Miriam Yarden Dog Behavior Specialist, Dog Trainer B.Se, MS APDT

Miriam is wonderful! She helps you, the owner, train your dog. It’s a hands-​on experience. She’s wise and kind & very knowledgeable.

We are attending puppy school/​training through Bixby Anmal Clinic in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach on Atlantic. We signed up for puppy training for our new French Bulldog for 5 weeks. Miriam Yarden is the «behavior specialist.» The training is so much more than I had hoped for. We completed our 2^nd session of 5 tonight. Miriam is gentle and firm, and has actually taught us to love our puppy more, which I didn’t even think was possible. She teaches us to train in a gentle, loving and humane way. She is a mature lady, and she knows her business. She actually is teaching the owners to train the dogs, train the trainers if you will, which is exactly what we need. Last week we had questions about dangerous plants in the yard, so Miriam brought hand outs about dangerous plants and how to identify them and what to do this week. She makes everyone in the group do the commands with the dog so that if the trainer is confusing the dog, it is corrected on the spot. I really enjoy her straightforward manner. She is funny and frank. I highly recommend her. I will be sorry when the training is over because we (my partner, the dog, and I) enjoy it sooooooo much!