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Our Playgroup Coordinators... 
Sami Sami is also known around here as the
"Irish Dog Wizard" and is lead trainer for our Play & Train package. With a Bachelors in Psychology and a passion
for animals, she is working on getting her certification in Dog Training. She currently teaches Puppy Class for Fido
FUNdamentals and assists in a variety of other classes taught by Linda Nichols, owner of Fido FUNdamentals. Besides training,
her hobbies include bird hunting, agility, and just getting outdoors with her dogs. Her rescue mix, Rolex, and her pointer
pup, Olive Oyl, make up her happy family!    Lori
Snickers
Gus Lori, aka "Life Guard Lori", began working
at Bark Town in November of 2008. She is our in-house environmentalist and Life Guard and is currently attending
Baker College to become a Veterinary Technician. Lori is also an apprentice to Linda, the trainer with Fido Fundamentals,
and hopes to even further her knowledge of dog behavior and trainning. She has a new home with her 4 favorite
boys, Patrick, Stanley and Pete (her cats) & Gus (her new puppy!). She also has a pomeranian named Snickers that enjoys
coming to Bark Town almost as much as she does! 
Adam BarkTown welcomes
Adam, our newest playgroup coordinator! Adam and his girlfriend recently adopted a beautiful little pug and
named her Lulu! A cuter pug has never been seen! His love for dogs is obvious, but he also has a wide variety of
talents and also owns a recording studio and plays the drums in a couple of bands.
Our Groomers: Hi, my name is Brenda Kleinschmidt McCoy. I met April, the owner of Bark Town, as I was just graduating
from grooming school and she was entering. We hit it off right away and she asked if I would like to be part of the team
here and I jumped at the opportunity! I will now be grooming at Bark Town USA on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and am now
taking appointments for the new year.
A little bit
about me...
I am a single mother of 2 beautiful daughters and 2 fun dogs; Gracie a Chihuahua and Zoe my rescue Sheltie/Pom.
I showed my collie, in AKC showmanship. When my daughter was in 4H for several years, I taught the kids
how to do agility, obedience and showmanship with their own dogs. Then in October of 2009 I was permanently laid
off from an insurance company where I worked for 16 years. After 5 months of trying to find work I decided to do what
I love to do, I went to dog grooming school and graduated this past August.
Call 517.548.9917 to make an appointment for me to meet and groom your dog!
Hope to meet you soon,
Brenda Kleinschmidt McCoy
 April Founder, Owner, Trainer, and Groomer at Barktown. April has been competing with dogs for
years in fly ball, frisbee, and agility, and finally made her dream of owning a doggie daycare come true in 2005 when she
opened Bark Town. She has completed courses in canine play and aggression, training and behavior, and a introduction
to canine rehabilitation. April has also recently gained her certification from the Michigan School of Canine Cosmetology
to further her knowledge of canine well being. Along with all of her other credentials, April is one of our trainers
here at Bark Town and sometimes holds our puppy social courses. In her spare time she trains her three border collies
Storm, Diva, and Iris and loves to watch them compete in nearby competitions.
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Linda K. Nichols, CPDT
Linda is owner of Fido FUNdamentals LLC and offers training classes and puppy socialization sessions at Bark Town. She
also offers in-home new puppy packages to get your new puppy started out right, and behavioral consults including help with
timid or fearful dogs, on-leash reactivity, housetraining problems, separation anxiety and other common behavioral problems.
She is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT) and a professional member of the Association of
Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) as well as an approved evaluator for the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) testing. Linda continuously updates her knowledge on dog behavior including extensive reading, on-line
discussion groups with other professionals, and attending seminars and workshops (including conferences of the Association
of Pet Dog Trainers). CPDT’s are required to attend approved courses and workshops and earn CEU’s to keep
certification active.
Linda has competed in various dog sports since the 1980's and has
earned numerous advanced titles in obedience (including AKC, UKC, and CKC) on several breeds of dogs. She has earned High
in Trial and Dog World awards, as well as regional obedience competition placements. She has also competed in tracking, conformation,
and agility, though her true love is the sport of competition obedience. & check out Linda's company by clicking the logo
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Sharon
Drescosky, CPDT
Sharon has been training dogs since her very first training class in the early 1980's.
After
acquiring a shy, timid dog that she found difficult to teach, she enrolled in a training class and has never looked back.
Acquiring other dogs with different challenges drove Sharon's desire to learn more about behavior. Sharon was among
of the first to take the nationally recognized certification exam offered by the Certification Council of Professional
Dog Trainers (CCPDT) and has earned the title of Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT).
Sharon is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and is an Associate Member of the International
Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). She is also a Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator. Sharon's dogs are all rescues and have been instrumental
in helping her learn to deal with a variety of behaviors and to better understand the bond that can exist between a human
and an animal. Sharon stays on the cutting edge of training
techniques and behavior modification by continued education through national conferences, seminars, workshops, video, DVD's,
books and discussions. Sharon has trained and competed with various dogs in Obedience, Flyball, Rally and Agility.
She currently trains and competes in agility but feels one of her biggest accomplishments was learning how to better understand
and communicate with her dogs and helping others do the same.
Sharon teaches a variety of classes from puppy to agility, offers in-home private consultations as well as behavior consultations.
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