Wicked Good Dog

Michelle and her team are life savers. I have been using her services since I moved to Quincy (about four years I think) and she has always been very professional and fair-​priced. On a number of occasions, I have needed last minute dog-​walking and she is always able to come through for me. I love that you can set up appointments via text and that she will bill you if necessary. My dogs love her and her team. I highly recommend!

In 2 weeks I have called 3 times and left voice messages to inquire about their puppy training classes — & never heard back. I live locally and was excited to see the positive reviews, but unfortunately they can’t be bothered to return calls to prospective customers. I’m wondering if they still offer training, as their website says next session starts 9÷22÷2010???

Great service! The dog walkers are terrific. Very professional, accommodating, and responsible.

Terrible. This class has no structure what so ever. You are essentially paying to stand in a circle and repeat the same command over and over for each 1 hour class. There is very little instruction. Save your money.

I cannot say enough good things about Michelle, Bob and Wicked Good Dog. Our Lab comes home absolutely pooped from play group. I would absolutely recommend Wicked Good Dog for anyone in the Quincy area. They are fabulous!

Michelle (the owner of WGD) is fantastic. We contacted her about walking our dog a few times a day when we were going on vacation and we couldn’t be happier with how it went.
She came over to meet him beforehand so that it wouldn’t be a stranger walking him and she took time to go over our schedule, where we walk him, his likes and dislikes, food situation, etc. She seems very knowledgable and caring and had pages of paperwork for us to fill out (a good thing!) so that all bases were covered.
She was the one who walked him and each time she left a note detailing the walk. I was nervous leaving our dog and I sent her an email to check up and make sure everything was going okay, and she was prompt in answering and sent a picture of him later on that day to let me know that everything was going great. I would definitely recommend Michelle and WGD!

Michelle and her team are fantastic. I have a two-​year-​old dog and Wicked Good has been with us from the start. I cannot say enough about her staff — our dog adores everyone on her team; he rushes to the door with smiles and wags when they pull in the driveway. They’ve helped us out with last-​minute walks or feedings when we have long weekend events — they’ve even come over on a late Sunday night with a spare key when I locked myself out of the house! Top notch customer service.
Our first meeting was the week we adopted Doug. Michelle came over and did a review of our puppy, talked us through the breed mixes in him and what we might expect with him. She gave us a few tips to get through until he was old enough to start training classes. She did a throrough review of the dog-​walking practices and bios of her staff to make us comfortable letting strangers in the house. We started him in puppy classes and mid-​day visits and as he grew we upraded to playgroups.
I trust her staff in my house. They leave notes to tell me how he did at playgroup. They’ve accomodated special meals and medicines at lunchtime and I really appreciate that. We have found that even when we’ve asked for a walk they occassionally take him to a nearby park and play catch with him. :) My neighbors have even commented on seeing Doug and the walkers playing happily in the park — we love that, of course!
They’ve watched him grow up, been helpful with behavioral and personality changes over the last two years and have honestly become just as much a part of my family as our dog has. So happy we found Wicked Good.

Company does not return emails. It has been over 4 – 5 days and no response. Also left a VM. Nothing yet. Oh well, guess I will go elsewhere.

Michelle and her team are excellent, highly recommend. We did Puppy Kindergarten, as well as private training for a mouthy puppy, which was very helpful.
We have had dog walking for middle of the day, while at work but switched to doggy playgroup which has been awesome. Our dog loves her primary walker, Amy. The playgroup tires her out and she clearly has a ton of fun. The best service for working dog parents.

Great training, the owner Michelle is super helpful. But don’t think they work wonders, you got to do the work yourself! Good prices and they do doggy play groups =)

We used Wicked Good for training, doggie daycare and even a home training visit. We had a great experience. Michele really knows her trade. She’s probably one of the best trained dog trainers around. I think we learned more from her than the dog did!

