Staff Bios
Stacey Wiley
Stacey is both in the office and on the trail, but most often she is out helping humans understand their dogs better. She’s been professionally training dogs since 2004 and has helped countless clients with issues ranging from basic obedience in the face of major distractions to dog on dog aggression and socialization.
Glenn Millstone
Glenn was raised in a house full of dogs in Michigan. After graduating from Michigan State University, he relocated to California, where he has lived in Oakland for the last fourteen years. Dogs have always been a huge part of his life, and most recently he has enjoyed the company of a Golden Retriever named Bear. Being a dog handler is a huge thrill for Glenn – he loves being out in the hills with the pack where dogs get a chance to “have fun just being dogs.” An avid and passionate skier, you’ll usually find Glenn heading up to the Tahoe mountains on the weekends during winter. During the summer he enjoys camping, dancing, live music, exploring Northern California, and being with friends.
Jaime Privat
Jaime is pursuing a degree in Political Science, and is a lifelong dog-lover. He currently lives with three rat terriers named Bandit, Lucy, and Thumper. When speaking about being a dog-walker, he says “They are our most reliable companions and working with them is like a dream come true … PINCH ME!” In addition to taking dogs on romps, he loves photography, kayaking, astronomy, and going to A’s games. Go A’s!
Alexandra Howsmon
Throughout my life I have always owned some kind of animal, whether it was my pet hamster (who went by the name of Snowball), my favorite cat Trigger (who let me dress him up in baby doll clothes and walk him around in my stroller as a kid), or any of my three dalmations, Lucy (who was very much deaf) Buddy, and Lady. The summer of my sophomore year in high school I volunteered at the animal shelter in Alameda. I would walk the dogs around town just to give them a break from the kennels, and I fell in love with it, never really thinking I could do this for a living.
When the summer ended I went back to my high school (a boarding school in Monterey). After Graduating in 2008, I went to a school called the National Holistic Institute, were was trained to become a professional massage therapist, which is where I met Stacey. I eventually began to walk dogs for her, and I can’t imagine doing anything else! I love my job; I get to be outside and play with dogs all day. I enjoy not being stuck behind a desk all day. Not a day goes by where I don’t smile and laugh. I don’t think it gets any better than this.
One of my many goals in life is to become a dog trainer, to help dogs that need behavioral training, along with showing the owners how to handle and train their dogs in a healthy way.
