija Lukjanska
Sofija has worked with us since the beginning of 2025 and is a trained veterinary assistant. Sofija comes from Latvia and when she moved to Åland, she found us when she missed working with animals. Before moving to Åland, she worked at a veterinary clinic.
Her favorite breeds are Bull Terrier, Bully, American Staffordshire Terrier and Staffordshire Bull Terrier and she has two of these herself. There is also a cat at home.
Sofija is also a certified Dental Therapist and does dental treatments with ultrasound.
Swedish is a difficult language to learn, but Sofija is capable and getting better and better. The dogs with us don't care which of her four languages she uses, they are happy to see her anyway.
In addition to walking, providing first aid when necessary and advising customers about veterinary care, Sofija also has creative ideas for various events and activities for the dogs. She is passionate about helping animals.
Sabrina Storbjörk
Sabrina works part-time with us. She is a calm woman who likes order. From the beginning she is a trained animal caretaker and human nurse. Her interest in animals has always been great. Since childhood, she has been involved with horses, but always had the dream of having her own dog. When she got her first dog as an adult, her dog "nerdism" also flourished. She has taken part in a bunch of lectures and courses focusing on dog behavior and signals, and her knowledge base continues to be filled.
Today, she has a Staffordshire bull terrier, Dargo. Together, they train at a hobby level in everyday obedience, rally obedience, nosework/chanterelle search and have recently opened their eyes to tracking. They also try to get some running training in. In the fall of 2023, they ran their first K9 Biathlon (obstacle course race) which gave them a great appetite for more. Most of her free time is spent with the animals, in addition to the dog, she also has a cat and a fjord horse.
Tara Peebles
Tara joins our lovely Fyra Ben team when needed. She is a level 2 animal caregiver and has always had a passion for animals. Several years ago, Tara interned with us and enjoyed it so much that she now works here.
At home, she has two Finnish Lapphunds, two cats and five rabbits. Choosing a favorite dog breed is tricky as there are many beautiful breeds with different characteristics, but Tara is of course a bit biased towards the Finnish Lapphund.
She finds it difficult to name just one thing that is the best thing about working at Fyra Ben, but to name one, it is getting to meet different individuals and breeds and seeing how their personalities differ.
No two days are the same, in the best possible way!
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