Hemlock K9 Training

In 2025, my family and I adopted Lohrei, a very anxious year old dog rescued from a bad home. We have adopted rescue dogs for over 20 years, so we felt we were capable, but Lohrei's behaviors and anxiety were beyond our ability to manage. We didn't like him much, which was terrible. A friend recommended Melissa. So, we contacted her and she began working with us. The results are dramatic and durable over time. Melissa taught us how to help Lohrei while at the same time training him to learn how to follow commands and develop self confidence. Lohrei is proud of his ability to follow commands and clearly loves being part of our family pack. Lohrei’s learned skills were tested one year later when I was playing with him in our yard using no collar or extended leash. A deer walked into the yard from the wood. She walked right behind Lohrei. He turned and looked and took a couple of slow step towards her. She looked back and then lightly pranced off into the other side of the woods. Lohrei turned and walked after her stopping at the boundary between the yard and wood, a newer learned skill. I called lowly to him, “come”. He turned and looked at me, then looked back at where the deer had gone. I repeated “come”. In a low calm voice. He looked at me, into the woods again and turned and ran to me. The most important command, tested, and Lohrei’s got it! i trust Melissa's judgement and highly recommend her to any family struggling with undesirable dog behaviors. Call Melissa.

Melissa @hemlockk9training is the absolute best and we’ve tried many trainers. Melissa was the only one who gave us real “now” solutions as we work towards their growth and challenges. And I’ve never seen as much improvement in these guys! Thank you. Backstory: Our dog Tucker (Great Pyrenees) is a rescue and has become very reactive to dogs because he protects his family a little too hard. Juniper, our golden, was attacked a few times and was becoming reactive and untrusting to dogs as well, when typically she LOVES meeting new dogs and people Anddd these two siblings used to fight each other! Now they’re best friends and respect each others boundaries

We have used Melissa for our dog Clifford for a few years now. We started with a few training sessions to help with leash pulling and reactivity. Melissa was able to come up with realistic solutions that we were able to implement with our dog. In real time, she was able to present him with challenges and see what worked and what did not. Our dog’s behavior greatly improved and now we love being able to take him wherever we go stress free because he has great boundaries and listening! We’ve also utilized them for boarding- we love going away knowing that our dog is safe, loved, and having the time of his life. Every night we look forward to getting his “report card” and seeing the fun pictures and videos from his day. Lately we’ve also taken advantage of the newer Walk & Train program- weekly walks with Isabelle have made a huge difference in our dog’s confidence and retention of his prior training. We love watching the videos that Isabelle takes so we can implement the training in our day to day life. Overall, we can’t recommend Hemlock K9 enough! You can tell that both Melissa and Isabelle love what they do, and it makes all the difference- we are so grateful. Bonus- they take the cutest and silliest pictures of our pup.

Melissa was absolutely amazing with our rescue pup! When we first started, he was extremely anxious and would lunge at anything that moved during walks. Melissa took the time to explain why he was reacting that way and gave us clear, practical steps to help him feel more comfortable and confident. Her calm, patient approach made such a difference — for our dog and for us. We can finally enjoy walks together. We’re so grateful for her help and highly recommend her to anyone looking for a trainer!