Even Michelle's two dogs, Max and Marley, are professional performers. Max has appeared extensively in the role of Sandy in three different productions of the musical Annie. The first time was in 2007; Max was only 18 months old but he was a natural and learned all the tricks required and performed them consistently throughout the run. This was also Michelle's first major musical theatre production and she played a young orphan. The next two Annie runs came in 2009 and 2010. They were much bigger productions and starred Michelle as Annie, Max as Sandy plus young Marley in a cameo role as a stray mutt. In 2011, Max expanded his horizons and did his first professional screen work in the movie, Christmas Lodge, playing Natie, the dog of Michelle's character, Charlene. In 2011, Max and Marley shared the role of Toto alongside Michelle as Dorothy in a theatre production of Wizard of Oz.
