THE SUPER DOG WALKING CREW

Dana Palmer is the owner of Super Dog Walking.  She has a masters degree in Social Work and previously ran a medical clinic for infants before starting Super Dog Walking in 2008.  She not only manages the business but also oversees the daily doggy daycare and boards dogs in her home.  Working with shy, nervous and timid dogs is her speciality.  She also helps with dog walks and cat visits from time to time and spends the majority of her time making sure all the dogs she cares for are showered with love.  

Wade Payne has over ten years of dog walking and training under his belt in Chicago. In addition to just being awesome, Wade is a tremendously nice guy with a great work ethic and a strong love of dogs.  Wade has an affinity for challenging dogs and is definitely willing to work with rambunctious, high-energy dogs.  In adition, he is happy to help with any guidance and training our clients may need.  He is Dana's assistant and manager of our wonderful dog walking crew.  
Wade is a proud papa of twins and a dog named Merle.   He's been employed with Super Dog Walking, LLC since 2014.

Heidi Brinkman is a native Canadian who wound up in Chicago after living in Africa and Costa Rica.  While in Costa Rica, she owned 8 rescue dogs and worked relentlessly with the community there rescuing and rehabilitating street dogs working to find them new homes.  She is an experienced pack walker and ensures all the pups are having a fantastic time while out and about with her.  
​Heidi's passion for pups is as clear and dedicated as it gets!  We are so happy to have her on board.  She is also a proud mama of two rescue pups Sasha and Max.   She has been employed with Super Dog Walking, LLC since 2016. 

Riley Allen is a musician, singer, songwriter, teacher and all around creative guy.  He has the sweetest, gentlest soul and can see how much he cares for the K-9 community by the way he interacts with each pup making sure to address each one of them and show them all so much love.  He is also an avid biker, biking to all his walks even during the harsh winter months.   He has been employed with Super Dog Walking, LLC since 2017.  

Juan Bustamante is a native Chicagoan who is currently taking courses to become a police officer for the City of Chicago.  Not only does Juan help us with walking the dogs in our pack but he also assists Dana with the Dog Daycare during the week as well. He has proven to be very skilled in observing multiple dogs in a pack and ensuring they interact in safe and fun ways.   You can find Juan playing fetch, tug of war and giving the dogs tons of love any day of the week.  We are so lucky to have Juan on our team.  He's been employed with Super Dog Walking, LLC since 2017.

Jessie Villalobos is no newbie when it comes to dog walking.  He has over seven years experience walking dogs in Chicago and said he doesn't want to do anything else.  Well, that is besides making music.  Jessie is a talented musician who plays multiple instruments including the drums and guitar.  He is a Chicago native and an avid biker, biking to his dog walking route all year round. He and his girlfriend have a beautiful rescue pup named Benny.  We couldn't be happier to have Jessie working with us.  Jessie has been employed with Super Dog Walking, LLC since 2015.

Owen Gourley is a really cool, soft-spoken, laid back dog lover who moved to Chicago from Alaska.  Thankfully our cold winters are no match for Owen.  He is a Yoga instructor and personal trainer in addition to working with us.  He is a natural and his calm, quiet presence is wonderful for the dogs.  He stated that walking dogs makes him happy and this warms our hearts.  Owen fits right in at Super Dog Walking.  He has been employed with Super Dog Walking, LLC since 2017.

Hayden Murray is a very sweet, calm, laid back, young man who moved to Chicago from Montana.  The dogs took right to him due to his warm personality.  Hayden is a recent college graduate from art school as a sound engineer.  He enjoys being outside during the day and getting exercise with his pups pals.  He has previous dog walking and dog daycare experience here in Chicago so we are very pleased to have him on our team here at Super Dog Walking.  Hayden has been employed with Super Dog Walking, LLC since 2017.