Who we are
Flexiness® is canine fitness equipment designed in Switzerland around one thing: the dog's body. Behind it is Gangwerk GmbH, and a combination you rarely find in one place: canine physiotherapy, hands-on dog training and product design.

Why we exist
When we started in 2012, canine fitness equipment was mostly human equipment with a dog put on top. Balance balls were too high for most dogs. Half-balls were too wide and too spiky. You could make them work, but they weren't built for how a dog stands, shifts its weight or places its paws.

So we started designing our own.

Since then, a lot of what we started has become standard. Shapes can be copied. The reasoning behind them can't.

What we do
Every Flexiness® product starts with a real training need. It comes from a problem we saw in training, not from a gap in a catalogue. SHAPE, HEIGHT, MATERIAL, TEXTURE: details that look minor on a spec sheet make a real difference under the dog.

Take FlexBlox. It's deliberately light. It stays put when the dog stands on it, but it shifts slightly if a paw clips the edge on the way up. That isn't a flaw. It tells you about foot placement, body awareness, and whether the setup fits the dog.

The range covers stable platforms, unstable and inflatable tools, and stacking equipment. The pieces are built to combine with each other and to work across dog sizes. It's one system with many setups, and every dog is trained as the individual it is.

We don't make products. We craft training tools.

Who we build for
Physiotherapists, vets, trainers, dog sport handlers, and owners who take their dog's training seriously. People who want equipment they can trust, and can recommend to others.

From the founder
"Before Flexiness, I ran a design agency. I'd always had dogs, and at some point I wanted to bring the two together. In 2011 I started training as a canine physiotherapist, with my focus on sport dogs from day one. A year later, Flexiness was born, built around my dog Lexi, the dog I designed the first equipment for. Lexi and her descendants are our mascots, and the reason behind every product.

I qualified in 2014. Since then I've added several certifications in canine fitness, human fitness and Pilates, and I'm a certified dog trainer. What drives me hasn't changed. I want to know why an exercise works and what it changes in the body, and I want to build tools that make that visible. Our dogs deserve the best in every training session."

— Katharina Mattioli, Founder

Train smart. Train safe. Flexiness®.