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Adventure Trails Dog Camp is operated by a team of dedicated and experienced pet professionals.  We combine knowledge, experience, passion, and our love for animals to ensure that every pet has the best experience at camp!


Our camp counselors understand each dog is different and every day is not routine. We ensure all dogs are having a great time at camp while either playing or soaking up the sun.
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(Scroll down to meet our staff!)

Meet The Adventure Trails Dog Camp Team:

Kristy Mathenia
Camp Owner & Certified Dog Trainer

​Kristy has been a life long dog owner and is fully dedicated with a very large heart to love all the dogs who come to check out camp.
 
She is an educated, positive and compassionate trainer, a graduate of Animal Behavior College where she earned certification as an ABC Certified Dog Trainer. Animal Behavior College (ABC) is approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education and is an internationally recognized school. This program provided Kristy with a formal education in canine obedience training and an understanding animal behavior and motives. Certification, continual education and experience has given her the skills required to effectively and humanely train.   She is a member of the Pet Professional Guild and is a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. She believes that your relationship with your dog is key.  She continues to study dog behavior through reading, professional subscriptions and seminars. 
 
Kristy is well-versed in the most current techniques that will enable you and your dog to form and perfect a cooperative relationship that will deepen your bond.   Her philosophy is that training is a means to communicate, which promotes trust and builds a good relationship.  Kristy is dedicated to improving the lives of dogs and is an advocate for them.

Shelbie Hagge
General Manager/Marketing Director
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​Shelbie has over 18 years of dog experience from training her family lab/duck dog with her dad, to petsitting for others. She has a degree in Media Communications/Public Relations.  She took a job as Event Planner/Marketing Director for a launching Dog Grooming based non-profit right out of college and later became a  Store Manager of a Dog Boarding and Daycare facility. Her center won best doggie daycare in the greater Kansas City Area two years in a row. After years in the corporate marketing world she decided she wanted a change of pace and to get back into the dog world. This past June she moved here to be with her Fiancé who is stationed here with the Navy. She has a lab mix of her own named Blair and loves dogs both big and small.

​Bryan Gilbert 
Supervisor & Certified Dog Trainer

Bryan has a lot of training experience from working in a large board and training facility, work with shelter dogs and group training.  He knows how to work with puppies to reactive dogs.  He never misses an opportunity to work with any and all dogs and loves all the shapes, colors and sizes a dog comes.  Brian works with Kristy in group classes and contributes a lot to the knowledge and skills we teach. 

Rachel Haight
Camp Counselor

Rachel is experienced through years of working in boarding facilities and dog day care.  She has certificate in Safe Group Play, Safe Dog Handling, Infection Control and Vaccines.   She has that mother instinct and a good eye to prevent problems proactively by reading body language.   She never loses her calm confident vibe that everyone is drawn too.  She can move from small to large dog yards with ease and loves them all and they love her!

Eve Forward
Camp Counselor

Eve is a graduate of the Exotic Animal Training and Management program at ATZ. She has been walking dogs and pet sitting on Whidbey Island since 2006. She has written three successful novels and is working on a fourth. She has a Carolina Dog mix named Grue.

Michelle "Missey" Cox
Camp Counselor

Missey retired from the United States Marine Corps of 22 years, and received her Bachelor Degree in Sociology. She decided to follow her passion of working with animals. She is a certified Veterinarian Assistant and has many years of experience owning and working around dogs. She enjoys working with all sizes and breeds and thinks each dog has a unique personality. She aspires to build on her skills by learning behavior training. Working with the Adventure Trails team has been rewarding and she always looks forward to coming to work every day!

Cecilia Flores Ochoa
Camp Counselor

Cecilia is a dog mom to a handsome Rottweiler. When she is not in the pens loving and taking care of the pups she enjoys traveling, hiking, swimming and course spending time with her family. Her goal is to give her dog the best life possible and that mentality carries into her work at Adventure Trails Dog Camp. One day she wants to help rescue other Rottweiler’s to give them the same opportunity. 

Ashley Straiton 
Camp Counselor

Ashley a mother of a 2 1/2 year old little boy named Hunter, and a Navy Spouse. Her and her husband are both from Texas. Her entire life she has loved dogs and wanted to have a job where she got to work with dogs. She worked for an Animal Hospital back in Texas and loved the experience. She is enjoying a change of pace with doggie daycare and says it’s true when they say, “if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life”. She’s excited to be apart of the Adventure Trails Pack and to take care of and love all of your doggies.

Brittanie Gomez
Camp Counselor

Brittanie is a California girl living her puppy dreams! Her husband recently got stationed to Whidbey Island this year. She is new to the trade, but with many years of loving puppies of all sizes, She enjoys learning new ways to improve her craft and working with all the cute dogs.