A healthy balance between love, trust and respect is essential for a happy dog. Our vision is to help you achieve that balance. If you are a new owner of a puppy and want to learn where to start, or you have a dog obviously out of balance, we are here to help.

 First, you need to know about the name change! You’ll notice that Margo was formerly named Trish. That’s why her certifications are are currently in the name Trish Mitchell. As name changes often are, it’s a long story, involving a bow in the general direction of Dame Penelope Keith, star of a 70s British TV show called The Good Life. Don’t ask…😄 So…same awesome behaviourist, different name.

Gold Coast based Margo Mitchell The Dog Magician is a highly-skilled and intuitive behaviourist. She’d love to help you and your dog reach a balanced and harmonious place.

Margo began her working life as a broadcast journalist in the 1980s. She worked as a roving reporter, newsreader, editor and producer for both commercial radio, the ABC and SBS.

Margo was working for the ABC on the International News and Current Affairs Desk in Sydney when the terrorist attacks in New York on the World Trade Center towers occurred on 9/11 2001. From that moment, international news became a horror story. In 2006, Margo was totally burnt out.

After a long rest, Margo decided on a complete career change and in 2012 she began online training with Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer) as a dog behaviourist. In June 2014, Margo travelled to Los Angeles to train in person with Cesar. She came back inspired by this master with a burning desire to change the world, one dog at a time. She has been working successfully with difficult dogs ever since.

 

Margo offers an in-home consultation usually lasting 2 to 3 hours. Ideally, the whole family is present, because, as you know, dogs consider their family their pack. Life is busy, and it’s not always possible to have the family together, but it’s great if we can.

The session begins with a detailed discussion of the issues you’re having. Margo then considers with you dog psychology and human psychology. She fully explains why when we use human psychology on a dog, it doesn’t work. Then we get into the hands-on work.

Although the average session is around three hours, Margo prefers to stay with it until there is a measurable result. Her longest (and toughest) session was five hours—everyone, including the dog, was pretty tired at the end!

Because dogs don’t work to a schedule, Margo doesn’t charge by the hour. Her fees are on a sliding scale depending on your needs and the depth of the issue(s). Margo is so confident in the method she uses that, providing you follow her advice 100% for one month and nothing has changed, she offers a full refund.

Margo also offers a lifetime warranty. If you have any questions for the life of your dog, you can contact Margo for help at no further charge.

Dog Behaviour one on one	Pack Walks
Puppy Training	Outdoor dog walking classes

Way too many lovely, goodhearted people adopt a dog from a shelter or the pound and it’s the wrong dog for those people or that family.

Eg. You have knee/hip/shoulder problems and/or can’t run? You don’t rescue a husky. No matter how gorgeous.

For a modest fee of $20, I will come with you to the shelter/ pound and help you choose the right dog for your personality, your family, and your general circumstance.

I’d be really grateful if you’d share this information around local Gold Coast community FB pages—it’s so important people don’t give up on a rescue because they’ve simply adopted the wrong dog.

TIA.