Unleash your best life by becoming the leader of an amazing service dog team!
SLS
Lisa helped me train my second psychiatric service dog, Harper, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results. I had searched for nine months to find a qualified trainer for civilian psych dogs, and I’m so glad I found Lisa! (Did you know she also trains for out of state clients, too?). She was a great coach for me, and educated me in what Harper needs from me to do what I want her to do. We set up a tailored training plan with a monthly budget-friendly expense. Her talent really shined when Harper or I got confused about what exactly to. The combination of her understanding of mental health challenges + her dog training expertise made a big project doable. Harper is now a fully competent and confident service dog! Thank you, so much, Lisa!
Sheryl Lear Schuminsky
Satisfied Client recommends My Life Unleashed
ASal & KCH
Lisa with My Life Unleashed has been a great trainer to work with! I was placed with Bubbles (formerly Iris) this last November of 2024. From our transition training, to remote task training to finish up her remaining tasks, Lisa has been a great resource. Bubbles has been trained with MLU since she was nine weeks old, and has her beautiful temperament and training to show for it. She’s incredibly intuitive and loves to learn. Her existing task work is also awesome, and she has a great attitude when it comes to performing tasks. She loves her job, and everyone can see it too! Everywhere we go people complement her demeanor, from work at Universal, to days at Disney! My life has absolutely changed since being placed with Bubbles, and I hope to continue working with Lisa for many years to come.
Andrea Salas
Satisfied Client recommends My Life Unleashed
After a failed program SD, Lisa helped our daughter feel confident in her skills as an owner-trainer as well as find a new SD. This year at college has gone phenomenally well! Highly recommend!
Kimberly Coon Heinold
Satisfied Client recommends My Life Unleashed
JR & VS
We 100% enthusiastically recommend Lisa and her service dog training program. We were matched with one of her program dogs, Buzz, and could not be happier. Lisa is incredibly knowledgeable, skilled, and clearly pours her heart into her work. Buzz arrived with an impressive set of well-trained skills, and it’s clear he was prepared with care, intention, and deep expertise. Our family is beyond grateful for the life-changing impact this match has had. Thank you, Lisa!
Satisfied Client recommends My Life Unleashed
Lisa is the most skilled, kind, personable and professional dog service trainer I know. Her standards are very high with so many videos of her results. I highly recommend her and her service dogs.
Jessie Rimbey
Valerie Service
Satisfied Client recommends My Life Unleashed
KKn
I am incredibly thankful for My Life Unleashed Dog Training & Luminary Service Dogs. My journey with them has been nothing short of magical. After going through private lessons, board & train programs, and now having my delightful program dog, I can wholeheartedly say they provide exceptional service. Lisa, the trainer, has been a true gift in my life. She helped make my dream come true by finding another Great Pyrenees to be my service dog, just like my beloved retired one. With her expertise and genuine support, I now walk through life with renewed confidence and joy, surrounded by my wonderful sidekicks. My service dogs have filled my days with love and companionship, and I couldn’t be more grateful. The care and dedication from the entire team at MLU is truly heartwarming. If you’re looking for a nurturing place that truly cares about you and your furry friend, I can’t recommend them highly enough!
Kirsten Kneeting
Satisfied Client recommends My Life Unleashed
KA
My Life unleashed has helped me right from the start to instill good behaviors with our dog Abby! We have done a couple classes and Lisa is just amazing, she knows dogs and knows the tools I needed to connect with mine. Abby just earned her Canine Good Citizen award! Basically that means that she responds to my commands and has learned what is expected of her.
One BIG thing I want to share was when Lisa met me at Tractor Supply for a private session. My goal at the time was to walk through tractor supply without being drug down the isles. Lisa showed me what I need to do to get the behavior I want from my dog. Things clicked and there I was walking around the store with Abby by my side. It was an empowering moment for me and now Abby gets to go shopping where dogs are welcome.
We will continue to attend various classes. A happy dog is one that knows what you want from them.
One BIG thing I want to share was when Lisa met me at Tractor Supply for a private session. My goal at the time was to walk through tractor supply without being drug down the isles. Lisa showed me what I need to do to get the behavior I want from my dog. Things clicked and there I was walking around the store with Abby by my side. It was an empowering moment for me and now Abby gets to go shopping where dogs are welcome.
We will continue to attend various classes. A happy dog is one that knows what you want from them.
Kathleen Alexander
Satisfied Client recommends My Life Unleashed
SL & ASan
Lisa is my niece, I was a dog handler for 20 years , but I wanted to know and understand everything about dog training , starting with a dogs drives and channeling those drives to get the most from your dog, Lisa is an excellent dog handler, she will absolutely get the job done for you, once you start with her you will immediately see results , in the beginning the first week might seem frustrating by the second week you will start getting rewarded with her guidance.
