MEET THE PACK!
Our clients become part of our family as we often times develop lifelong friendships with such great people and dogs. Here is a little bit about our family and what we like to do together. If you too have a really special animal than welcome to the family!
Barbara Jean Crehan
Head Dog Trainer/Manager & Owner
Barbara Jean Crehan has been working with dogs since 2001. She has worked in boarding facilities, daycares, grooming salons, training programs, breeding programs, show kennels, pet specialty retail, a veterinarian’s office, rescue organizations as well as activist and awareness groups. This wide range of experience has allowed her to gain tremendous amounts of knowledge and understanding. Both training and competing in numerous areas such as obedience, agility, rally and conformation have all added to her love and passion for dogs.
She attended Norfolk County Agricultural High School in Walpole where she majored in Canine Science. There she was able to experience animals on all different levels and even got to bring her dog to school with her. She then went on to Becker College to study Animal Care and then to Worcester State University for Business Administration with a minor in Communications. She is a respected member of the International Association of Canine Professionals as well as many competing obedience and agility groups. She is an absolute sponge when it comes to learning and is constantly continuing her education through weekly ongoing classes and seminars on the regular.
Raina Gentile
Assistant Daycare Manager
Raina Gentile joined our pack in May of 2021 and has always loved animals. She has a special passion for dogs and has never gone a day in her life without.
She grew up breeding labs and has learned a lot in the process over the years. She now has a farm in New Boston, NH where she raises and cares for pigs along with her sidekick ferret… another passion of hers.
Here at RSA, she is learning to train dogs and is loving every minute of it. In addition to working with dogs professionally, she is also starting to work with her handsome boy Odin personally as they try out different canine sports like obedience, agility and bite work.
Emily Corey
Emily Corey joined our pack in May of 2022 and is one of our Doggy Daycare Handlers. She currently lives in Weare, NH with her family and continues to work on her family’s farm with horses, dairy cows, goats and more. Emily is also going to school for elementary education and plans to become a second grade teacher. She loves working with all the dogs here at RSA.
Gail Sherman
Gail Sherman joined our pack in the summer of 2022 and is our bus driver. That's right, Gail gets to drive the pups to and from school on the Magic Drool Bus! She loves hanging out with the dogs and getting all the funny looks as she drives by everyone waving. She lives on a farm in Dunbarton, NH with her family where they own and raise yellow labs, turkeys, chickens, ducks and pigs.
Jackie Roberge
Jackie Roberge joined our pack in September of 2021 and works the front desk reception here at RSA. She currently lives with her family in New Boston, NH where they run a Wolf Dog sanctuary to raise awareness and education dispelling the myth of the big bad wolf. They do tours and also house 7 very silly goats! She grew up with animals always in her home whether that be cats, birds or even fish and has always loved them all! Even though she doesn’t work directly with the dogs, she loves seeing all of their faces and getting to greet them all in the mornings as they come in.