Swedish dog trainer Nina Ottosson, whose interactive dog games and puzzles are distributed in the UK by The Company of Animals, has been named a winner in the 2015 Pet Age Women of Influence awards program (US).

The aim to the awards is to honour some of the outstanding female leaders within the pet industry.

Nina's interactive games have been designed to stimulate a dog’s brain whilst reinforcing it’s relationship with the family. Her philosophy is that the dog has four legs and one head and all five need activity in different ways - both physical and mental.

Nina developed her range of dog activity toys and games shortly after becoming a mother and found that she no longer had the time to activate her pet dogs the way they were used to.

She was an owner of two Bouvier des Flandres that she used to train and compete with. She eventually started to think about how to activate her dogs in a simple, fun and varied way indoors, together with the kids, and since 1990 she has worked with development and design of dog activity toys and games that stimulate the dog mentally, in other words, 'brainteasers' for dogs.

The toys are fun and creative, easy to play with indoors or outdoors, and are developed with the dog’s natural movements and instincts in mind.

Check out some of her range of interactive games for your pets here: http://companyofanimals.co.uk/brands/nina-ottoson