Very simply,  Rachael is the best!!!  Extremely knowledgeable about state-of-the-art dog training methods.  Dogs love her.  People love her. Rachael’s dog training instruction was invaluable to me as a volunteer of the Maui Humane Society.  I started with zero experience with dog behavioral issues, but her training methods, guidance, and patience (both with the dogs and with me),  provided me the skills and a comfort level to deal with a wide range of dogs and issues.  Knowing that I had her as a support person gave me confidence that the dogs sensed and made interactions so much easier. 

~ Robert Jacobson

As a long time volunteer at Maui Humane Society I have had the pleasure and good fortune to work alongside Rachael many times. She has saved countless lives by working with dogs with behavior problems who would have been deemed unadoptable. She is educated, intuitive, gentle and kind. She makes training look effortless due to her natural ease with dogs. I have learned so much from her and I’m very grateful to have had that opportunity.

~ Alice Bennett 

We have a three dog household ranging from 3yrs/70lbs; 7yrs/22lbs; 13yrs/49lbs.  Our smallest dog, Ellie – the 22lb Chihuahua mix, has anxiety and resource guarding issues.  We had been successful in managing her behaviors until both adult humans needed to work outside the home for 8 hours a day.  We hired a pet sitter to come to the house to give the pups an hour potty break and snack time. Everything was fine with the new pet sitter as long as we (Ellie’s humans) were present; on the first visit without  us present Ellie greeted the new dog sitter with a chomp on her shin!!  We were mortified!!  Thankfully our pet sitter didn’t scare easily and decided she wanted to try again, and she received another chomp on her calf!    After seeking counsel from Rachael she gave us the tools we needed to have a pet sitter and to have better interactions with visitors to our home!  A gate to limit the ‘hot zone’ by the door and having yummy treats available created the space Ellie needed to allow ‘safe’ people to enter our home. 

~Nikki, Molly & Ellie

“Dog Whisperer” may sound cliché but it fits Rachael perfectly.  Because of her infinite passion for dogs, she is a natural when it comes to understanding behavior and implementing behavior modification.  I worked closely with Rachael for eight years and found her to be a highly effective communicator – both with humans and canines.  She is dedicated, compassionate, patient, intuitive and completely trustworthy.  She has immense integrity and will treat your dog as if it were her own.  She is not only a friend but a role model. I have complete and utter confidence in her training skills and if I didn’t now live 4,000 miles away my dogs would definitely be her students!

~ Laura Forsythe

I met Rachael five years ago when I began volunteering for Dog Playgroups at the Maui Humane Society and she was the facilitator/lead. On the very first day I was so impressed by her attuned observation skills of the dogs’ body language and energies and her capacity to act instantly if needed.  I have consistently seen Rachael go above and beyond to learn as much as she could about techniques and methods that would help behavioral issues.  She continually explores, researches and studies with the commitment to support the well-being of the dog.  Her contagious enthusiasm and heartfelt dedication, combined with the success stories of her work, I have no doubt are the key reasons that management has been so open to all of her suggestions and ideas to further the rehabilitation of socially neglected dogs that arrive at the shelter.  Rachael has been a great mentor to me and an inspiration to dive deeper and learn more. I am so very grateful to have crossed paths with her.

~ Madir Scolpini

In working with Rachel Magee in my capacity as a volunteer with MHS, I have appreciated her skill, her intuitive knowledge & her advocacy for all the dogs she interacts with. Rachel is always enthusiastic, positive and celebrates each dog’s growth.

Through classes she taught how force-free equipment, gentle touch, the “power of cookies” and calm repetition could transform a dog. Rachael is a big advocate for enriching a dog’s life through simple actions (such as a puzzle feeding mat, sniff fests, toys, play, training, etc.) And, when using this information, I had a small part in making a dog happier & more adoptable, the “heart reward” was tangible.

Rachel has the skills and training to help dogs and their owners. She also is intuitive, has an open heart and truly believes that dogs respond positively to positive training.

~ Kathryn Maloney