Linda Michaels, MA

Linda is an amazing trainer. I can’t say enough good things about her. I recommend her highly.

Love Linda! I’d highly recommend her to anyone looking for dog training or for a dog that has issues. My pup has terrible separation anxiety and Linda is the first trainer who’s methods have actually started to make a difference, and this is something I’ve been working on with trainers for almost a year. She’s basically a dog genius and she really knows her stuff.

Linda Michaels is amazing. Our dog was dealing with severe separation anxiety and potty training issues. It was so bad my wife and I did not know if ewe could ever re-​train his bad habits. After only a couple sessions with Linda it was like we had a new dog.

Because of your influence we were able to continue with our gentle hands philosophy with Sadie, while learning positive methods that allowed for a well behaved companion dog who is fun loving, very affectionate, and obedient without fear. You helped us find a better way to feed her, and I sincerely think you have dogs all figured out.

We are forever so grateful to Linda for her expert guidance and training of Sparky our fiesty Damatian, before he became blind. It was a great asset to him and to us. It kept him safe and he lived out his life in great comfort because of it. One of the many things she did was help us set up boundries and create a calm atmosphere at meal times, as well as how to help Sparky relax when the doorbell rang. He became a joy to live with.
Our Hugo has calmed down and is the sweetest thing. He is very obedient which is a good thing because he is such a huge boyl
Cyndi our Greyhound learned commands that kept her safe in the car and on trips. I never knew you could train a Greyhound to lie down on command.
Both Sparky and Cyndi have passed on over the rainbow bridge, and lived better lives because of Linda’s advice, notes, notebooks, and training. Thank You Linda from the bottom of our hearts.
We highly recommend Linda.
Charlene and John Sutherland

Overall a great training experience. Our German Shepherd (GSD) puppy went from being very shy and timid to confident and happy. He is doing great on walks, in the pool and even in the Ocean. Using only positive training also lead our puppy to be out going and friendly in any situation.
The only area I would note for improvement is knowledge about big box pet stores. I realize using the small indi shops is much better but this is not always an option for everyone. Often times the big box PetsMart/​PetCo stores have better prices on the same products so knowledge about these stores may be helpful for some clients.

This dog trainer is a psychologist who helped me with my two rat terriers (double trouble) and their issues. If you know a ratty, then you know they can be difficult at times. She not only is a certified Victoria Stilwell trainer, but she is fun and knows her stuff! I thoroughly like working with her and my dogs love her too.