Sam Laufer
Fellow trainer recommends My Life Unleashed
Aubrey Sanchez
Dog care professional recommends My Life Unleashed
LJ & BL
Amazing experience at a SD training. Highly recommend.
Laura Jean
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
Lisa is definitely a dog whisperer! She knows how to handle each of our dogs, with their differing personalities to get amazing results. In just a couple visits there were visible improvements to both boys behavior and our relationships with them. Not only is Lisa extremely professional, reasonably priced and easy to work with, she has a heart of gold.
Brandi Lee
Satisfied costumer recommends My Life Unleashed
JW
I had gotten my pup Beli from the TSA Canine Association, he had failed out of the program because of “environmental factors”. He was then put up for adoption and I had taken him home as just a pet. He was the sweetest, kindest, and most quiet dog I have ever had, but he got easily scared of anything new. It had been one year since I adopted him and I decided I wanted to work with him to become a service dog. I was able to train the basics with him and he had gotten more conferrable with people, but I wasn’t sure how to do public access on my own. Thats when I found Lisa. I had contacted many many companies asking if they would help me train him to do SD work and every single one said no. They said he was to old and would never overcome his fears. When I talked to Lisa she was the first one to say yes. She could see, just like me, the potential Beli had. He loved working and being out but was nervous. She took him in and did 3 months of board and train with him. She constantly sent me pictures, updates, and answered ant questions I had. She was so flexible with me and was extremely patient with Beli. Lisa saw the potential Beli had and when I got him back just a few months later he was a completely different dog. I am so grateful I was able to cross paths with her because Beli is now a wonderful SD. I constantly get comments saying how well trained he is. I am now back at college but I still reach out to Lisa keeping her updated and she is always there to help. I 100% recommend you reach out to Lisa if you need a trainer.
Juliana Wolan
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
MK & TC
I am incredibly thankful for My Life Unleashed Dog Training & Luminary Service Dogs. My journey with them has been nothing short of magical. After going through private lessons, board & train programs, and now having my delightful program dog, I can wholeheartedly say they provide exceptional service. Lisa, the trainer, has been a true gift in my life. She helped make my dream come true by finding another Great Pyrenees to be my service dog, just like my beloved retired one. With her expertise and genuine support, I now walk through life with renewed confidence and joy, surrounded by my wonderful sidekicks. My service dogs have filled my days with love and companionship, and I couldn’t be more grateful. The care and dedication from the entire team at MLU is truly heartwarming. If you’re looking for a nurturing place that truly cares about you and your furry friend, I can’t recommend them highly enough!
Maddie Keeting
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
Are you looking for a compassionate service dog trainer? Consider reaching out to Lisa of My Life Unleashed! Lisa cohosted a seminar this weekend and she taught present (and aspiring) service dog trainers how to work through a number of tasks. Skills covered: medical alert, scent recognition, retrieve (go get my keys I dropped on the floor), and deep pressure therapy to name a few. Lisa is a compassionate person, and it comes across in her delivery to her canine students and the people she empowers. Lisa also has a service animal, and she comes from a place of understanding her clients on a personal level. Consider reaching out to Lisa for help. You will not regret it.
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
ASD
As another dog trainer in the industry, I’ve admired Lisa’s training from afar for a few years now. In 2023 two of my trainers were able to go to a seminar of hers in Chicago and came home with a lot of great service dog information for our team. In 2024 we set up a zoom call with Lisa to discuss one of our client’s specific needs to make sure we were doing the best job we could. And now in 2025 we just hosted Lisa for a 2 day seminar here in Florida! Lisa’s teaching style and clear communication made things easy for us to learn and try with our dogs. Her patience and knowledge and time was greatly appreciated here and has inspired all of us to keep pushing ourselves and our dogs!
There are a lot of dog trainers out there in a very unregulated industry. To find another trainer who clearly cares deeply about her clients, the dogs in her program, and someone with her willingness to help us as other trainers is refreshing and rare. I can fully admit I’ve watched many of Lisa’s training videos and stayed up late at night trying to figure out not only how she’s doing what she’s doing with her dogs, but also truly admiring how happy and motivated the dogs are while working! Highly recommend!!
There are a lot of dog trainers out there in a very unregulated industry. To find another trainer who clearly cares deeply about her clients, the dogs in her program, and someone with her willingness to help us as other trainers is refreshing and rare. I can fully admit I’ve watched many of Lisa’s training videos and stayed up late at night trying to figure out not only how she’s doing what she’s doing with her dogs, but also truly admiring how happy and motivated the dogs are while working! Highly recommend!!
