The Heart of Our Care
Kimberley Bushong
Manager, Dog Groomer
She graduated from Southeast Guilford High School. She has been professionally working with animals since 2016. She was trained to groom through Petco's 800-hr, 20 week program in 2019, and is recently AKC S.A.F.E. Certified and has her AKC Professional Grooming Credentials. Her family consists of her husband, her daughter, and 3 dogs named Charlie, Kloee, and Poppy.
Kristi Clapp
Manager, Dog Groomer
She graduated from Southeast Guilford High School, and from UNCG with a Bachelor's in Biology. She has been professionally workng with animals since 2016 and grooming since 2021, training under Kim and Marti Abbott. She has 3 dogs named Mya, Pudgie, and Bogey, and an ever growing horde of pet snakes. She's been riding horses since 2011.
Angie Parker
Kennel Lead
She graduated from Alamance Community College with an Associate's in Medical Laboratory Technology. She is married with 2 kids, 2 dogs named Luna and Vader, and a herd of guinea pigs and rats. She has loved and been around animals all her life.
Caroline Wright
Kennel Lead
She graduated from Providence Grove High School, and has played golf since she was 7 years old. She went to Pfeiffer University and then transferred to GTCC to apply for their Physical Therapy Assistant program. She has 2 dogs named Maverick and Ryder, and has always loved animals.
Tessa Small
Kennel Lead, Groomer in Training
She is a student at Alamance Community College, studying for her Associate's in Applied Science to later go on to a Vet Tech Program. She has always had a love for animals and is excited to explore her career with them. She has 2 dogs, Dexter and Rita.
Danielle Markins
Owner
Certified Master Dog Trainer
Owner of Addie's and Guardian K9 Solutions and mother to her daughter Adalynn, Danielle is a Certified Master Dog Trainer with over 10 years of experience and a proud Army veteran. She specialized in advanced off-leash obedience, medical alert service dogs and police K9 training.
She has 3 dogs, Kelty, ZZ (Zeezee) and Bender.
Adalynn
Junior Owner
Dog Trainer in Training
Addie's groom and Board, named for Danielle's daughter Adalynn who says she wants to grow up to be a dog trainer.
Adalynn loves working with the different ages and breeds of dogs that come into our training programs.
Meet the K9 Crew
KKelty
Therapy Dog
Retired Service Dog
KKelty is an 11 year old Belgian Malinois, she came to us from the military working dog program as a washout from the program. Kelty went on to make an excellent service dog and now retired spend sher time, lounging on the couch, helping with aggressive dog evaluations and loving on the elderly as a therapy dog.
ZZ (Zee Zee)
Part time service dog
Therapy Dog
Demo Dog
ZZ is a 5 year old German Shepherd Cattle Dog mix. ZZ was adopted from a rescue in Omaha, Nebraska, where she trained as a service dog for Danielle as KKelty prepared to retire. ZZ assists with training evaluations, obedience demonstrations, is trained in trailing and loves visiting the folks for therapy visits at the nursing home.
Bender
Demo Dog in Training
Bender is a terrier mix, found at only 4 weeks old wandering in the road he has proven to be quite the pup. He is training in advanced off-leash obedience and learning to hunt for deer antler shed and human trailing.