Meet Our Team!
WELCOME!
Welcome! We are so glad you found our dog training website. We’d like to take a moment to introduce ourselves and our dog training services to you. You’ll find that our services include not only puppy development for young pups, but customized training programs for dogs of any age to help enrich their life and build a better relationship with the whole family built on mutual trust and respect. Our goal is to help you open the line of communication between you and your dog so it becomes easier to set expectations. We want to clearly communicate what acceptable behaviors are as well as what is unacceptable.
Kate and her husband Mike moved to the Detroit area from Rochester, New York in 2009 to purchase another local dog business. In 2012, Kate opened Happy Tails Learning Center for Dogs. She prides her success and her client happiness on her amazing team of trainers, kennels assistants and client service coordinators. Her team truly is everything to her.
Every year, more than 10 million dogs are euthanized or surrendered to animal shelters due to behavior problems. It is our mission at Happy Tails to give owners and their dogs all the tools necessary to have a happy, well-mannered dog, all the time… We look forward to changing your life!
MEET OUR TEAM
Kate - since 2010
Owner & Certified Obedience Trainer
Kate is the owner of Happy Tails Learning Center for Dogs. She was born in Michigan and her family moved to Syracuse, New York when she was 8 years old. In New York, she was the known dog-sitter in the neighborhood. Little did she know that the rest of her life, she’d be taking care of dogs!
Chris - since 2016
Certified Obedience Trainer & TEAM LEADER
Chris has always had a lot of passions in his life but never really knew where he’d end up. One thing he’s always loved was animals. Chris was the kid always bringing home stray dogs whenever he found them running loose.
JASON since 2018
CERTIFIED OBEDIENCE TRAINER
Michala - since 2020
CERTIFIED OBEDIENCE TRAINER
AMY - since 2018
CERTIFIED OBEDIENCE TRAINER
DIANA - Since 2021
ASSISTANT TRAINER
Lindsey - since 2022
ASSISTANT TRAINER & FIT DOG COACH
KAREN - since 2010
General Manager & Client Service Coordinator
Karen was the very first person ever hired at Happy Tails in 2010! She was hired as a Client Service Coordinator and then earned her position as our General Manager.
Terri - Since 2014
Client Service Coordinator
Terri Joined the Happy Tails team in 2014. She spent the previous seven years working with animals at Marysville Veterinary Clinic. She has had rescue dogs most of her life!
DANIELLE - since 2018
Weekend Kennel Manager & Kennel Assistant
ROSE - since 2016
KENNEL ASSISTANT
SARA - since 2022
KENNEL ASSISTANT
RANDI - SINCE 2023
Kennel Assistant
GABRIELLA - since 2022
KENNEL ASSISTANT
Meet Gabriella, "the future owner of Happy Tails."
Emily - Since 2021
KENNEL ASSISTANT
OUR MISSION & TRAINING PHILOSOPHY
THE HAPPY TAILS SOUL PREMISE IS TO PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT COMBINE UNPARALLELED SERVICE, KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION TO BUILD MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT BETWEEN OWNERS AND THEIR DOGS.
Our mission at Happy Tails is to help owners become strong leaders for their dogs. Our goal to to help people open the lines of communication between family members and their dogs so they can effectively communicate what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. With the ability to communicate with your dog, you can manage and control them in any situation. Our training philosophy combines a balance of praise, motivation and fair & effective correction. This balanced scale of training adjusts throughout each individual program and is designed to build mutual trust and respect between you and your dog.