Above the Standard Dogs
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
AC
After more than a year of weekly psychiatric appointments and different medications to treat my challenges with C-PTSD, my treatment team recommended looking into a Psychiatric Service Dog to help mitigate my symptoms. By happenstance, the owner of Penny Lane Australian Labradoodles mentioned MLU had a Program Service Dog ready for placement, but she might be too small for crowd control work. An internet search of Star’s bio listed all the qualities I was looking for in a PSD. Once I met Star, we bonded very quickly, and I know from day one we would make a great working team. Training with Lisa and Star in preparation for the transition of handling Star was seamless and rewarding.
Satisfied Costumer
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
JLi
Siri is my Service Dog. She has changed my life and recently I feel that she is saving it. Because she was trained by My Life Unleashed, this business did too. Yes, my wife owns this business, so my review is biased. Nevertheless, it would take a lifetime of bias to sufficiently affect the number of stars I am giving here. You see, if I could, I would give 5 times as many stars…
Siri… She is happy to work and do so well in spite of me. Her training is impeccable and state of the art. I have seen my wife train dogs for almost a decade now. She has done it for longer, but I have witnessed first hand for that long and thought I knew what she can do. However, I never knew a dog could be this well trained and useful until Siri started helping me recently. I struggle to be a good handler. Lisa helped me with that too. The fact that Lisa has experience as both a trainer and mental health provider makes her uniquely qualified to work with people in my situation. I am very lucky to have her as a wife. Raise that to the unleashed power of having her as a trainer and I am the luckiest man alive. While conflicts of interest prevent her from also being my therapist, I would hire her if I could! For sure, I cannot think of another no another person I would rather have my service dog trained by. The best testament of Lisa as a trainer are the results you see in her clients and the dogs that serve them. If you ever get to meet Siri, you will see what I am talking about. Just SIRIously the best service one could hope for.
Siri… She is happy to work and do so well in spite of me. Her training is impeccable and state of the art. I have seen my wife train dogs for almost a decade now. She has done it for longer, but I have witnessed first hand for that long and thought I knew what she can do. However, I never knew a dog could be this well trained and useful until Siri started helping me recently. I struggle to be a good handler. Lisa helped me with that too. The fact that Lisa has experience as both a trainer and mental health provider makes her uniquely qualified to work with people in my situation. I am very lucky to have her as a wife. Raise that to the unleashed power of having her as a trainer and I am the luckiest man alive. While conflicts of interest prevent her from also being my therapist, I would hire her if I could! For sure, I cannot think of another no another person I would rather have my service dog trained by. The best testament of Lisa as a trainer are the results you see in her clients and the dogs that serve them. If you ever get to meet Siri, you will see what I am talking about. Just SIRIously the best service one could hope for.
Jeff Lima
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
ASP & KH
Lisa with My Life Unleashed has been a great trainer to work with! I was placed with Bubbles…
Andrea Salas
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
After a failed program SD, Lisa helped our daughter feel confident in her skills as an owner-trainer as well as find a new SD. This year at college has gone phenomenally well! Highly recommend!
Kimberly Heinold
Satisfied costumer recommends My Life Unleashed
JD
Just had the pleasure of attending one of Lisa’s seminars. She is such an outstanding trainer and teacher. She makes dog training fun and effective. She cares so much about the process and finding the right way to communicate with the dog being trained.
She was able to talk about service dog training and just regular obedience training. She took the time to answer everyone’s questions and showed a great level of patience. She worked with 8 week old puppies and adult dogs during the weekend.
What was so impressive was how she kept things simple and took the time to show you what she was talking about. While some things we worked on were more challenging for the dogs, Lisa worked through each exercise and achieved awesome results. Dog training shouldn’t be complicated, it should be fun.
Lisa’s reputation is 5 stars and she proved why this weekend. I will forever be grateful for the time we had with her and look forward to training with her again. Whether you want to improve your training skills or need a dog trained she should be your go too.
She was able to talk about service dog training and just regular obedience training. She took the time to answer everyone’s questions and showed a great level of patience. She worked with 8 week old puppies and adult dogs during the weekend.
What was so impressive was how she kept things simple and took the time to show you what she was talking about. While some things we worked on were more challenging for the dogs, Lisa worked through each exercise and achieved awesome results. Dog training shouldn’t be complicated, it should be fun.
Lisa’s reputation is 5 stars and she proved why this weekend. I will forever be grateful for the time we had with her and look forward to training with her again. Whether you want to improve your training skills or need a dog trained she should be your go too.
