Tina Day
President, Co-Founder, Lead dog trainer
Nic and Tina founded Guardian Paws Service Dogs in 2016. Nic served in the USMC for 13 years and deployed 4 times. Tina started her dog training career over 25 years ago. Fifteen years ago she began training service dogs, and in the last 6 years Tina found her passion for training service dogs for veterans.
Mike Thompson
Vice-President, Magic Valley Leadership
Mike is not only GPSD Vice President, he and his service dog Ziva are our lead train team in the Magic Valley. Before joining Guardian Paws Mike served his country as a Army Solider, and his community as a Law Enforcement Officer. When Mike is not out working with Veterans, he enjoys his down time with his family.
Scott Pierman
Secretary
Scott (ret.) Army and Houston, Texas police officer. Scott and his boy Mister have been with Guardian Paws Service Dogs since 2020 after moving to the Treasure Valley from Huston. When Scott is not volunteering time with Guardian Paws, he is with his family or riding his Harley.
Sheila Thompson
Magic valley Lead dog trainer
Sheila and her Dutch Shepherd Nalle are the other half to our training team in the Magic Valley. Sheila has always had a passion for our service men and women as well animals. Sheila is a wealth of information when it comes to dog behaviors, please reach out to her if you have any questions.