Practice Manager Linda Backhaus
With over four decades of experience in the pet industry, Linda Backhaus is a proven expert in animal nutrition and practice management. Her professional career began with her own pet shops, before she went on to become a long-standing practice manager at several veterinary practices.
As founder and managing director of “Das Gesunde Tier”, she has for many years been shaping the development of innovative products that bring about lasting improvements to the nutrition, health and everyday lives of dogs, cats and horses. Her in-depth knowledge, combined with a keen understanding of pet owners’ needs, makes her one of the leading voices in the field of holistic animal health.
Career
1978–1983 – Graduated with a degree in Business Administration
Further education and training:
- Nutrition training courses at FitLine, focusing on micronutrients and metabolic processes
- Environmental medicine seminars at RuWoW – Dr Runow – (focus: the impact of environmental factors on health)
- Further training course: ‘Animal Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition for Dogs and Cats’ (VDH Academy)
- Seminar series: ‘Dietetic Management of Chronic Diseases’ (German Society for Animal Nutrition)
- Intensive course: ‘Feed evaluation and formulation’
- Workshop: ‘Nutritional physiology and dietetics in horses’
- Foundation module: ‘Integrative veterinary medicine’
- Certificate: ‘Phytotherapy in veterinary medicine’
- Advanced training: ‘Prevention and nutrition in the context of naturopathy’
- Long-standing practice management seminars for veterinary practices
- Entrepreneurship and finance training with Bodo Schäfer
- International further training in leadership and personal development with Anthony Robbins
- Further training course “Strategic Practice Management in Veterinary Medicine” (Federal Association of Practising Veterinarians, bpt)
- Communication training “Leadership and Team Development in Healthcare Professions”