Michael is my neighbor and has been taking care of my large dogs for the last 15 years when we go out of town for a week at a time or I travel on business. He is a very trustworthy person (has the code to our doors to enter), follows our direction and has always done an excellent job. He is very loving to a dog; but knows how to put them in their place when needed. We have never had an emergency with our dogs when he has been keeping them; but his is very cool headed and I know he can handle any situation that arises. In all this time, I have never had one single complaint and my dogs can be hard to handle and I have very high standards when it comes to taking care of my dogs. My dogs love him. He has a medium to large size dog himself and knows everything there is to know about dog care. I very highly recommend Michael for taking care of your pets based on my 15-year history with him.