Melina

Melina brings six years of professional dog training experience to Dogwise Academy, built on a foundation that started long before her first client. In high school she enrolled in a veterinary assistant program, caring for shelter dogs and making sure they were well fed, clean, and ready for adoption. A professional dog trainer guided the program through a range of training techniques to improve the dogs' adoptability, and that early hands-on work set her path. She has trained dogs professionally ever since.

Animals have been a guiding force throughout Melina's life. She has spent countless hours volunteering with local rescues in Miami, helping dogs find their forever homes. Each summer she traveled to Mexico to assist at spay/neuter clinics, handling everything from pre-op to post-op care. She has also socialized feral cats to prepare them for adoption and fostered many cats in need. Melina is excited to bring that experience, and a lifelong dedication to caring for and understanding dogs, to every family she works with at Dogwise Academy.