CLASS & PRIVATE SESSIONS
Structured Paths to a
Calmer Companion Through Training Both Ends of the Leash
At PackLeader Academy, our training classes are customized for your dog's age and temperament, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. We focus on social skills and good manners rather than endless classes. Our specialty training puppies and rescues takes place in small, intimate sessions. Explore our training options designed for owners wanting to reinforce their dog's behavior in real-world situations with distractions.
Mimi is your trusted expert in puppy training!
With over 21 years of experience in dog daycare, she has guided a plethora of puppies in learning and socializing the pack leader way. Her enthusiasm is evident in her interactive game based classes and tailored behavioral sessions for dog owners.
Your dog isn't trained unless they listen under intense distraction. My group classes aren't quiet classrooms—they are game-based-high-energy, real-world simulations designed to bulletproof your dog's focus.
She earned her certifications from Master Trainer and esteemed Animal Behaviourist, Tony Parker, who retired in 2012, and also 'Animal Emotions' certification from Dr Karolina Westlund, Ph.D, a professor of ethology at the University of Stockholm, Sweden in 2018. Currently she is studying for her certification in 'Trauma Placement care'.
She has owned a pack of 3 - 5 dogs for most of her life (39 yrs) and ran a pack of 25+ dogs, solo, for 14 years and now runs a pack of 15 dogs a day in her dog daycare. Most dogs start very young, and are potty trained and socialized at the daycare, so her specialty is puppies.
p.s.
For worthwhile and interesting Podcasts; (@hubermanlab) by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology of ophthalmology, and also of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford School of Medicine, interviews my behaviourist professor Karolina Westlund, Ph.D, where they discuss dogs quite extensively.
This is a very interesting and enlightening interview, well worth the watch for any dog lover.
The other one is all about dogs and calm energy, which I credit my own success in the dog industry to, and that is an interview with renowned and amazing dog psychologist, behaviourist and trainer, Cesar Millan.
Here are the links to Youtube, but these are probably available anywhere you watch your favorite podcasters;
https://youtu.be/6ck9fa6_C8c?si=FAIqbDwqj-6D7_kY
https://youtu.be/n_qKxNcMvtM?si=RJ1jfSNxBkx5JHJw
Enjoy!