Animal trainer Tuire Kaimio has over fifteen years of experience working with animals. She trains animal actors for movie, television, advertising and theatre, and is the only professional animal actor trainer in Finland. Tuire Kaimio also has written guides on animal training.

Tuire Kaimio has been involved in the Stormheart project since the summer of 2004, when she was assisting on choosing a suitable puppy for a movie role. It is the responsibility of Tuire Kaimio to prepare and train Myrsky the dog for a forthcoming movie role as Stormheart.

From his puppy stage onward Myrsky has been trained to be tolerant towards the presence of the film crew, children and chicken through forbearance training. Actual training for the role for Stormheart begins in the spring of 2006. At first the consentration is on learning the directional commands, the direction of gaze and other basic things. Later, nearer to the shooting of the movie all the necessary tasks are learned.

In the shooting phase Tuire Kaimio takes care of Myrsky and the stand in dogs and guides them to act the required way. She also consults the work group on the matters like needs and demands of the dogs and also comments on what is possible to do with them.