Our Avondale Team

  • Haley Childress-Huffaker Manager
    Haley has been with Camp Bow Wow for 9 years now, and is the head of our management team! She has always been passionate about animals, and began working in rescue when she was just 10 years old. Over the years, Haley has kept a few of her foster babies, but will always have a special place for her German Shepherd mix, Zebra, who passed away in 2023. Haley’s favorite things about Camp are interacting one on one with the pups and making sure they are happy, and making sure all their bellys are full at night!
  • Anne Childress Assistant Manager
    Anne has been apart of the Camp team since day one, 18 years ago, and is now one of our assistant managers! She is a foster mom for Valley Dogs Rescue, and has a passion for elderly pups who have had hard pasts. She also enjoys making bows and dresses for dogs (her chihuahua Lucy even has her own closet!). At camp, you can find Anne singing and dancing with the dogs, as well as grooming all of the fluffy babies.
  • Janine DeMay Assistant Manager
    Janine has been here at camp since the day it opened, 18 years ago! Before her assistant manager position here at camp, she was a vet tech for about 10 years. She has always had a passion for animals and loves keeping all of our campers here safe and healthy. Janine has enjoyed meeting all the pups at camp throughout the years, and has even met multiple generations of pups within families!
  • Chase Huffaker Assistant Manager
    Chase has been with Camp for 8 years now! As an assistant manager, he prioritizes the safety and well-being of all our campers as well as tries to have as much fun as he can with them. Chase also has many furry friends of his own, but one of his favorites is his 4 year old pit bull named Beefy!
  • Andy Croswell Operations Lead
    Andy has been at Camp for about 5 years now, and started when he was 16 years old. His favorite part about working at camp is getting to spend time with all of the campers and getting to know their personalities. At home, he has 4 dogs (2 pit bulls, a boxer, and a corgi). Although he loves them all, he does have a soft spot for Boxers!
  • Tarah Garringer Front Desk Manager
    Tarah has been with Camp Bow Wow for 4 years now. Originally from Farmington, New Mexico, she then moved out here to pursue a career with animals. She has her own little pack at home, consisting of Stitch, Lilo, Kiara, and Eevee. Tarah’s favorite things about working at Camp are seeing how excited the dogs get when they come in, watching dogs come out of their shells and play, or giving hugs and cuddles to all of the four legged kiddos.
  • Kailie McKimmy Operations Lead
    Kailie has been here with us at Camp almost 4 years. Although she loves a lot of things about Camp, one of the things she enjoys the most is seeing the dogs grow and develop confidence with everything and everyone the more they come to Camp. In addition to that, she also loves building special bonds with the dogs, and also enjoys seeing the all the smiles at drop off and pick up. Kailie has 5 dogs at home, Rick (4), Mazee (5), Caeser (3), Dunkin (3), and Winston (4).
  • Matthew Gower Operations Lead
    Matthew is an Operations Lead/Marketing Team Member and has been with Camp now for almost 5 years. Matthew does have 1 dog of his own named Bowser. Matthew is an Arizona native, but does travel to our sister camp in Boulder, Colorado quite frequently to help out. You can always find Matthew having a great time and playing with all of our campers!
  • Haley Edwards Front Desk Lead
    Haley has been apart of our Camp Team for about 3 years now! She started out as a Camp Counselor, and has since then made her way up front to help our pet parents. Her sidekick, Rue Rue, is always at her side, and loves saying hi to all of our campers as well as their parents when they stop by. Haley's favorite part about working with the dogs is getting to know all of their personalities as well as getting to know our Camp parents
  • Alexus Glover Senior Camp Counselor
    Alexus has been apart of the Camp Bow Wow team since May of 2023 and has been amazing since day one! Her favorite thing about camp is coming into the yards and seeing how excited the dogs get as well as seeing how much fun the dogs have!
  • Lauren Tallent Camp Counselor
    Lauren has been with Camp for about 6 months now and is loving meeting so many new friends! She has a small Yorkie of her own named Flash and loves bringing him to camp to play with our campers! 
  • Dylan Smith Operations Lead
    Dylan has been with Camp for almost 2 years total! He absolutely loves coming into Camp and bonding with all the pups, new and old! You can see Dylan at Camp working hard and making sure all the campers are having the most fun pawsible! 
  • Mac Hopper Senior Camp Counselor
    Mac has been with our team for 2 years now and has done very well! His favorite thing about camp is watching the new interview pups become regulars! In Mac's free time he is an artist!
  • Mike Young Operations Lead
    Mike has been a part of the Camp Bow Wow team for almost 1 year now and is already one of our amazing Operation Leads! He is always so happy to be at camp and spend as much time as he can with all the pup! Mike has 4 pups of his own but one day hopes to have a dog sanctuary with hundreds of dogs on a big plot of land! 
  • Anthony Scali Operations Lead
    Anthony has been with Camp now for about 2 years now and has enjoyed every second of it! His favorite thing about Camp would be becoming friends with all the staff, pup parents, and of course the pups themselves!
  • Maggie Escobar Senior Camp Counselor
    Maggie absolutely loves being at camp with all the pups! She has been with us for almost 2 years now and has loved it! Maggie's favorite thing about camp is meeting all the pups and its also how she met one of her pets, Ivy!
  • Kyle Breman Camp Counselor
    Kyle has been with our camp for a little over a month now! He has already become one of our best counselors and absolutely loves playing with all the pups that come to camp!
  • Shannon Arballo Operations Lead
    Shannon has worked for camp for 3 years now and loves watching all the new pups grow up and become seasoned vets at our camp! Shannon has 5 dogs and 2 cats and would love to have more someday!
  • MaryJane Croswell Operations Lead
    MaryJane has been with our camp for almost 7 years now! Her favorite thing about working at camp is being able to meet all the new dogs and see their personalities!