Meet Our Team

Hard Working, Loyal, and Passionate

OWNER 

 

Ally Marshall

Owner, Training Director

Ally has been training dogs professionally since 2009, and began working for WRBI in 2014. In 2019, WRBI stepped away from the training and boarding kennel and Ally took over as the owner of the newly-transformed Wind River Canine Partners. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a research emphasis in Animal Behavior, and a Professional Dog Trainer Certification from Animal Behavior College. She is a member in good standing of the Five Valley Retriever Club.

Ally is also a licensed master falconer and has been training and hunting with birds of prey since 2006. She is president of the Montana Falconers’ Association and a member in good standing of the North American Falconer’s Association (NAFA).

Ally currently shares her home with three personal dogs: Karma, an American Brittany, Vita, a heeler mix, and Cheddar, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. She is an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator.

Contact: ally.marshall@windriverkennels.com

MANAGERS

 

Maddi Jonkel

Personnel Manager

Maddi is a locally born Missoula girl who has lived in Montana her whole life. She has a passion for the outdoors and anything that involves animals or wildlife. Her favorite hobbies include: cross country skiing, traveling, exploring nature, and floating the river during summer on her paddle board. She is very passionate about her job and our clients, both human and canine. As of October 2021, Maddi has accepted the role of personnel manager, taking point on helping our team run smoothly, addressing customer questions and concerns and coordinating with the rest of the administration. We absolutely could not do this without her.
Contact: Maddi.jonkel@windriverkennels.com

 

Allison Wujek

Operations Manager

Allison is a graduate of Caroll College with a minor in anthrozoology. She brings amazing customer service skills with both humans and canines, and is brilliant at building cohesive daycare groups where even more difficult or selective dogs can relax and enjoy compatible dogs’ company.
Contact: allison.wujek@windriverkennels.com

TRAINERS

 

Lydia Buescher

Partners-In-Life Dog Trainer

Lydia joined the team in February 2018 as a kennel technician and completed our training apprenticeship program shortly after. She is now an invaluable asset as an experienced trainer in both our pet dog and service dog training programs. She shares her home with her two large-breed rescue dogs, shepherd mix Nova and pyrenees mix Lupin.
Lydia is an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator.

 

Kevin Alford

Partners-In-Life Dog Trainer

Kevin is a graduate of K Pro K9’s dog training apprenticeship program. He brings to the table a balanced training background and experience working with beginning to advanced obedience training, bitework and behavioral modification. He shares our love of dogs and the outdoors and is passionate about developing the ‘do anything, go anywhere’ dog that we love.
He shares his home with a beligan malinois, Alita and is an active member of a local Protection Sports Association club.
Contact: kevin.alford@windriverkennels.com

KENNEL STAFF

 

Analeshia Rodriguez

Kennel Supervisor

Analeshia is our senior kennel staff member. With an organismal biology degree, Analeshia connects our wildlife conservation roots with our canine-focused present. She is the most stable presence in the kennel, and if you have been a client of ours for any length of time, you’ve seen her bright smile at some point. This place would not run without her.

 

Ashlyn Loflin

Kennel Technician

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Libby Painter

Kennel Technician

Coming soon!

 

Hannah Tellier

Kennel Technician

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