Our Sandy Team

Jodie Nelson and Mark Jarvis are a dynamic sister and brother team who were raised on a ranch in Missouri. They have both worked with animals most of their lives. Now married with families, Jodie and her husband Ken, and Mark and his wife RaeAnn have owned Camp Bow Wow Sandy since July of 2021.

Mark is a retired police detective/K-9 handler with over 19 years' experience working with and training dogs. His love of dogs and training led him to the Camp Bow Wow franchise opportunity. Raeann enjoys helping at camp and loves being a mom and grandmother. They cherish time with family and recreating in the great outdoors!

Jodie has experience with the public in banking, schools, insurance and home health industries. She and Ken moved from Brigham City to join forces with Mark and RaeAnn in opening Camp Bow Wow Sandy. Ken retired as a quality Engineer from Northrup Grumman in 2022. He and Jodie have 6 children and 15 grandchildren. They enjoy time spent with family and the amazing people and dogs they’ve met since opening the camp.

Geal is our Marketing Scout. She has many years of Marketing and Communications experience. She enjoys being part of our great Camp Bow Wow Sandy Team as well as getting to know pet parents and their beloved pups.  Geal has a great love for music and plays the guitar and piano. Her hobbies include reading, travel, learning new things, writing and most sports.  She loves to waterski.  Her dog and cat pets have all crossed the rainbow, but she looks forward to adopting in the future.

Chelsea Scantlin is our General Manager. Since our opening in July of 2021, she has helped our Sandy Camp grow and thrive into what it is today. Chelsea strives to make a home away from home for our furry family members when they come to stay and play. Her dynamic personality, and the expertise and knowledge she brings to Camp Bow Wow Sandy is critical as she trains our team and assists in the meticulously care of our doggie friends. Chelsea is a mom to her very busy son and many fur babies. Her at home animal family includes her dogs Doug, VooDoo, Spooky, Clarice, and two cats Chucky and Lilith. She enjoys spending time with family and friends. 

Sheila’s life has always included dogs and other animals. She grew up on a horse farm turned animal sanctuary, and spent several years working at a vet clinic where she took over the kennel program. 10 years ago, she left that kennel to be a stay at home/homeschool mom but she has missed working with dogs and their people. She discovered camp while trying to find a safe place for her rescue pup, Cerbie. She quickly realized how much Cerbie loved camp and it was his excitement for camp that made Sheila look into working here. Now both Sheila and Cerbie are excited to spend days at camp! Cerbie loves playing with all his fellow campers and Sheila loves getting to know their people.

Tiger has been grooming for eleven years and has been bathing dogs for three additional years prior. Her passion is the happiness of animals. She not only makes dogs beautiful, but she also volunteers as a foster for pups looking for their forever home. She has three dogs, three cats and two kids that call her mom and a husband too! In her spare time, she loves to read and snuggle with her furry friends and do fun projects with her daughters. Tiger can answer any questions you may have about the grooming needs of your dog including skin and coat issues. She is an amazing addition to our Camp Bow Wow Team!

Melissa Brown is a camp counselor.  She comes to us with eleven years of experience working at a Pet Emergency Clinic as well as eight years employed at “Doggin Around” in California. She has three furry and pedigreed family members, Sunshine, Shiloh and Blu, all golden retrievers who she says are great family pets.  Melissa loves dogs, crafts and she plays the trombone.  She raised four sheep in high school.  She appreciates the team atmosphere at Camp Bow Wow and enjoys interacting with the pup campers.

Nate loves his job and enjoys working with the dogs. He has always loved dogs and had a dog named Buddy until recently. Nate loves to play basketball and watch basketball, especially the Jazz. He competes in the Special Olympics in basketball and has won numerous gold medals with his team. He also loves to watch the Utes play football and goes to every home game. Nate usually has a smile on his face and is a wonderful addition to our Camp Bow Wow Sandy Team.

Tucker was born and raised in Sandy and has had many pets in his lifetime. He currently has two six-year-old bloodhound sisters from the same litter, Mavis and Margaux. He enjoys hanging out with his family. He loves to play video games with his brothers and card/board games with his sister. Tucker really enjoys getting to know so many dogs and their various personalities at Camp Bow Wow. They always make him smile. Tucker is a great employee and we sincerely appreciate all he does to keep things running smoothly!

Shelby is currently a student at Salt Lake Community College and will transfer to Utah State University in the fall studying forensic psychology.  Her two pups are Kash and Cooper.  She has always had a love for dogs and is very happy to spend time with our pack at Camp Bow Wow Sandy.  We are so happy to have Shelby as part of our team!