Kitter and family (Erica, Georgia and Rocket)

Kitter Spater - Owner & Product Designer - kspater@kurgo.com

Favorite outdoor activities: Skiing, running, hiking

Favorite dog memories:At age 16, I went on a 7 week Canadian wilderness canoe trip with my first dog, Tumush; a 2 month old Rottweiler/Wolf mix. Note to self: don’t attempt to house break a puppy when you live in a tent and don’t have any showers or washing machines for 7 weeks. Regardless of the obvious it was a great trip.

Gordie and Irish lakeside

Gordie Spater - Owner & President of Sales - gspater@kurgo.com

Favorite outdoor activities: Running, canoeing and lots of skiing

Favorite dog memories: Hanging out with Zelda and my family on our favorite lake in Maine.

Tim and Rambo living the life

Tim Boyd - Vice President of Sales - tboyd@kurgo.com

Favorite outdoor activities: Boating, golfing, skiing, snowmobiling 

Favorite dog memories:  Getting the family together, Baron included, to spend time out on our boat goofing around and enjoying the few short months a year that we have warm weather here in New England!
 

Jodie hangs with Pinto on a fine spring morning

Jodie Curtis – East Coast Sales Manager – jcurtis@kurgo.com

Favorite Outdoor Activities: This year I am learning to surf and having fun on the SUP board. Hiking and exploring the beaches and coastline of New England.   I spend a lot of time gardening and plan on riding my bike to work as often as possible this summer.

Favorite Dog Memories: I grew up on a farm, we always had dogs.  I remember Lady our a terrier mix who learned to open doors and was a dog version of the great Houdini.  Heidi was our sweet Collie/Shepard mix who was loving a faithful guardian to our large brood of kids. Fluffy was our little Circus dog who did great tricks and let us                                         dress her in baby clothes and play house.  

 
Danee and Blue Bear at their favorite place, the beach

Danee Fleckenstein - Marketing Specialist - dfleckenstein@kurgo.com

Favorite outdoor activities:Running, hiking, skiing, beach volleyball (learning how to surf)

Favorite dog memories:The many crazy family road trips to upstate New York with our dogs Sammy and Marly. There were times when we were all bad passengers and times when none of us got along (generally the dogs were better behaved than my brother and I), but we always made it to grandpa Fleck’s in one piece – and were happy when we got there.

June and Casey braving the open waters

June Pinkham - Staff Accountant - jpinkham@kurgo.com

Favorite outdoor activities: Sailing, snorkeling, exploring shorelines for new picnic spots – pretty much anything water-related!

Favorite dog memories: Lots of memories as a youngster of diving and swimming with our dogs Jigsy and Sooty on Togus Pond in Maine.

Yogi and Dave on “Union Break”

Dave Slauson - Warehouse Manager - dslauson@kurgo.com     

Favorite outdoor activities: Fishing, camping, dog walking, and standing sideways on toys

Favorite dog memories: I think I was around 9 and my mom went out of town for a week. While she was gone a little mutt wandered up to our door. My Pops decided to give him a cheeseburger and couldn’t figure out why he wouldn’t leave. When my mom returned she met our new buddy and promptly named him “D.O.G.” because she did not want my brothers or I to get attached (thinking he was a stray and would probably run away). Needless to say that didn’t work and he never left.

Years went by and we grew very comfortable with our dog “D.O.G.” One day my brother's friend Brian, who used to come over all the time, was sitting there and he finally realized what our dog's name was. Quoting Brian, “D.O.G. D…O…G... dude you named your dog, DOG? This whole time I thought his name was Deeyoji.” 

Brett Tetley - Art Director - btetley@kurgo.com

Jo-Ann Bellavance - jbellavance@kurgo.com

Sandy and her newly adopted nephew Calvin

Sandra Lloyd - slloyd@kurgo.com

Favorite outdoor activities: I love nature and being in it, hiking in the woods, swimming, or just being a beach bum!

Favorite dog memories: Hanging out as a kid with our dog Tiger. We used to have a raft on Tuttle's Pond, Tiger loved to swim, and when we jumped in so would he - he would swim around the entire pond!
 

Erica Spater - espater@kurgo.com