2025-07-17T05:37:33.265Z

Mike is amazing at training. Our doggos Bentley and Jade attended his dog camp it was for a month. He provided videos for us and instructions to work at home. We have well behaved off leash trained dogs. They are so great we have recently visited national parks with distractions from animals and people they were able to ride the bus in and even go in the parks several people asked if they were service dogs.

2025-07-14T22:05:01.512Z

Mike did an incredible job training our malinois puppy Kona. We were in over our heads when we adopted her and had no idea what we had gotten ourselves into. The first year with her had us considering the worst and she was running us. We needed some guidance and training just as much as Kona did and he worked wonders on all of us. Kona is well disciplined and fulfilled and a much calmer dog. Our family will forever be grateful to Mike and I whole heartedly recommend him!

2025-03-24T01:00:32.669Z

Mike is amazing! We have a 2 year old poodle mix named Sugar, who - before working with Mike - would often bolt through the front door and joy-run through town (impossible to catch until she tired herself out), would beg at mealtimes, would excitedly jump and paw at visitors, would nearly choke herself by pulling on walks (so much that we had to walk her with a no-pull harness), and, when hiking, would be long gone at the sight of a deer, rabbit, or other critter. On day 1 of training, Mike solved her bolting by teaching her threshold control. Then, he taught Sugar "place," which solved both her begging and behavior with visitors (and place has been amazing in a million other ways, as well). Mike also made walks with Sugar a dream; teaching Sugar a solid heel and recall (now we walk her with a long retractable line with complete control - she can explore further afield, but we can call her back or put her on heel in an instant). Finally, I can take Sugar out fully off-leash for hikes, where, with distractions everywhere, Sugar will even heel (without leash). Most critically, she reliably returns on recall. One last note, is how much I appreciated Mike's method of training. He shows you what he's doing, explains what he's doing and why, and shows you how to work with your dog yourself to train at home. I think I got as much of an education out of the experience as Sugar did. Working with Mike was great, and we'll be back whenever we get another dog.

2025-03-23T15:47:08.453Z

We highly recommend Mike and Genesis K9 Training! We recently adopted a 2-year-old pit mix, Hayden, and needed help working with fear reactive behavior and building his confidence before socializing him with people and other animals. Mike quickly bonded with Hayden, identified the factors contributing to his behavior, and developed a plan to help us create a trusting relationship with Hayden. We saw amazing changes after the first week and Hayden was a different dog after the second week. We now enjoy walks and understand how to help Hayden continue to build his confidence and socialize in a comfortable way. Mike set the foundation and gave us the tools we needed to continue building our relationship and truly enjoy having Hayden as part of our family.

2025-03-22T21:16:15.461Z

We cannot begin to thank Mike for changing Olive and our family's life. Olive is a French bulldog that we rescued in the Spring of 2024 that had been badly abused. She had learned how to survive on the streets and didn't trust anyone. Her means of survival were eating sticks, hiding under enclosed areas and constantly in a fright or flight mode never able to calm down for even a moment. We didn't know her history but were able to observe her actions and knew it was going to be a long road to recovery. On a moment's notice she would turn from friendly to aggressive and ready to fight both animals and humans.We learned of Mike's Genesis K9 Training from Midshore Veterinary Clinic as he came highly recommended from them. We immediately contacted him and started the process to change Olive's life for the best. We selected the immersion program where Olive stayed with Mike for three and a half weeks and when he was ready to teach us how to continue the training we met with him and brought her home to continue the training she had been taught. The skills he had taught her continued on at home and they are apart of her daily routine.Mike educated us as well as Olive and we soon learned how to handle various situations, the importance or the calm brain, and how we can help build her trust after such a traumatic life she had been exposed to.Mike sent us daily videos, messages, and explained the importance of each skill he worked on with Olive and we were truly amazed watching this transformation take place. Upon arrival of bringing Olive home he provided us with all of the information we needed to continue at home and has followed us along the way even after the training session was completed. We stay in contact with Mike to give him updates and rely on his expertise to maintain the positive experiences we are having.Mike is the best and he has truly changed our life and Olive's. Mike care's 200% about the dog and the owners and is there even after the training has been completed with him on site. We were so fortunate to have Mike work with us and now have a dog that is able to relax and enjoy the life she was meant to have.