James Dellocono
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
TM
Lisa Lior Lima, owner of My Life Unleashed, is without a doubt, the best dog trainer that you can find. Lisa’s love for dogs is evident in her compassionate but direct approach in training. Murphy, our Golden Retriever, immediately bonded with Lisa and the chemistry between the two was incredible to watch. Murphy went through the AKC Good Citizen Class and because of Lisa’s training, his obedience and skill level far surpassed any training we could do on our own. Lisa has a way of communicating with dogs that does not intimidate them and they are eager to respond in a positive way. Lisa has now trained Murphy to be a service dog and the transformation in him is incredible. When out in public, we receive numerous compliments from people on how well-trained Murphy is in his service dog techniques. Thank you Lisa for guiding and creating a dog that has a passion for service work. Not only is Lisa great with dogs, she has a warm, friendly and fun personality and is flexible with training in her facility, out in a public area or in your home. Through Lisa’s training, you are able to have a more pleasant, fun and meaningful relationship with your dog. If you have a dog that needs training of any kind, I highly recommend Lisa with My Life Unleashed. She is the best!
Terri McHatton
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
BM
Lisa is a one of a kind bright light in the not so easy to navigate dog training and service dog world. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Lisa on several occasions and with 3 separate dogs. I’ve not met any dog professional as invested in doing what’s right and seeing her clients through to a place where they can confidently navigate their life and relationships With their dogs even if all the questions haven’t been answered yet and things are still a work in progress. She is endlessly motivated to work with you challenges big and small, addressing every and any concern, personal and financial. She’s been flexible and compassionate in helping us replace our previous service dog after she suddenly passed at just a year old, extending herself in ways we never could have imagined. I hope that everyone at some point has the opportunity to meet and work with someone that displays such exemplary levels of professionalism, empathy, integrity, and kindness such as Lisa does. It’s rare to come by such a complete and total pleasure of a person. Lisa will become a part of your family as will all her k9 characters 🙂
Bayla Makarov
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
DL
Lisa and Luminary Service Dogs gave us such an incredible gift….
We were so lucky to find an opening with Lisa. Lisa has been an ongoing support in the weeks afterward to address any questions that have arisen. Chela has continued to prove herself more than capable of accompanying Cyrus through his life… She is capable of performing tasks related to his needs, such as pushing buttons and retrieving dropped objects, as well as being totally comfortable in any public access situations, obediently remaining alongside of Cyrus or in whatever place he commands while he faces the complexities of spinal cord rehab, college, and late adolescence…The reassurance of a well-trained dog has been a priceless gift for my son, whose life was devastated unexpectedly, and he is receiving more than we ever hoped by having a dog… To be in a position of being able to successfully direct an animal offers him the psychological strength to realize that, with support from people like Lisa, he can regain aspects of the power and control he needs to live a live worth living. Already,.. he is actively realizing personal dreams for himself, such as his simple hope to have his own dog…
I highly recommend…, which offers an effective, capable and well-developed approach. Thanks so much for everything Lisa!
We were so lucky to find an opening with Lisa. Lisa has been an ongoing support in the weeks afterward to address any questions that have arisen. Chela has continued to prove herself more than capable of accompanying Cyrus through his life… She is capable of performing tasks related to his needs, such as pushing buttons and retrieving dropped objects, as well as being totally comfortable in any public access situations, obediently remaining alongside of Cyrus or in whatever place he commands while he faces the complexities of spinal cord rehab, college, and late adolescence…The reassurance of a well-trained dog has been a priceless gift for my son, whose life was devastated unexpectedly, and he is receiving more than we ever hoped by having a dog… To be in a position of being able to successfully direct an animal offers him the psychological strength to realize that, with support from people like Lisa, he can regain aspects of the power and control he needs to live a live worth living. Already,.. he is actively realizing personal dreams for himself, such as his simple hope to have his own dog…
I highly recommend…, which offers an effective, capable and well-developed approach. Thanks so much for everything Lisa!
Donald Lewis
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
JM
I am so relieved and Happy I found Lisa at My Life Unleashed . A friend of mine recommended Lisa as she had used her services a few years ago. I thought her dog were amazing, and I wanted Tucker to be just like that or at least a portion of that.
Lisa came into our home, spent a good amount of time asking what our “wish list” was, gave her assessment and then we started the work. The suggestions and the assignments were nothing short of amazing. Tucker responded immediately. He seemed to actually enjoy the learning, not only was he behaving well for Lisa, but for us as well! It became clear to us that we were the ones who needed to learn how to communicate with Tucker more clearly. It was us, the owners, who needed to be taught how to communicate properly with our dog.
