David & Donnell Boyd - Horse haven at bear creek
The Boyd’s have been animal lovers all of their lives. In 2006, David left the corporate world and purchased Doggy Haven Resort. Donnell fell in love with the ranch next door, and when it went on the market 2 years later, she left her corporate job and joined David on the ‘business-end’ of taking care of other people’s four-legged family members.
“We are so grateful to be blessed with the gift of getting to be around and help care for these wonderful and amazing creatures.”
Nate Jensen – Caretaker
Nate and his wife Mary worked together for several years managing a thoroughbred breeding facility. Leaving the facility where they had worked for so long was difficult, but the sale of the property which necessitated their leaving was our good fortune.
Nate and Mary come to us with over 25 years experience caring for the well-being of horses. While Nate’s main job is to care for all of the day-to-day needs of the horses and property, he is always ready to lend a hand to client, Vet or Farrier with a smile. This has earned him the nick-name ‘Nate the Great’. I don’t think there are horses anywhere sleeping in as clean a barn as Nate keeps.
Mary works at Doggy Haven next door and is the resident ‘cookie queen’ keeping everyone’s sweet tooth completely satisfied.
Hillary King – Assistant CARETAKER/Instructor
Hillary has been with HHABC since the beginning. She is a pre-med student at the University of Washington and an accomplished rider. What little free time Hillary has is spent with her two horses, Chanel and Magic, and helping out at the barn. She loves kids and was a natural to assist with the children’s lesson program and summer day camps. We are grateful to have such a dedicated and reliable person on our team!