Best Dog walking service in the Quincy area. Michelle and her team walked our two year old pug Carmelo for the past few months before we moved. They were very reliable and professional. They more times than not left notes to let me know that buisness was taken care of and mentioned any new pups our dog may have met. I prefer one consistent walker to come into our home, which is why I gave them four stars — however I know this is not possible everywhere. Everyone who did come to our home was great though. Highly recommend that you use Wicked Good dog over any other agency in the area.

Full disclosure — I question if it’s kosher to even write this review because months after starting dog training at Wicked Good Dog, my husband started doing part time dog walking for them. But, since we used their services for a while before that, and he won’t be working there much longer since I got a full time job in his field, I think it’s probably okay.
We have an 8 year old rescue basset hound who is sweet but very stubborn. The training has been great for her. She started at level 1 and made it to level 3, but I think that’s as far as she’ll go! The levels are nice because each dog is able to progress at their own pace. The formal training is most evident when she’s misbehaving and we can get her to sit or lie down in the middle of it, which calms her down and makes her more focused on responding to us. We’ve witnessed some pretty impressive improvements on the part of other dogs going through the levels at the same time — amazing how they all have their strengths and weaknesses!
Even though the classes are group classes (unless you choose private training), Michelle is good about providing advice to each owner or owners in turn based on her observations of the training session, and based on descriptions of behaviors outside class. I think the group classes are better for our dog anyhow, since they’re more fun for her, but also more distracting (she loves pretty much all other dogs) and therefore more challenging.
We’ve also used their pet sitting services for our basset and two cats. For the dog, the prices are similar to in-​home boarding that we’ve done, but with the cats added in, it’s cost effective to have them come to the house. Plus they’ll get the mail and such. Plus we don’t have to drop off and pick up the dog before and after traveling, which can be a pain if we’re boarding. Since they have a fair number of dog walkers and sitters, once you’re in the system, you can get service on pretty short notice.
For trickier to deal with dogs, I think Michelle does much of the walking and sitting services herself, if possible, and I know that she aims to put all the dog walkers through the dog training classes, so they’re familiar with the basic principles of the clicker training approach. They also have doggie play groups, by size, which is a service we haven’t used (yet), but may consider once we’re no longer training regularly.

Just finished Puppy Kindergarten with our lab puppy, Boomer. We highly recommend Wicked Good Dog and Trainer/​Owner Michelle.
Schedules are flexible (you can attend more than once/​week), prices are more than reasonable (you get more than your money’s worth and aren’t penalized if you have to miss a week or two) and training is positive and fun!
Unlike other trainers we’ve worked with, Michelle has a way of teaching without making the owner feel like every thing’s their fault. And, she happily takes the time to answer non-​class specific behavior and dog care questions. Most importantly of all, the whole family is welcome to participate. Our 7 year old learned just as much as our puppy!
Our puppy has made great strides thanks to WGD’s training methods (especially the clicker) and we feel like we can teach him anything using Michelle’s positive reinforcement concept. We’ll be enrolling again for the next level classes in the fall.
I knew that we had a good dog, now we have a Wicked Good Dog!

We just finished puppy K with Michelle and were very happy with the reults for our 5 month old Berner. she has learned over half a dozen commands in less than 8 classes. We’ll be returning for graduate studies for our dog. Follow her advice and don’t feed your dog before class and make sure you walk you dog prior as well since there is no place near the facility for your dog to eliminate.

I would recommend Wicked Good Dog and owner Michelle Carlin to ANYONE.
In fact, I have sent numerous other dog owners to her for training, and all are pleased. She is sweet, informative and gracious all at once. She had the unique talent of being able to tell you that you are doing someting totally wrong without making you feel stupid, silly or dumb. Because let’s face it, half of training a dog is training the owner.
She does dog walking, pet sitting, play groups and training sessions (private and group). She is able to answer individual owners questions and give solid advise while managing a class full of dogs and sticking to the assigned training plan.
She is amazing! And the classes are cheap!