Meet the Owners — Chris & Kim

Husband and wife team Chris and Kim own and operate BlueDog together. They share a love for dogs and both come from families of business owners and entrepreneurs; so opening a dog walking & training company came very naturally to them.
They share a deep passion for providing quality service through their business, as well as maintaining a relationship with dogs based on respect and kindness. They also believe the same for their relationships with their clients and their team. Doing so has allowed them to build a company based around trust, dependability, distinction, customer service and compassion.
Chris & Kim share their home with collies, Reese, Lincoln and Jane, miniature poodle Walt and golden retriever Fern, in addition to a bunch of chickens and a guinea pig named Jessie.
Want to work for us?
BlueDog is always looking for passionate, experienced dog lovers to join our crew. Become a part of a fun, energetic team of dog lovers who spend their entire day improving the lives of the dogs!
Our Office Team
Sylvie
Sylvie founded and managed Kids Karousel, a children’s clothing, toy and furniture consignment store in North Andover for 24 years before “retiring” to work as office manager for BlueDog. She was also the president of the North Andover Merchants Association for 3 years and held a position on the board Read More
Our Trainers
Amy Kisiel CPDT-KA
Amy began working for BlueDog in 2009 as a dog walker and became a certified dog trainer through Mount Ida College’s Dog Training program in 2011. But her experience with dogs began far earlier than that from growing up in a family of dog lovers and at a very young Read More
Jessica Meade
Jessica is originally from Ohio, where her passion for dog training first started. Her mother worked in the pet care industry Jessica’s whole life and it sparked her love for animals. Her mom was always bringing home various critters and her friends always referred to their house as “the zoo.” Read More
Tom Prendergast
Tom was in the Information Technology field for 18 years and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from UMass – Lowell. He was looking for a change and realized that his true passion was working with dogs; so he began walking for BlueDog. Tom is very familiar with BlueDog Read More
Our Walkers
Danielle
Danielle is from Butler, PA, but moved to New England in the year 2000. She started her career as a Quality Control scientist after getting a science degree from Penn State, but left that field after 10 years to work with her husband at his privately-owned company. After nine years Read More
JoAnne
JoAnne, a former preschool educator, is the proud mom of 4-pawed children Jewel, a rescue pit bull mix from MassPAWS who earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen from BlueDog in 2014, and rescue cat Tonks from Pet Tails Rescue. She’s also mom to 2-footed sons Andrew who graduated from U Read More
Karen
Karen was born and raised in Oklahoma. She has a B.S. degree from Oklahoma State University for Agricultural Economics with farm and ranch management. She is married to a retired Naval officer and they’ve moved all over the US together, though we’re lucky she’s stopped at BlueDog’s home, Andover MA! Read More
Mark
When Mark retired from the MITRE Corporation after 40 years, he knew exactly what he wanted to do – work with dogs! He considers himself lucky to have been adopted by several rescue dogs over the years and has always had a dog in his life. Mark and his wife Read More
Mary
Mary comes from a large family full of people & dogs. Her and her husband, Dan, raised two chocolate labs, Matty & Paffy, who would attend the many family parties, sporting events, and would enjoy hikes with her & her 19 nieces & nephews. They are now the proud parents Read More
Noelle
Noey has owned Akitas her whole life, one was named Fluffernutter and the other named Socks. She hopes to get another one very soon! Currently, she has two cats named Calico and Sumai. When she’s not with them, she is taking care of her family friend’s dog. Noey loves photography Read More
Tori
Tori grew up in the south shore (Hanover, MA) but moved to Methuen in 2017 to attend North Shore Community College. She received her Associates Degree in Animal Care in 2019 and is currently enrolled in the CATCH Canine Trainers Academy. She’s had family dogs her whole life; her first Read More
Want to work for us?
BlueDog is always looking for passionate, experienced dog lovers to join our crew. Become a part of a fun, energetic team of dog lovers who spend their entire day improving the lives of the dogs!