About Outdoor Dog Adventures

Kim was born and raised in Harford County, Maryland. She attended Towson University where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business. For the past 7 years, Kim has worked in the banking industry but has always had a passion for animals. In 2014, Kim and her husband Joe moved to Louisville for Joe’s job. They have fully embraced their new life here in Kentucky and love to show their friends and family everything Louisville has to offer when they visit. They enjoy watching the races at Churchill Downs, visiting the dogs that are up for adoption at the Humane Society, and exploring every spot in Louisville that is dog friendly!

Kim is a proud dog mom to Lilly, a Puggle that she and Joe adopted in Maryland, and Chuy, an Austrailian Cattle Mix they adopted from the Kentucky Humane Society. When not working, Kim enjoys spoiling Lilly and Chuy, taking too many photos of them, and trying to convince Joe to let her adopt every dog she sees at the Humane Society. She also loves making crafts, spending time outdoors, traveling, and attending spin class. Her favorite weekend activity is snuggling on the couch with the dogs and binge-watching The Golden Girls.

Joe was also born and raised in Harford County, Maryland. He attended Frostburg University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance. After graduating college, he moved to Indianapolis where he worked for a non-profit organization that allowed him to travel all over the United States for 3 years. After those 3 years on the road, he moved back to Maryland where he began his career in Finance and also obtained his insurance license. Fast forward 13 years later, and he is now a Regional Assistant Vice President for the 2nd largest finance company in the U.S. This job is what brought him and Kim to Louisville and they are sure glad it did. Since moving here back in 2014, Joe has fully embraced the Kentucky
lifestyle and has become a Certified Bourbon Steward. When not working, Joe enjoys spending time with Kim and their two dogs, Lilly and Chuy, traveling, hunting for rare bourbon, and finding new adventures and things to do in Louisville! Like a true Kentuckian, he enjoys horseracing and bourbon!

Originally from the midwest, Kate Bariteau has a BS in Speech Communication from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has a background working in higher education as an advisor and educator, as well as many years of customer service experience. Kate has found that serving in a customer care capacity brings her back to her farm roots, where she can troubleshoot problems and get her hands dirty. She brings with her over 22 years of experience fostering and training dogs. While preparing to bring a service dog into her own family, Kate strengthened her dog-work skills through intensive study of the Karen Pryor training methods. Her mission to help owners enjoy their pets makes her a natural fit for Outdoor Dog Adventures.

When not working at work, Kate is probably working at home, and is often happiest when she is fixing something. She and her husband have four children, two dogs, two cats, a foster hospice cat, and a revolving door of additional foster cats and dogs. Kate has been known to utilize the same positive training techniques used with dogs on her own children.

Jessica Titzer is originally from Newburgh, IN. She attended Bellarmine University, and now works as a full time registered nurse for Jewish Hospital’s transplant program. While at Bellarmine, she spent a semester abroad in Australia. Jessica has always had a love for animals and has worked with animals in a volunteer capacity off and on since she was young. She was the volunteer of the month several times at her hometown animal shelter, where she gained experience working with dogs of all backgrounds and personalities. She was particularly valued for her patience in getting shy and timid dogs to come out of their shells.

Jessica has two beloved pets: Parker, a spunky little mutt from the Kentucky Humane Society, and Phoebe the cat, who is also a rescue. When she isn’t at the hospital, Jessica likes to decompress through spending time with dogs as part of the Outdoor Dog Adventures team. If she is not working at the hospital or walking dogs for Outdoor Dog Adventures, Jessica can be found spending time with her pets, binge-watching Netflix, dabbling in indoor rock climbing and taking advantage of the wonderful parks of Louisville.

Shannon has two dogs of her own- Gator, a Lab/Cattle Dog mix she adopted from the Lexington Humane Society and Fiona, a Chihuahua/Italian Greyhound mix who she found as a stray. When not working, she enjoys cuddling with her dogs on the couch and going to Louisville City FC matches.