Madi Hydock - Head Coach

Madi is HappyGentle Dogs' Head Coach, a role she has held for five years and earned through a combination of technical mastery, fierce drive, and an immense depth of empathy that dogs and families feel the moment she walks in the room. She is intense in the best possible way: focused, precise, and absolutely committed to every dog and every family she works with. Madi leads the HGD coaching staff, takes on the most complex and challenging behavioral cases, and ensures that every family that comes through HappyGentle Dogs receives the full depth of the CRT approach. She specializes in reactivity, fear-based behavior, and the kind of big emotional cases that demand both exceptional skill and extraordinary patience. Away from HGD, Madi and her partner (a highly respected Veterinary Technician with many years in the field) share their home with a remarkable collection of animals. She is always caring for them, always learning from them, always finding ways to make their lives better. That same devotion is exactly what she brings to every dog and family at HappyGentle Dogs. She is, simply put, one of the finest coaches in this field. In the world.