Sam, Ann, Kevin and Ashley
Kevin Stickford is usually seen around the kennels cleaning or working with our four-legged guests, two of his favorite activities. He is frequently moving fast as he does a lot of work in each day: you may see a police car out front of the kennel because his "main" job is a canine officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department; he does landscaping as well.
Ann Stickford is a "jack-of-all-trades" at the kennels; when you find her sitting (rarely and not for long!) there is probably a small dog on her lap. Before opening the kennels, Ann was a volunteer for a local rescue group and earned her grooming certificate in whatever extra time was not spent on career and family.
Samantha, Kyle, Linda and Dawn
Originally from Fort Wayne where she worked in a boarding kennel, Ashley B. began working with us in September, 2009. She is a student at Herron School of Art majoring in photography. Ashley spends most of her time feeding, watering, medicating and playing with your pets in the back rooms, but you will often see her in the lobby getting our guests settled in for their stays. She is a very hard worker who never seems frazzled and is always looking for that next task to be done.
After high school graduation in May, 2009, Ashley R. is attending Ball State University, studying telecommunications. During summer months and/or holidays, though, she will be greeting you at the front desk, helping you check in/check out your pets, or taking care of your four-legged guests in the back. We are always glad to have Ashley at the kennels because of her thoroughness for detail, hard work and love of our guests.
Lauren
After graduating from Purdue University in August 2009 with a major in Animal Agribusiness, Lauren D. was hired as the first full-time
Manager
at our facility. Lauren began working here in June 2008 and continuously demonstrated her quality animal handling skills and knowledge as well as her intelligence and reliability to make good business decisions. Since she returned from an Australian study abroad program in July '09,she has been learning all aspects of managing the kennels as well as running a small business. In her "spare" time, she is pursuing her MBA at IUPUI's Kelley School of Business.
A client-turned-employee, Linda S. works in the office and helps with special projects. Our small guests love to sit on her lap as she does paper work; her two four-legged children, Annie and Petie, love to visit the kennels as well!
Known to the staff as our very own "dog whisperer", Dawn H. definitely has a gift for handling even the most sensitive of our guests. She is regularly seen petting, bathing and cuddling the guests who would rather not be handled by any of our other staff members. Her calm personality is appreciated by the staff and human clients as well as our four-legged friends. Dawn recently left her teaching career and will be working additional hours at the kennel as our new Groomer!
Sam R. is active in athletics, school and church and has not shown a desire to pursue the family business. Once in a while you might see him hanging out in the office entertaining the staff.