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
-- Head Enrichment Specialist, Trainer Apprentice & Social Media Officer
Megan joined our team back in 2020 with a background in animal care. Megan is valued for her playful nature and genuine love for each and every client dog. 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.
Megan is still activily working her way in the daycare to continue to learn and grow while she is in school for a new found passion; welding.
Maddy LeBrun
-- Facilities Supervisor & Trainer 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 the short time she's been here, she has worked herself up to be the daycare supervisor and is slowly getting into training. 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.
Alicia Fournier
-- Daycare & Enrichment Tech & Trainer Apprentice
Alicia started with us back in the winter of 2022 and is quickly learning the ropes of all things training and daycare. Alicia really enjoys meeting the new dogs and making them feel welcome, although, you can normally find her giving lots of extra love to all the pups. Alicia is excited to become a certified dog trainer with the help of Kathy and Jacki. Alicia shares her life with her husband, three chidren and their english bulldog, Bowser. Coming to us with a background in dog care and buisness, she has been a great addition to the team.
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
-- Head Daycare Specialist & SPAW Extraordinaire
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.
Cas McVean
-- Daycare Tech Apprentice & Head Administrative Officer
Cas started her journey in the cat world 5 years ago and has 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 and the team.
Lisa Graham-Nicols
-- Daycare & Enrichment Tech & Trainer Apprentice
Lisa has always had a love for animals, and quite enjoys the daycare setting. Lisa is currently in a training course and with the fine tuning skills of Jacki and Kathy she's well on her way to becoming a wonderful trainer. Lisa loves hanging out with the dogs and learning anything she can. Despite Lisa only working a few hours a week with us, she has certainly made an impact. Lisa shares her life with her standard poodle, Wilson.
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: