Our Team

With her love for animals, and entrepreneurial drive, Jill set-forth to start a dog walking and pet services company where she could provide her clients with an exceptional level of care and attention. Jill has immersed herself in the world of all things dogs.  She is a member of the International Association of Canine Professionals, and is certified in Canine Communication, Pet Psychology, NAVC Pet Nutrition Coach - Canine Nutrition, Pet First Aid & CPR,  Heroes for Healthy Pets Infectious Disease Management, Instinct Dog Training Leash Reactivity and Canine Enrichment & Mental Stimulation. Additionally, she has attended numerous obedience and training classes with her own dogs over the years and  hours of lectures on holistic dog care from some of the worlds leading holistic veterinarians and nutritionists. Jill is also working towards her CPCN (Certified Professional Canine Nutritionist) designation in raw and fresh food feeding. Since the beginning of 2023, Jill and her dogs have entered into the dog sport of Scent Detection and Nosework and began trialing in late 2023. In early 2024, we earned our first title coming in 1st place.

Jill is currently working towards becoming a certified professional dog trainer. She had the opportunity to work with one of her own dogs with a highly sought after International celebrity dog trainer and canine educator from New York, USA, who is one of the biggest names in the dog training business. The experience was invaluable and brought an extensive amount of knowledge to pass on to her clients. Jill will be shadow training another world renowned dog trainer in the USA in June of 2024 focusing on dog training for behavioural challenges and rehabilitation.

Prior to this venture, Jill spent over 17 years working in Calgary's Corporate Sector. In the early 2000's, Jill worked for a global law firm in Human Resources.  She then decided to make the move over to the Energy Sector where she spent over 10+ years working on the financial and technical side specializing in assets and divestitures with both smaller boutique companies and global banking giants, in their Capital Markets division.

Jill was born and raised in British Columbia, her love of the outdoors and mountains is hardwired into her soul. She has been a life-long dog owner and she loves to spend her spare time in the mountains camping and hiking with her own  pups,  Zoë, Ellie and Sasha.

WestsideBArk! was established in 2017.