Meet the Trainers

Below are some of the amazing dog trainers we have available to work with your beloved fido!

Sandy Sandberg - Founder / Animal Behavior Specialist

Sandy has worked with hundreds of species of animals over the past 26 years. She has worked with dolphins, penguins, and whales at Sea World. While employed at the Santa Barbara Zoo, she tended to the big cats, primates, and elephants. During her employment there, she was responsible for 200+ animals. She has worked at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Valley Ranch as the Lead Elephant Supervisor. Sandy Sandberg has also worked with a variety of canines as a doggie trainer at the Animal Behavior and Training Associates center located in Los Angeles.

Amanda Estes - Supervisor

Amanda has been training animals for 10 years. She has a degree in Animal Training from the Exotic Animal and Training Management program in Moorpark, CA. and has trained animals for movies as well as education with many different species.  After moving into working with domestic animals she finds it much nicer to work with animals that can't eat her!

David Bernier - Lead Trainer

Dave has been working with Sandy since 1998. He is probably one of our most experienced trainers here at Doggie Do Good. Having two dogs of his own he has been training for many years. Around here Dave is know as our aggression specialist. He has quite a sense of humor around here and loves to make the clients laugh.

Kayla Dugan - Lead Trainer

Kayla has worked with animals since she was fifteen, she has been around them her whole life, and she has volunteered with quite a few animal facilities. She has owned everything from rats to dogs to snakes.  She has a son, Joshua, he has grown up around animals since day one, between Kayla, her work, and her family he always has an animal friend to play with!

MELISSA HENDRIX - LEAD TRAINER
DAVID THOMAS - LEAD TRAINER
kallie stolz - Service Dog Lead Trainer

Kallie has worked for Doggie Do Good for four years now.  She started off as a service dog recipiant from Doggie Do Good in 2008.  Kallie came to Doggie Do Good in search for a service dog to help her with her Epilepsy and partial vision loss, due to two brain surgeries.  She was so impressed by the training that her passion for it grew stronger.  Experiencing the safety, confidence, independance and overall companionship that her service dog provided for her, she wanted to help others to experience the same life change. 

Sunny Sawyer - Bookeeper

Sunny has been with us since January 2010. Her attention to detail makes her an asset to the company. Sunny trained dogs here at Doggie Do Good for about a year before moving into her new position as our Bookkeeper. With Sunny's extensive background in mathematics she has helped this company stay on track financially.

GIGI LONG - MARKETING
LINAI POLAND - ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER