Meet The Team...
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Kathy Currie-Eyers (RPN KPA-CTP)
Kathy
Kathy Currie-Eyers (RPN KPA-CTP)
Kathy
Kathy Currie-Eyers - Owner/Trainer
(RPN, KPA-CTP)
Kathy
Tiory Martin- Manager Barrie Location
Tiory
Jacki Currie - Manager Orillia Location
Jacki
Kathy Currie-Eyers - Owner/Trainer
(RPN, KPA-CTP)
Kathy
Kathy Currie-Eyers - Owner/Trainer
(RPN, KPA-CTP)
Kathy
Jacki Currie - Manager Orillia Location
Jacki
Lindsay Logan - Trainer/Attendant
Lindsay
Hailey Fairburn - Daycare Attendant
Nicholas Rynkowski - Daycare Attendant
Nich
Jocelyn Kopitoski - Daycare Attendant
Jocelyn
Kaylin Garner
-Training and Administrative Supervisor & Enrichment Tech Apprentice
Kathy Currie-Eyers - KPA-CTP, CTB.ccs
-- Owner & Master Trainer
Kathy has been a perpetual student in spite of her over 30 years experience. She has taken many courses, and classes and graduated Summa cum laude from Karen Pryor Academy. She also sat as chair for the Canadian Association for Professional Pet Dog Trainers, and sat on the board for Sweet Charity Medical Assistance dogs. Kathy has selected and trained many dogs in service roles for people needing assistance both physical and emotional. Kathy breeds Labrador retrievers and shares her life with her lab, Focus and her wheaten mix, Irie. Kathy was also an RPN for many years working on the maternity ward and also doing home care for the disabled.
She also keeps time in her busy schedule for for husband Steve, and 4 daughters Kacy, Chelsea, Jacki, and Jessie whom have all played an intricate role in the creation, up keep, and continued success of TopDog.
Megan Schneider
-- Enrichment & Daycare Supervisor & Trainer Apprentice
Megan joined our team with a background in animal care. She has a passion for animal care and hopes to build her life around the field. Megan is valued for her playful nature and genuine love for each and every client dog; "I would go to the ends of the earth for my dogs at daycare". Megan has taken in many rescues which is how she got her Mastiff/Lab mix Toby and enjoys helping animals of all shapes and sizes. Megan loves teaching tricks, finding new enrichment activities and most of all hanging out with your pups.
Cassandra McVean
-Daycare Tech Apprentice & Chief Administrate Officer
Cassandra started her journey in the cat world 5 years ago and had done amazing work in the rescue, care and rehabilitation of cats. She then jumped into the dog world in July 2021 and has found a passion here as well. Cas' main focus is to help take some admin off Jacki's plate - she will be the one behind the computer who does all of the nitty, gritty admin work. Cas shares her life with her family dog Koda - a bernese mountain dog. Koda will be helping Cas gain more confidence in dog training and management of behaviours under the guidance of Jacki.
Jacki Ditchburn-Currie - NFPA 1001
-- Facility Manager & Head Trainer
Jacki was raised a trainer by her mother Kathy starting at a very young age, working with dogs of all breeds and sizes. Jacki then went to college and learned to be a firefighter. She also decided to venture into the business world, opening and running many different restaurants over 10 years. During this time Jacki was always involved in the dog rescue, training and rehabilitation as a passion, and continued to take courses and seminars to further her K9 education. In 2018 Jacki decided to return to the dog world. Using her business background, management skills, disciplined and hardworking nature, and dog knowledge, she, with Kathy, opened TopDog's Mutt-e-Ssori as a premiere enrichment daycare and training facility. Shortly after, she gave birth to her son Kelly!
Jacki also shares her life with her Irish wolfhound Freyja.
Alley Lee
-- SPAW Specialist &
Head Daycare/Enrichment Tech
Alley has always had a passion for working with dogs. She started off working in a pet store and gained interest in pet nutrition. She then explored the dog word as a professional groomer where she remained for 4 years. This drove her passion for dog welfare and to learn more about dogs and how they communicate and learn. That's where we came in! Alley joined us in March 2021 and has been learning about dog behaviour, socialization and communication ever since. Alley enjoys playing a front line role in shaping the minds of our pack while we get the pleasure of watching them grow.
Maddy LeBrun
-Daycare & Enrichment Tech Apprentice
Maddy started her journey in the dog world back in 2018 and she quickly fell in love with it. It's really important to her to have a special bond with each and every dog and for them to know they're apart of the family. She really enjoys learning about all things dog and hopes to become a trainer one day. Maddy will be working with Jacki and the team on learning more about dog behaviours, communication and body language. Over time she will dip her toes into the training world as well. Maddy shares her life with her Boston Terrier Joe. Joe is blind and will also be joining us to work on confidence and impulse control in group settings.
The TopDog team is compiled of compassionate, animal loving people who are driven to provide dogs with a safe, healthy space to express themselves, play safe, learn, and therefore create a more rounded, happy, welcomed home pet. Kathy supports and encourages ongoing training and education to keep her team on the cutting edge of the pet care and dog training world. She offers and rewards ongoing education and every member of her staff is involved in continuing education, peer mentoring and apprenticeship and either are trainers, or are working towards trainer status. That being said we'd like to introduce you to: