Our Staff

Katherine

Katherine loves loves all animals, especially her seventeen year old kitty-cat.  A pediatric nurse and occasional yoga teacher, she is particularly drawn to caring for puppies, elderly dogs and special needs dogs.  She also loves hiking adventures with dogs.  She enjoys cross country skiing and being in the mountains, and sings with VOCI, a women's vocal ensemble.

Nadia

Growing up, her family taught her to love all animals. She always had dogs and cats, and had experiences with small animals like rabbits, hamsters, rats, and ferrets. Nadia attends night school while still finding time to enjoy the little things like painting and supporting live music. When she adopted her dog Dillard, her happy-go-lucky one-eyed dog, it was truly love at first sight. Through everything they do, from going on adventures, walks, or simply sleeping and waking up, Dillard is there to smile and go with the flow, reminding her to do the same.

Stacey

Stacey has been an animal lover her whole life.  She's raised puppies, birds, hamsters, turtles, lizards, and bottle-fed kittens until they went to their forever homes (she did keep one!).  She started pet sitting in 1993 and has loved all the animals she's known through the years.  She also began boarding when she moved into a small house in Albany in 2007.  She currently has two great cats (one thinks he’s a dog) and enjoys getting her puppy-love from all her clients’ babies.

Dan

Dan is a Chicago transplant, going for a master's degree at Dominican University's GreenMBA program. He's owned and cared for dogs his whole life and plans to keep it that way. He also managed a dog beach cafe in Chicago, where he got to meet dogs of all breeds, sizes and attitudes.  Dan resides in North Oakland with his good friend Russell, a 12 year-old Golden/Samoyed.

Joanna

A true animal lover, Joanna has spent her entire life loving and caring for animals. She has over 16 years of dog training experience. Another of Joanna's passions is showing and training horses, which she has been doing for 20 years! Along with horses and dogs, she has also had cats, fish, rabbits, and hamsters. Joanna has worked hard to educate herself by spending time with large and small animal vets to learn about animal first aid, and she has started a masters' program in animal psychology.