Sandy Radford, Owner/Operator
Sandy has been a dog lover her whole life and has been working with dogs for decades in various roles. Her past consisted of working in several different Veterinarian offices as a Vet Tech, in two different dog rescues as an animal care attendant, and at the Humane Society as a volunteer. From there she opened up Paws In Motion as a mobile pet-sitting and dog walking service in 2009 and operated the business on a part-time basis. Her final role prior to turning Paws In Motion into a viable, full-time, brick and mortar operation was as a professional dog trainer in Concord, NH. There she honed her skills in individual training, running group classes and doggie day school. In July of 2020, she and her husband Tim decided that it was time to take her knowledge to the next level and that’s how the 429 Sunapee Street in Newport location came to be.
Today Sandy takes on a majority of the training duties at Paws In Motion. She is excited to be doing what she has always wanted to do and enjoys the challenge of teaching her clients (dogs and humans alike) what they need to know to thrive in their relationships with each other. She is passionate about helping any dog that is in need and Paws In Motion, with the collaboration of Wags and Wiggles dog rescue in Newport, usually has a rescue or two on premises that is being trained in order to re-home at some later point. Sandy also has experience training Thunder (One of Tim and Sandy’s personal dogs) in Shutzhund and is currently pursuing IPO1 status. Thunder also competes in nose-work trials and Paws In Motion conducts nose-work classes for those interested. Tim and Sandy have also employed the services of their pack of personal dogs to assist them in socializing client dogs who may have behavioral issues. Maple and Smokey, their two Golden Retrievers, specialize in helping newcomers feel welcome.
Tim Radford, Owner/Operator
Tim has been around dogs his whole life and has a deep connection with them. However he never thought he would be involved in the ownership of a dog training and boarding facility. He earned a degree in Math from UNH and has always had an interest in numbers. Because of that, he anticipated staying in the corporate world his entire career while Sandy ran Paws In Motion by herself. His career consisted of decades of success in call center management with some wins and losses in real estate. He manages the 3-Family property that they own, currently has his real estate license, and has had his share of life lessons in business. These lessons serve as the groundwork for his current business philosophy of providing exceptional customer service, at a fair price, while running an efficient, profitable, systems-oriented company that is continually challenging itself to become better.
In January of 2021, Paws In Motion reached the point of needing more help. Tim and Sandy analyzed the #’s and agreed Tim should leave his full-time W-2 position to join Sandy in running Paws In Motion. Since then, Tim has taken the lead in running the operations of the company as well as the Day Care portion of the business. He also assists in the 1-1 training of the dogs, under Sandy and his brother Tom’s mentorship (Tom runs ThinBlueLineK-9 in Williston, VT) and he couldn’t be happier. He loves being able to utilize his operations background while working with and continually educating himself about all aspects of dog training. What he loves most though is working through each day, side by side with Sandy, to figure out the best way to create a safe, happy and productive experience for each dog. His goal each day is to deliver each dog back to their owners with an appropriate amount of exercise, and a little better trained than the day before.