Michelle Blount has been a professional dog
trainer for over 15 years; however, her
love and interest in dog behavior can be tracked back much further. She was always involved with animals but
her serious behavior interest started at age 13 when she volunteered at an animal shelter.
That experience taught her that most dogs are
turned into animal shelters, and ultimately
euthanized, due to behavior problems. So
Michelle decided to dedicate her life to dog behavior in order to give these wonderful dogs a second chance. She continues to support rescue efforts on a consistent basis.
Over the last 15 years there have been
great advances in our understanding of canine
behavior and training; Michelle had kept up with such advances through seminars, video, dog training literature,
and discussions with other trainers. She is heavily influenced by Patricia
McConnell, Gary Wilkes, Sheila Booth,
William Campbell, Terry Ryan and a variety of excellent
trainers she has met over the years. She believes the key to a good dog trainer is not focused on how
they correct but in how they teach.
Leadership, motivation, firmness, fairness,
kindness and consistency produce a happy, well adjusted
dog that is eager to work.
Michelle owns Belgian Tervuren and her
husband, Randy, has a German Shepherd rescue puppy. She has successfully shown in conformation and obedience trials as
well as having a cert working SAR dog(currently retired). She also trains in schutzhund,
agility and herding and has trained many service
dogs. To see her dogs and their accomplishments visit
She is currently traveling the country
due to her husbands job, working on her book, occasionally setting up seminars and taking the time to compete in
competition with her dogs.
