Shady Spring Boarding Kennels and Camp for Dogs. Call Today! (301) 924-4457. 1001 Hoods Mill Road, Woodbine, MD 21797-0156

Derek Huntington — Kennel Manager and Pet Relocation Specialist

Born and raised in New York City, Derek moved to Maryland in 1986. He attended college at Howard Community in Columbia, MD in pursuit of a degree in Music Education. He began working in catering at Produce Galore in Columbia for 5 years. In 1994, he came to Shady Spring Kennels and started as a driver and working the evening shift. During this time, he also started showing Dalmatians in confirmation after he adopted his first dog, “Sterling”, from the breeder/owner of Shady Spring Kennels. Sterling finished his championship in late 1995. Derek worked his way up and has worked in every department learning how everything operates. In 2001, he became active in pet and animal relocation. He began attending the IPATA (www.ipata.com) conferences every year to learn about the trade. He assists clients with relocating their pets when they travel either for work or to move permanently. As a result of these two positions he has met some amazing people and pets and looks forward to expanding the pet relocation department for Shady Spring Kennels.

Amy Vander Veer — Assistant Client Services Manager

Amy was raised in Carroll County and has lived here most of her life. She began working in various walks of life from the food and movie industry and even a ski resort until finally finding her home at Shady Spring Kennels in 2002. She started off answering phones and taking reservations, working in all departments at some time through her tenure and has worked her way up to manager. She also attends school part time at Carroll Community College to pursue her associate's degree. She lives with her husband and her Pit Bulls, "Nati" and "Boh".

Suzy Workman — Client Services Representative

Many of you already know Suzy, she is the familiar voice that so many clients look forward to hearing when they call for a reservation. This will be her 15th year at Shady Spring Kennels and she has loved every minute of it. Prior to moving to Maryland, she and her mother owned a motel south of Richmond, VA for 30 years. She has bred and shown Boxers for many, many years. She says "I am owned by two of them!" She loves all our client's dogs and cats, they are truly her friends.

Terri Huntington — Client Services Representative

Born in Baltimore County and raised in Carroll County and a bit in Howard County. She graduated from Centennial High School in 1988. She then went to Villa Julie College and received her AA in business. During high school and college she worked at Produce Galore in Columbia as catering manager and remained there for 13 years. After leaving Produce Galore she decided to stop working to be a mom full time to her two children, her joys. In 2000, she decided to rejoin the working world and was invited to be part of Shady Spring working the evening shift. Once her children began school full time she began working in client services answering phones, taking reservations and working in several departments. She lives in Glenwood, MD with her dogs "Smidge", a Pomeranian and "Cuda", a Rottweiler. Smidge can be seen everyday at the kennel as our Meet and Greet department and does a great job!

Paul Carter — Chief Transportation Supervisor and Professional Groomer

Paul is a living legend at Shady Spring. Often called "the dog whisperer", he can calm an aggressive dog or cat just by talking to them. Paul grew up in Washington DC, and worked in various jobs. One of his favorite jobs was working at Ross Veterinary Clinic as a certified veterinary technician and groomer. He's been working with Shady Spring since 1973 and has been a father figure to so many clients and staff over the years. Many of his ideas and activities that are offered today are because of Paul and his desire to see the business forward. When Paul isn't grooming, driving or mentoring the staff he can be found enjoying traveling, gardening and spending time with friends and family. He loves to go to auctions, buy antiques and collect cars. When you meet Paul for the first time, he is your friend from then on.

Gary Ferguson — Chief Transportation Supervisor and Pet Relocation Transporter

Gary joined Shady Spring Kennels in 2006 as our transportation associate. He handles our pick up and deliveries to client homes and to our shuttle points in Washington DC. Shortly after joining, Shady Spring Kennels expanded the pet relocation department and Gary has been heavily involved with the transporting of animals to and from airports. Gary's love of the open road and meeting new clients and their pets was a perfect match. In his spare time, Gary is a musician who travels abroad and domestically and tours with his band. They tour Ireland every summer for 3 weeks.

Stacy Taylor — Professional Groomer

Stacy came on board in 2007. She began her career as a bather in 2002. She is now a professional dog groomer who graduated from the Maryland School of Dog Groomers in 2004 and is registered member of the National Dog Groomers Association of America. She is dedicated to increasing the standard of dog grooming by attending workshops and seminars to keep current and to help improve her techniques and learn new trends in the industry. She is an avid horse lover and has been riding since she was 8 years old. She is very happy to call Shady Spring her home. She offers full-service grooming for your dogs while boarding and by appointment. Hope to see you soon!

Barbara Glass — Obedience Trainer

Barbara was born in Baltimore, MD and grew up in Relay, MD. She attended Catonsville High School and then went to college at the University of Maryland and received her Bachelor of the Arts and a Masters degree in Fine Arts. She later worked as a portrait photographer for fifteen years. She also started work as a field trainer training gun dogs and handling then in hunt tests and field trials for three years. In late 1992 she began training dogs at Shady Spring Kennels. She has bred, trained and campaigned Viszlas for 30 years. She has earned many championships, obedience titles, hunting test and agility titles for her dogs other people's too.

Donna Todd — Pet Care Supervisor

Donna is our chief caretaker of both pets and staff. She is one of our leaders and her knowledge is heavily sought after. She began working with Shady Spring in 1987 to 1991.Donna had worked with Randallstown Animal Hospital from 1991 through 2001 with Dr. Samuel Gehr. She then returned to Shady Spring Kennels and has been a driving force for staff ever since. Some of her experience includes being a Certified Nursing Assistant. She took courses at Carroll Community College and Essex Community College in Small Animal Health and 8 years of Vet technician courses and seminars. Donna lives in Woodbine, MD with her husband and enjoys gardening and spending time with her husband and grandchildren.

Adrienne Bowers — Pet Care Supervisor

She was born and raised in Westminster, MD and now resides in Pennsylvania. She graduated from North Carroll High School in 1999. She later worked at an answering service that took care of Humane Society of Carroll County and several veterinarians and emergency hospitals in the local area. Adrienne joined Shady Spring Kennels in 2000 and has worked her way through every department and now supervises full and part time staff and takes care of the feeding and medicating of our boarding pets. She loves to do pet sitting for friends and family.