Trainers

Kim Palermo

BlueDog Team Member Since 2008

Kim Palermo CPDT-KA, CCUI, Level 1 TagTeacher BlueDog founder Kimbery Palermo is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a Certified Control Unleashed InstructoBlueDog founder and trainer Kim Palermo has been training dogs personally for 25 years and professionally for over 10 years.  She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a Certified Read More

Chris Palermo

Chris Palermo

BlueDog Team Member Since 2008

Chris Palermo, CPDT-KA Chris grew up on a lake and always had an interest in wildlife, animals and dogs.  At the time, most of his pets were all encased in a glass salt-water reef tank, where he maintained and propagated a large number of corals and tropical saltwater fish. His Read More

BlueDog Trainer Jessica

Jessica Meade CPDT-KA

BlueDog Team Member Since 2018

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

Colleen

Colleen CPDT-KA

BlueDog Team Member Since 2021

Colleen is a CCTA Certified Dog Trainer through CATCH Canine Trainers Academy. Colleen grew up in a small farming community in Illinois where her parents now operate a vet clinic. She enjoys competing in dog shows with her Great Dane named Sassy. Colleen flies for Delta Air Lines as a Read More

Carla

BlueDog Team Member Since 2021

Carla is a CCTA Certified Dog Trainer through CATCH Canine Trainers Academy. She is originally from Portugal and is currently working as a School Social Worker. She holds her Masters degree in Social Work and her professional LCSW license. Carla has always had a love for dogs and would often Read More

Nicole

BlueDog Team Member Since 2022

Nicole was raised during an era when all a girl needed was a fluffernutter sandwich, a few hose stops, a bike, and her dog. She and her golden retriever, Tasha, hit the streets of Melrose, MA with her older brother like it was their job. They were free to explore Read More

Bridget Desroches, CPDT-KA, KPA-CTP

BlueDog Team Member Since

Bridget is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, an International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Associate Certified Member, and AKC CGC Evaluator. Bridget has been training dogs professionally for over 20 years. She has a B.S. in Animal Science from University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Read More

Diane Kurkjian

BlueDog Team Member Since

Owner of Everydog, LLC. Diane became interested in dog training after adopting her wonderful Chow mix, Ebony, in 1996. Ebony had several behavior issues that required Diane to put careful thought into how to teach her to be both comfortable and safe in her household. Ebony went on to earn her Read More