WOOFERS PET STUFF - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Trainer
- Daycare Manager
Anna is a balanced behavior trainer and manager at Woofers. She has attended several workshops including Trainsmart Worksmart, Training Cesar's Way, Balanced Buddies Res-Q e-collar training, K9 Lifelines 3D workshop, and the Shadow program with Heather Beck. Anna has two dogs that frequent Woofers, Dixie and Dakota. Dixie is a registered therapy dog and has accrued over 300 hours of service at Mcleod Hospital. Anna also does dog training at K9 Basics & Beyond in her free time.
Caitlin is Cathy's oldest daughter who is married to Eric Hart. Eric is a Hospitalist at McLeod Hospital. Caitlin has a BA in Mathematics and is a former high school math teacher. However she decided to pursue a different career working with dogs and began working with dogs in July 2015. She has attended K9 Lifelines 3D workshop, Training Cesar's Way, Balanced Buddies Res-Q e-collar training, Jeff Gellman's RV Trainer workshop, Let Dogs be Dogs workshop with Mark Goldberg and Brother Christopher from Monks of New Skete, the Global Pet Expo, and The Shadow Program with Heather Beck. She has a deaf Old English Sheepdog, Geoffrey, as well as some horses including Hawk her retired show horse, and new son, Blaise.
Cathy was a former nurse then a full time mom before opening Woofers here on Jody Rd. She has been married to Dr. Mark Fox for 30 years and has 4 children (Andrew, Caitlin, Sara, and Daniel), many of whom you will see working here at Woofers. Cathy also has 4 dogs and a pig as well as 7 grand-dogs who all go to Woofers. Cathy has been to several workshops to help better the business such as Pet Boarding and Daycare Expo, Trainsmart/Worksmart, Training Cesar's Way (twice), K9 Lifeline's 3D workshop, Balanced Buddies Res-Q Seminar, and The Shadow Program with Heather Beck.
Courtney is a graduate from Francis Marion University and teaches the 5th grade at McLaurin Elementary. Courtney sometimes works at Woofers part time as well up at the front desk. Courtney has been a part of the Woofers family for over 7 years and is married to Daniel. She loves helping up front, meeting new people, and learning all of the dogs' names!
Job Titles:
- Daycare and Finance Manager
Daniel is Cathy's youngest son who also worked at the original Woofers in high school for a short time prior to the opening of the new facility. Daniel has worked with dogs for over 10 years at Woofers and has an amazing relationship with all of our regular daycare dogs. Daniel and his wife, Courtney have a one year old lab/border collie mix named Cashua and a Shichon puppy named Mimosa. Daniel graduated from Francis Marion University with a degree in business.
Kat has been at Woofers for over 3 years. Kat and husband Denis have three Norwich Terriers, Kimber, Waylon, and new rescue, Savvy. Kat enjoys visiting the nursing home with Kimber, who is a certified therapy dog. Also in their spare time they enjoy going to and participating in car shows.
Mark, Cathy's husband, is a Palliative care and Hospice doctor who works full time as the Vice President of the Southeast Region for Gentiva. Mark spends all of his days off helping out here at Woofers and always is saying that this is the fun job! He is our handyman, computer guy, and financial advisor! He truly is a jack of all trades and helps with any job that we need done.
Job Titles:
- Customer Service Specialist
- Front Desk, Customer Service Specialist
Molly first starting working with dogs years ago here at Woofers in the daycare yard. She has returned to our staff and works full time up front. She has a background with customer service and working with dogs so she is the perfect fit for our team. She has three dogs, Cowboy, Rigby, and Bunny.
Sara is Cathy's younger daughter who worked for the original Woofers on Hoffemeyer Road. It was Sara's passion for her job that motivated Cathy to keep the business going. Sara has worked with dogs at Woofers for over 12 years and knows all of the ins and outs of the business. One of her passions is working with horses, including her new set of twins, Louis and Lilah. Sara has a rescue dog that she found in a dumpster named Ava, an English Cream Retriever named Brooks, and a Golden Retriever puppy, Clark. Sara has also attended K9 Lifeline's 3D workshop.