Our care team

The people your dog will know

Everyone on our team is an employee, never a gig contractor, trained in positive-reinforcement handling and certified in Pet First Aid and CPR.

Team role 01

Founder and canine behaviour director

Annika Lindberg

Annika started the club walking four dogs around Powderhorn after working as an adoption behaviour coordinator at a city shelter, where she saw how much careful playgroup matching lowers a dog’s stress. A CCPDT-KA trainer and Fear-Free Certified Professional with 11 years of temperament work, she runs every new dog’s introduction herself and still leads the morning routes.

• Founder and canine behaviour director
• Temperament introductions
• Full-day daycare

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Team role 02

Neighbourhood walking coordinator

Devon Mercer

Devon plans our GPS-tracked routes and the lockbox and smart-lock routine, whatever the Minneapolis weather is doing. Fear-Free certified and trained in defensive lead handling, with six years of walking, he takes the shy rescues, the reactive dogs who need quiet side streets and the older dogs who need a harness lift on the porch steps.

• Neighbourhood walking coordinator
• Solo GPS walks
• Buddy walks

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Team role 03

Lead daycare supervisor and boarding manager

Hana Vue

Hana knows every regular’s favourite toy, best playgroup friend and mealtime routine, and still collects the feeding and recall notes that decide where a new dog fits. A PACCC Certified Pet Care Provider and Pet First Aid and CPR instructor with seven years in daycare, she runs the playroom rotations, special diets for overnight guests and the bedtime photo updates.

• Lead daycare supervisor and boarding manager
• Half-day daycare
• Overnight boarding

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Team role 04

Puppy socialisation and enrichment lead

Owen Radtke

With a degree in Animal Science and Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Foundations behind him, Owen guides puppies through their early socialisation window. He runs Puppy Preschool, writes the note sent home at the end of the day, and designs scent work and puzzles that tire busy working breeds without straining growing joints.

• Puppy socialisation and enrichment lead
• Puppy visits and Preschool
• Enrichment games

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