About Michael’s Pack Dog Training Center

Michael's Pack works out of East Jericho Turnpike in Mineola and runs private in-home dog training across both New York and New Jersey. Its distinguishing published claim is the separation-anxiety practice: Michael Schaier is a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer, and the site runs a National Separation Anxiety Training Program delivered by virtual session so the dog never has to be moved into an unfamiliar room.

The service list

The site publishes its work as a list of problems rather than a ladder of courses, and each one has its own page: puppy training, in-home training, obedience, puppy potty training, barking, puppy chewing, fear and anxiety, jumping, leash training, socialization, separation anxiety and crate training. The framing throughout is that the owner is being taught as much as the dog – 'we focus on not only training your dog but teaching owners how to best communicate with their dogs'.

Method, argued rather than asserted

The philosophy page is a position paper. It states that all Michael's Pack trainers are schooled in positive reinforcement, that the team uses only humane methods and no fear-based training, and it quotes Dr. Ian Dunbar on the case for reward training over punishment. 'Communication is the key' is repeated as the house line.

Team, not a single trainer

Unlike most in-home practices in this metro, the published testimonials name several different trainers working under the business – clients write about their own trainer by name across separate multi-session packages – so an owner is buying a team's capacity rather than one person's calendar.