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Meet the Dairydell Staff
Camilla Gray/Nelson, President and Director of Training
Camilla has over 50 years experience with animals (she grew up on the farm!). She has trained, bred and shown dogs since 1989 and brings this broad background and knowledge to her clients and her business. Her life-long understanding of the animal mind helped her develop what has become her signature style of natural dog training and voice control, now simply referred to as the “Dairydell Method”. Camilla and her Dairydell Method have been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles, as well as on San Francisco TV’s Evening Magazine and View From the Bay. Camilla loves teaching – whether it’s dogs, their owners, or the horses you see her riding in Dairydell’s beautiful arena. When she’s not training, teaching or riding, Camilla is writing about her favorite subject: dogs and their people!
Camilla holds professional memberships in both the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI) and the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP).
Kurt Nelson, Operations
Kurt likes to say that without HIM, there would be no Dairydell. After all, it was Kurt that encouraged his wife, Camilla, to focus her animal skills on dogs. Camilla contends that this was just Kurt’s way of justifying having more dogs around on the property. Growing up in Minnesota, Kurt had a special affinity with dogs. He still does.
His professional career with UPS has given Kurt over 30 years in the Customer Service field. Kurt believes that if you are good to your customers, business finds you. It is this approach to business that gives Dairydell its renown “friendly” feeling. Kurt enjoys helping staff at Dairydell treat every client as a friend, and every dog as their own.
Kevin Nelson, Quality Control
& Assistant Kennel Manager
Kevin is another member of the Dairydell team that lives on the property. His job as our head of Quality Control and Assistant Kennel Manager, is to visit every dog in the kennel. While he's petting, he's also doing quick physical checks to make sure our dogs are happy, their eyes are bright, ears are clean and their weight is good. With over 30 years as a Customer Service professional in his life outside Dairydell, he understands the business from the inside out and brings this knowledge to his management responsibilities in the kennel.
When Kevin is not working at Dairydell, you might find him teeing up on a nearby golf course, playing tennis, or tinkering with is collection of watches. A real renaissance man!
Denise Robertson, Office
Lesley Zoromski, Senior Obedience Trainer
Deb Hagele, Obedience Trainer
Marie Viscaino, Office
Kat Hess, Kennel Manager
Aubrey Randick, Kennel Manager