In 1988 Maxine started to explore clicker training, and quickly became convinced that this is the most effective way to train and better communicate with animals.

Maxine has qualified a number of different breeds of dogs (e.g. German Shepherd, Jack Russell Terrier, Malinois, Border Collie, cross breeds, Boxer) in disciplines such as agility, dog jumping, breed, obedience, International Tracking Trials, International Working Trials, dog carting, Classic Working Trials, Breed working trials, etc. Her highest achievement was qualifying her German Shepherd, Kenzo as Police Dog Champion and winning the title Working Trials Dog of the Year in 1995.

Maxine has worked with many different species of animals, and has given workshops throughout South Africa and Namibia. She also teaches various canine disciplines in the Johannesburg and Pretoria areas on a regular basis.

Maxine has written many articles for various magazines, and has appeared on television many times demonstrating clicker training and its uses.  She has trained a variety of animals (e.g dogs, cats, pigs, goose) for well known TV advertisements and movies.  She has also trained a large variety of non domestic animals and presented several clicker seminars for the professionals.

She has also been called in to train animals at the zoos.  The behaviours required ranged from minimizing stereotypical behaviour, to getting animals to lose weight and training them to offer various body parts for examination and blood sampling. She has worked with Chimpanzees, Orang Utans, Spectacled Bears, Tiger, Giraffe, Komodo Dragon, Okapi, Elephant, Camel, etc. You can read articles pertaining to the training of some of these animals on Maxine’s web site, which is www.clickersa.co.za

Maxine currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa with 7 Malinois, a small cross breed and 2 Rottweilers.  She also keeps a number of chickens, cockatoos and other birds which she trains from time to time.