Team Members Archive - Page 2 of 4

Heather F

Heather grew up in Newburyport and has had pet dogs her entire life. She is a high school special education teacher during the day and assists in classes at Blue dog on evenings and weekends. Heather learned about Blue Dog when she started taking classes with her dog Thor and Read More

Michelle

Michelle earned an Associates Degree from Northern Essex Community College in 1992. Since childhood, Michelle grew up with dogs and cats. Michelle lives with her husband, Mike of 28 years. They have two grown children; a daughter Jordan and a son Michael. Michelle and her family rescued their dog, Bailey Read More

Nicole

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

Sue Nowak

Sue grew up with animals and has always had a passion for them. When she moved into her own home (years ago) she got her first Bernese Mountain Dog Tucker. He was an amazing worker who introduced her to the fun world of clicker training and dog sports. Since Tucker, Read More

Elaine

Elaine had fun growing up around cats, and also learned the joys of living with a dog after her in-laws raised a chocolate lab named Mocha. She learned how to be a good dog momma and walk, train and play well with a canine fur baby when she and her Read More

Kris

Years ago, Kris was blessed with meeting her boyfriend [soon to be husband] and they adopted a 10 week old mixed Siberian Husky/wolf, named Shauna. Shauna taught Kris so much and they bonded immediately through love and trust. After a short while, Kris was able to teach Shauna some things too! Shauna Read More

Kate

Kate retired from her full-time job at the end of July 2021. For over 35 years, she worked in Customer Service and Inside Sales for various industries which included medical, insurance, pet products and metals. Her favorite job was selling pet products to small independent pet shops. Kate grew up Read More

Carla

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

Tara

Tara shared her childhood with a Black Lab/German Shephard mix named Sadie. They went everywhere together; Sadie even walked her to the bus stop and picked her up from the bus stop, every day. Sadie taught Tara the concept of unconditional love and showed her just how wonderful dogs could Read More

Mike

Mike is from Reading MA and has lived in Andover since 1999. In 1997 Mike earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Health Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In 2003 Mike earned an Associates degree in Paramedic Emergency Medicine from New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord. Since 2003 Mike Read More