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KRISTEN DUHR
In 1999, my first year away at college, anxious and 2500 miles away from home, I got my first dog. Never had them growing up. Clueless about the financial investment required and broke, I quickly realized I was going to need to get a job to support my new love. I came home from college and began searching for someone to watch him while I worked. Realizing how much he had become a part of my life and how I wanted something different for him from a caretaking perspective, I began my own pet sitting business caring for dogs and cats while clients worked and went on vacation. Several years in, I co-founded an all inclusive pet resort offering boarding, grooming, training and daycare.
While doing this satisfied my love for providing exceptional care for others pets, I was occasionally approached by the owner who could no longer continue owning some of the dogs I had fallen so deeply for. I began helping them find new homes and quickly found myself a matchmaker for dogs in need. I would frequent shelters with low visibility, pick-up multiple dogs at a time and bring them home to evaluate them and begin the search for new owners. I founded Home 2 Home Canine Orphanage in 2014, a non-profit licensed rescue and collectively over the last 15 plus years I have assisted in finding homes for thousands of dogs from all over the country including thousands from rural Missouri.
I spend my time teaching canine training classes for The Canine Crusade, training dogs privately to keep them in their homes, helping people find their new companion, a wife to my husband, Zach, a mom to my three three toddler boys Hunter, Logan and Owen and my two Great Dane dogs, Dennis and Bombshell.
In 1999, my first year away at college, anxious and 2500 miles away from home, I got my first dog. Never had them growing up. Clueless about the financial investment required and broke, I quickly realized I was going to need to get a job to support my new love. I came home from college and began searching for someone to watch him while I worked. Realizing how much he had become a part of my life and how I wanted something different for him from a caretaking perspective, I began my own pet sitting business caring for dogs and cats while clients worked and went on vacation. Several years in, I co-founded an all inclusive pet resort offering boarding, grooming, training and daycare.
While doing this satisfied my love for providing exceptional care for others pets, I was occasionally approached by the owner who could no longer continue owning some of the dogs I had fallen so deeply for. I began helping them find new homes and quickly found myself a matchmaker for dogs in need. I would frequent shelters with low visibility, pick-up multiple dogs at a time and bring them home to evaluate them and begin the search for new owners. I founded Home 2 Home Canine Orphanage in 2014, a non-profit licensed rescue and collectively over the last 15 plus years I have assisted in finding homes for thousands of dogs from all over the country including thousands from rural Missouri.
I spend my time teaching canine training classes for The Canine Crusade, training dogs privately to keep them in their homes, helping people find their new companion, a wife to my husband, Zach, a mom to my three three toddler boys Hunter, Logan and Owen and my two Great Dane dogs, Dennis and Bombshell.
JADE GRONBORG
My story begins in 2007 when I started to do small performances at trick dog competitions. Around that time I volunteered at veterinarian hospitals, boarding facilities, and rescue organizations. In 2017 I started working heavily with service dogs and educating myself on the ADA laws. Since then I have fully trained service dogs for multiple types of disabilities, worked with owner trained service dogs, and work with reactive and aggressive dogs after taking multiple classes in behavior modification. My focus in training is building and creating better communication between you and your dog, creating a better relationship, and setting clear realistic expectations for my clients and their canines. I use a variety of training methods to achieve you and your dogs goals. I have an overwhelming passion to help guide pet owners to the right path of success while meeting each individual dogs needs! In my free time I work with my group of 6 in multiple different dog sports and helping dogs and pet owners who are struggling, it is my passion and my life.
My story begins in 2007 when I started to do small performances at trick dog competitions. Around that time I volunteered at veterinarian hospitals, boarding facilities, and rescue organizations. In 2017 I started working heavily with service dogs and educating myself on the ADA laws. Since then I have fully trained service dogs for multiple types of disabilities, worked with owner trained service dogs, and work with reactive and aggressive dogs after taking multiple classes in behavior modification. My focus in training is building and creating better communication between you and your dog, creating a better relationship, and setting clear realistic expectations for my clients and their canines. I use a variety of training methods to achieve you and your dogs goals. I have an overwhelming passion to help guide pet owners to the right path of success while meeting each individual dogs needs! In my free time I work with my group of 6 in multiple different dog sports and helping dogs and pet owners who are struggling, it is my passion and my life.