Modar Dog Training & Behavior Consulting

​Mary is a patient, understanding and knowledgeable trainer. She understands all dogs and their personalities. My shy dog loves Mary I think almost as much as she loves me!!!!! Mary brings out the best in your dog and you! I trained with Mary over a 10 year period. She was an awesome Obedience, Rally, and Nosework instructor. I would recommend her to anyone!!!!!

Foster City

​Winnie and I searched for quite a while before finding a trainer who wanted to work with us in scent work. Mary is patient, knowledgeable, reliable. Modar Training is the perfect fit for us.

Sebastopol

​Mary was my instructor for several years, for rally obedience and nosework. She is an outstanding, patient trainer who helped me a great deal. My dogs were not always easy, but Mary always had a way to help work through any problems. She can help you too!

Pacifica

​Mary is an amazing trainer and very professional. She has helped me achieve good manners and many titles on my terriers. Thank you, Mary!

Pacifica

​Mary was Casey's Intermediate trainer, and Casey was a special case. I learned a lot from that class. I wish we were closer to her now, I would take our soon to be new puppy to her classes!

Eureka

​Mary's accomplishments with her dogs speaks to her abilities as a dog trainer. Malamutes are not a breed associated with obedience, yet Mary has multiple obedience titles on all of her dogs. She successfully competes in many venues, including Rally, Agility and Nosework. As a breeder, I was thrilled when Mary wanted a pup we had bred. I knew this dog would go on to great things, due to Mary's abilities and dedication. I was right. Mary took this dog far beyond all the high expectations we had for our pup. Thanks, Mary!

WI

​I took rally and obedience classes with Mary for several years. She is incredibly knowledgeable of dog body language and behavior. She is very calm and patient. I sincerely wish she was still teaching on the peninsula. Our loss is the north bay's gain!

Redwood City, CA

​I took Rally classes with Mary with 2 of my dogs. She is detail-oriented and professional, and at the same time unfailingly positive and encouraging. I really enjoyed Mary's classes, and I credit her with our success in the Rally ring.

Redwood City

Super teacher. Have learned a lot training with Mary.

Redwood City

​Mary trained for me for 25+ years. I miss her calm assessment of behavior problems and ability to read dogs. I could always count on her to discuss problems that arose. She is a natural born trainer with great instincts. I highly recommend her.

Redwood City

​Mary was my wonderful, positive trainer for AKC Rally. She's skilled, patient, and giving - what I mean by this is that she has always been willing to share and help even outside of class, like at shows. She has been a tremendous resource in dog-training.

Woodside

​Mary is knowledgeable, patient, and fun to work with. I took her Rally class with two different dogs and learned tons and my dogs had a blast!

Murphys

Mary was my instructor from puppy obedience through rally and nose work. You can't get a better trainer. She was always there to answer any question I had (and still does now). She takes into account the individual personalities of each dog and its owner chooses the methods that work best for them. You're missing out if you don't train with Mary. My dogs and I miss having her here...Penngrove you're very lucky.

San Mateo

​Mary Swinyer was my first Rally instructor and was instrumental in helping Janie and I get a good start in a new performance venue. The north bay is lucky to have such a fine teacher and dog trainer!

Menlo Park

Mary is a great instructor: patient, fun, clear and concise with many different ways to teach our dog a skill or series of skills. She is expert with owners of dogs of all sizes and temperaments, and her instructions and demonstrations are consistent and she understands the learning styles of both dog and handler. I could not recommend her more highly to anyone looking for a dog training instructor.

Menlo Park

I love training with Mary. She has an incredible amount of experience, patience, and humor to combine into a place that lets you become a better partner with your dog, whether you're looking at basic family manners or competition.

TX

​Mary is a great trainer! My dogs and I took her rally class several times in a row. We always had a great time and any time I had a question, Mary had the answer or some excellent advice. We miss her!!!

Atherton