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Michelle Reindal is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) and Certified Family Dog Mediator (FDM). She owns The Paid Pup, Welfare-based Training and Behavioral Health in Seattle. Helping humans better understand dogs to create mutual symbiosis is her passion. She’s owned by a 10lb Chihuahua named Mia and enjoys comedy, yoga, and learning about other species. Follow her @thepaidpup.

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