Normally when people would visit, Tucker would be all up in their business, barking , jumping and going crazy, he just wouldn’t settle down for a while. A few hrs after Lisa left our home , we were able to get Tucker to respond to our instructions, and he waited to greet our friends with 2 little ones in a much more polite manner than before.
Thank you Lisa !
Lisa came into our home, spent a good amount of time asking what our “wish list” was, gave her assessment and then we started the work. The suggestions and the assignments were nothing short of amazing. Tucker responded immediately. He seemed to actually enjoy the learning, not only was he behaving well for Lisa, but for us as well! It became clear to us that we were the ones who needed to learn how to communicate with Tucker more clearly. It was us, the owners, who needed to be taught how to communicate properly with our dog.
Normally when people would visit, Tucker would be all up in their business, barking , jumping and going crazy, he just wouldn’t settle down for a while. A few hrs after Lisa left our home , we were able to get Tucker to respond to our instructions, and he waited to greet our friends with 2 little ones in a much more polite manner than before.
Thank you Lisa !
Jorge Mendiola
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
JJ
When Gus the Great suffered a near fatal attack on August 21, 2020, we didn’t know if he would recover. The entire community came around to cheer him on and Lisa stepped in with her grace-filled knowledge and expertise.
Our first priority was to instill confidence in Gus so that he would not be crippled by his trauma. Then, he was in critical need of developing social skills while learning basic obedience.
Lisa, with great patience, taught Gus and I how to communicate effectively, so his eagerness to play and to please became the platform for exceptional skill development. Now, thanks to her commitment and investment, Gus is well on his way to becoming a happy, healthy therapy dog. Perhaps when his training is complete, Gus’s story of overcoming and resilience will inspire others to recognize that they are not defined by trauma but rather equipped by it.
Our first priority was to instill confidence in Gus so that he would not be crippled by his trauma. Then, he was in critical need of developing social skills while learning basic obedience.
Lisa, with great patience, taught Gus and I how to communicate effectively, so his eagerness to play and to please became the platform for exceptional skill development. Now, thanks to her commitment and investment, Gus is well on his way to becoming a happy, healthy therapy dog. Perhaps when his training is complete, Gus’s story of overcoming and resilience will inspire others to recognize that they are not defined by trauma but rather equipped by it.
Jennisue Jessen
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
JL & KH
The Service Dog and Dog Training Community needs more great trainers and more great humans like Lisa. She brings high caliber knowledge backed through experience. She came to our team for a private seminar with professionalism, practicality, and the ability to communicate clearly. I always look forward to finding GREAT HUMANS like her in the dog community who have the passion to collaborate, help, and SHARE information with the selfless purpose of leaving the world a better place.
Jason Lear
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
Lisa has gone above and beyond in support and with training a replacement service dog for our daughter. Now she helped us find our first pet. Her dog training knowledge combined with her human therapy skills make Lisa an invaluable resource for your service/therapy/pet dog needs.
Kimberly Heinold
Satisfied costumer recommends My Life Unleashed
KC & NWA
Lisa is the best!! She is a natural with animals and is just an awesome person!
Kristina Cardoza
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
Professional training available in Woodland Park. Based on my actual experience with this business, I highly recommend their training .
Nancy Winterbourne-Archuleta
Satisfied costumer recommends My Life Unleashed
RHW & DKa
My Saint was 18 months old and training I had done was not working. I handed him over to Lisa Lior Lima for the month and got back a great dog that was much easier to handle. She then trained ME how to work with him so I could continue his training. I wholeheartedly recommend My Life Unleashed Dog Training!
Robin Hall Whitten
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
Thanks to Lisa, my Louis is a Novice Trick Dog!
Donna Kato
Satisfied costumer recommends My Life Unleashed
SD & SP
Lisa is absolutely amazing. She knows her stuff. I can’t believe how much my dogs have improved.
Simona DeLucia
Satisfied client recommends My Life Unleashed
Lisa is very good about reading the handler snd dog as a team and making good suggestions for getting the desired behavior. Very professional and fun to work with.
Scott Perkins
Satisfied costumer recommends My Life Unleashed
SEE OUR SUCCESS STORIES
Social Media Links
For more highlights, training videos, and information, visit and follow our social media pages:
Join Us in our Service Dog Training and Support Facebook Community.
Whether or not you are one of of past clients, network with other service dog handlers to find support, guidance, and resources to help you on your journey. Become a part of an awesome, positive community!
Follow the Unleashed Blog.
Read on testimonials of service dog handlers, learn about our podcast episodes, access mental health support and animal assisted therapy resources, and gain information about training of service dogs, therapy dogs, and emotional support dogs.
Slide
