Working with Michelle has been an immensely positive and empowering experience! Michelle went above and beyond to research my dog’s special needs and to tailor the perfect plan to meet her needs. Michelle is a fantastic communicator, a compassionate trainer, and an all-around wonderful human. She has a keen attention to detail and really understands animal psychology. Her passion is truly unmatched, and I would recommend her in a heartbeat!

- Olivia Hamilton

"With contagious enthusiasm and a certainty of a successful outcome, Michelle cheerfully coaches you to train your dog or puppy. After each session, Michelle leaves me feeling like I am one amazing dog trainer who is doing a wonderful job. In the following few days I look forward to receiving a personalized, detailed report with, not only all the material from our training session, but scads more information, including links to articles of interest, available resources I can find to help with the specific challenges I am having with my puppy, as well as beneficial training videos. I can't recommend Michelle highly enough!"

- Heather Smith

Michelle is an outstanding trainer.  She quickly demonstrated how effective an exclusively positive reinforcement program is.  She is creative in her training and adapts her training skills to the needs of the individual dog and handler.  She was open to meet at various locations to refine problem areas of my dog including the vet’s office, pet stores, and parks.  She was always bringing new training tool ideas to enhance our progress.  Two things I particularly think sets Michelle apart from other trainers…first she provides written feedback via email after each session that was so helpful as a reference for what we covered, what worked well, training tips, and unique resources.  Secondly, she is a motivator!  She quickly notices potential and progress in both dog and handler that she conveys readily and is so affirming.   Michelle is an expertise in her field!

- Pat Kuykendoll

Michelle did a great job teaching us how to train Aero. Aero has responded well to the positive reinforcement, and has done a great job learning the cues. He loved working with Michelle, and would look for her after she left. He has done a great job coming in from outside when we blow a whistle, and is doing well learning to not react to other dogs on walks.

- Sue Ketterer

Michelle worked with our new puppy, Max. We actively sought her out due to her experience and skillset in positive reinforcement training. Over the course of our sessions we all learned so much! We hope to continue to practice all Michelle taught us and reinforce the skills Max acquired. Michelle was a joy to work with. Her passionate and positive attitude kept us motivated. We enjoyed all our sessions, including Max. We highly recommend Michelle and Clicks Dog Training!!

-Sarah Miloski

 I love that Michelle customized our training to my unique knowledge of dogs and psychology along with Winston’s innate abilities as a Corgi. Winston is well trained, but still full of effervescent personality, so he is safe, well mannered, and living his best life.

- Stacy Recker

I rescued a 7 year old dog that was afraid of people. I heard about Michelle through a friend and scheduled a training session. Michelle was amazing. She understands so much about my dog's issues. Maggie now walks around the condo units without barking and pulling on the leash. Maggie has come a long way. Michelle worked with us with a clicker. Maggie hears the click when she did good and turns around to get her treats. Very well satisfied with the method of training. Thank you, Michelle

- Jeanette Webster

Michelle is the best. She has demonstrated wonderful patience and taken great care with training and working with our rescue dog, Miss Bee, on a nearly weekly basis for the past four years. My wife and I are jealous because Bee seems to relish her time with Michelle more than with us. But maybe it’s just the abundant chicken treats Michelle always has available for Bee.

- Peter Koenig

I contacted Michelle and Clicks Training for help with our new shelter dog, Penny. Penny was exhibiting anxiety and aggressive behavior toward our long-time pet sitter, a man Penny was afraid of as soon as she met him. With Michelle's first visit, Penny's demeanor with the pet sitter (who joined us for our first lesson) changed from suspicious and defensive to wary but accepting. She was literally eating out of his hand before the visit was over! We could hardly believe the change. I was then able to use the techniques Michelle taught us to help Penny become more accepting of other (scary) men in our family. Since that visit, Michelle has given us several more tools to teach Penny behaviors that help her self-confidence. We love working with Michelle, and Penny and our other dog, Cole, love her!

- Barbara Stein

Michelle has been working with my anxious beagle since he was several months old. She does a wonderful job and Joey absolutely loves her. We both look forward to her training visits!

- Diane Monahan

LOVE LOVE LOVE Michelle and her training process. It was great to see Daisy progress over the weeks and continue to progress. I look forward to future check-in sessions with Michelle and highly recommend her and Clicks Dog Training. 

- Norine Spoelker

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We liked the fact that the training was positive. Michelle is very knowledgeable and on time. Daisy liked that she had an endless amount of boiled chicken. There is a new dog in just six sessions. Would recommend Clicks Dog Training to anyone.

- Ray & Sandy Burger

Thanks Michelle for offering dog training at my convenience! Your expertise is much appreciated and my dogs LOVE you! We all know you are really training me but it makes me feel great when my dogs LOVE the stranger that comes over to help me! Because I do a lot of training myself I appreciate being able to call on you for reinforcement when necessary without buying a huge training package.

- Shannon Kahrs

Michelle has been so enthusiastic, patient, and kind. She genuinely cares about dogs and helping owners with training and it shows! Her methods work well on a smart terrier puppy who needed socialization. She is so positive and we really appreciate that approach to learning how to interact with our dog.

- Audra Morrison