Kath Fraser – Pack Leader / Director

I work a lot behind the scenes to ensure that JOLLY DOGS day to day operation runs smoothly, providing the highest quality care in a safe, nurturing environment with our talented and trained team!  

My background is in business ownership and property management with many years of leadership experience! It warms my heart getting to know the personalities and quirks of your fur babies. When I am not working I can be found running or walking on one of New Zealand’s tracks and trails. I have my own complex little miniature schnauzer “Riley”.

A little life update - I am currently living in Australia with my schauzer, Pippa and my amazing team are holding down the fort at Jolly Dogs! I miss all of your dogs so much, I stop every dog I see over here!

Bridget – Pack Manager

Meet Bridget, our enthusiastic and dog loving Pack Manager, who works hand-in-paw with Izzy to keep things running smoothly! Bridget oversees front of house operations but also thrives when she’s spending time in the dog bays, getting to know each furry friend and their unique personalities.

Bridget has experience volunteering with rescued dogs overseas in Thailand and Costa Rica. There, she worked with rescue and street dogs in both animal clinics and on an animal rescue farm. Her hands-on experience with dogs from all backgrounds has fueled her passion for delivering exceptional care and ensuring every pup feels happy, loved, and supported.

When she’s not caring for dogs, Bridget loves exploring the great outdoors and is excited to one day welcome a rescue pup of her own!

Izzy – Pack Manager

Izzy is our other passionate and enthusiastic Manager who oversees front of house alongside Bridget to ensure a smooth operation. She also loves her time playing with, training and challenging our daycare doggos!

Izzy joined our team as a previous veterinary practice manager and loves her hands on role especially seeing all our wonderful clients and hanging out with the dogs! She also heads up our social media and marketing!

Since joining Jolly Dogs Izzy has furthered her skills completing a dog psychology and training course. Outside of Jolly Dogs she loves heading to the beach or forest with her big doggo Buddy (who you often see being a great reception dog)! Plus - little life update, Izzy now has a baby girl, Indie! She sometimes pops along to hang out at Jolly Dogs too - start them young right?!

Kalyn – Professional Groomer

Kalyn is a highly experienced dog groomer and has been grooming for over 8 years! She started her journey in her home town of Texas, USA where she groomed in salons and as a mobile groomer. Kalyn has now joined us after fulfilling her dream of travelling post covid. She lived in South Korea for 6 months where she has been practicing her Korean and experiencing the culture, before joining us!

Kalyn is so excited to be in New Zealand with some of her family, to see the beautiful country and to continue her grooming journey with us at Jolly Dogs! Her favourite part to grooming is seeing how happy and proud the dogs are after their groom and she loves watching them show off to their owners!

Daneka - Assistant Pack Manager

Daneka is our fantastic Assistant Pack Manager, who handles all things dog related and knows your dog like the back of her hand! You’ll often see her here bright and early. She came to Jolly Dogs after having done a Veterinary Assistant course and she hopes study to become a vet later down the line!

Daneka loves working with dogs and really enjoys teaching them new tricks and getting all the cuddles of course! She loves getting to know the dogs individual personalities and learning what makes every dog happy. She takes lots of the awesome photos of your doggos and loves getting them at their silliest angles! Her gorgeous Labrador, Parker, keeps everyone at Jolly Dogs entertained with his silly antics and licks.

Daneka helps run the social media too and creates lots of the fun instagram and facebook stories and posts!

Olivia - Canine Carer

Olivia started at Jolly Dogs as a volunteer working around school and quickly showed her initiative and passion for working with dogs! She then joined us full time after finishing school and is our longest standing team member! Go Liv!

Olivia’s favourite thing about working at Jolly Dogs is becoming best friends with all the lovely dogs and learning about each of their personalities. She loves seeing the puppies growing into dogs and to see how happy they are at the end of the day when they see their owners! She has the gentlest nature with the dogs, and you’ll often find her on the floor with a few in her lap!

Liv spends her time outside of Jolly Dogs painting, singing, doing outdoor sports & being with animals!

Hunter - Canine Carer

Hunter is another of our amazing canine handlers. Her love of dogs stemmed from her sisters gorgeous staffy, Koda! She also has a grumpy cat, Jargo. Hunter has always loved dogs but has never had her own, so she really enjoys working at Jolly Dogs as she gets her daily dog dose! She finds working with dogs so rewarding especially when having a bad day, as a doggy cuddle will fix anything!

Hunter did a Veterinary Assistant course prior to joining us and is now studying creative writing, journalism and advertising at AUT!

Maja - Canine Carer

Another one of our wonderful canine carers is Maja who absolutely loves all things dogs and treasures spending time with your furry friends! Maja recently rescued her dog, Bonnie, who spends the day hooning around at Jolly Dogs with her!

When not at Jolly Dogs, you’ll find Maja at the beach, at gigs or as a budding photographer, taking incredible photos!