“Michaela is a fantastic trainer and I would recommend her to all fellow dog owners. She helped us with our new puppy who detested the crate, and her gentle demeanor with our puppy (and us) worked for a successful outcome! We have taken other classes with her, and thoroughly enjoyed seeing how our dog thrived with her guidance.”
“Michaela is extremely skilled and a compassionate and knowledgeable trainer. She fostered and trained my rescue dog Ivy before helping her find a home with me, and placed emphasis on making sure that my home was the right fit for this particular dog. Michaela and Noble Hound Training helped the process go very smoothly before Ivy came to live with me, by teaching me (as a first-time dog owner) how to help Ivy walk well on the leash and how to work with basic commands. Noble Hound Training has continued to be very helpful, working with us to help Ivy walk off-leash, adapt to a home with a cat, and interact well with other dogs. Michaela’s style is warm and non-judgmental, and she has helped me feel confident about giving my dog a happy and healthy life. I am so grateful!”
Michaela Greif, MSW, CPDT is a certified professional dog trainer and the owner of Noble Hound Training. She holds a master’s degree in social work and has worked in mental healthcare with children and adults. Michaela has trained service dogs for people with disabilities, completing a service dog training degree at Bergin University of Canine Studies (2008), then as a trainer at Paws & Affection in Narberth, PA. She has participated in canine-assisted programming for young people in the Philadelphia school system, residential foster care, the CA juvenile justice system, the Hand2Paw program and created a prison dog training curriculum for New Leash on Life USA. She’s been a featured trainer on WHYY and NBC-10. Michaela and her husband, Dan, have fostered and cared for many dogs (and the occasional cat). Amongst 30+ foster animals, Daisy and Arlo are the most recent dogs to have joined their household permanently.
