After caring for HDR animals for the past five years, Kaitlyn now helps coordinate our volunteer program and teach new volunteers. She became involved with Happy Dog Ranch as a teenager and joined our staff after graduating from high school.

Kaitlyn continues to advance her horsemanship skills after five years of working with HDR trainer Gray Kyle-Graves and learning from Louise Thayer on our staff. She’s a regular participant in Mark Rashid clinics and practices Aibado, developed by Mark to enhance horsemanship and inspired by the Japanese martial art of Aikido.