Karen originally started out at K9 Top Performance as a client, over 23 years ago, with her first working dog, her German Shepherd Nico. She is our longest continuous client!
After spending 30 plus years in the world of banking and brokerage firms, she decided she needed a change and took early retirement to join our team in May of 2018, and never looked back.
She is now our Operations Director for our parent company, overseeing all of our facilities, as well as the acting General Manager for two of our locations.
Besides keeping the businesses running smoothly and watching your dogs learn and grow, her favorite part of the day is greeting every dog as they come into our facility in the morning, and giving out treats and love before they go home. She believes that all of the dogs that participate in our Daycare, Training, and Boarding programs are an integral part of our Family, and treats/ loves every dog as if they were her own.
Karen is a certified AKC Evaluator for the Canine Good Citizen, AKC Community Canine, AKC Urban Canine Good Citizen, AKC Family Dog Program, and the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program. She would like to eventually become a certified dog behavior consultant.
When she’s not at work, she spends her free time with her Dutch Shepherd, Rambo (a familiar face at K9, as he’s usually keeping an eye on things from our main training floor) and they enjoy hiking, training in different environments, swimming and spending time at their other home near Acadia National Park.