Meet the Trainers
K9 Spa and Training Center is built on the foundation of love and respect of the dog community.
Founder Michael along with his wife Pamela turned their passion for dogs into a devoted business where they could enhance both dog owners and their pets’ lives through education and caretaking.
Michael's natural ability to speak and read “dog” started at a young age in New York. Pamela's love of all animals started in her hometown of Fort Lauderdale. The two met in high school and have been sweethearts ever since.
After relocating to Palm Beach from Broward to build their home and start a life together they became involved in dog sports, dog rescue and fostering. All while teaching their beloved Rusty, a Staffordshire bull terrier, protection work and certifying him as a therapy dog. When Rusty wasn't on the field practicing protection scenarios, he would frequent nursing homes and children's hospitals. This dual-purpose trained pet gained the attention of Michael's peers and K9 Spa and Training center was conceived with a friend who was a master groomer.
During the years Michael's passion extended to various dog seminars hosted by dog training leaders, as well as dog sport competitions on a national and international level He also enjoyed participating in private canine security details for some of the most prestigious residents of Palm Beach along with his various working Shepards.
Since then, their working dogs have retired or passed, but the passion lives on. Michael and Pamela now enjoy sharing their dog training expertise on consultation basis via house call dog training and board and train programs.
The board and train portion of their business morphed into clients reaching out for dog boarding when traveling. It was natural for Pamela to say yes, and she retired from the corporate world to focus on caretaking their past dog training graduates in their Loxahatchee FL home.
Nearly three decades and thousands of dogs later, the mission and passion of K9 Spa and Training Center is still the same. To save dogs from entering the foster system through training dog owners how to balance their love and leadership for a harmonious relationship that lasts a lifetime.