Hollie Kelly and Jason Carroll, both born and raised in Maryland, reside with their children in Harford County. This couple cherishes family above all; their family and your family. Together these two are the Owners and Master Trainers of Blue Line K-9 in Joppa, MD. Their passion for families has included animals since long before the day they met. Eventually, this led them to careers in the Dog Training and Animal Care Industry.

Hollie started in the animal training and care industry at the young age of 9. Over the years Hollie has spent countless hours, working with different breeds and behaviors, to keep animals happy, thriving and in their homes. She spent most of her free time growing up, helping families build bonds and train their pets, finding animals homes and also caring for sick and injured animals in clinics and for neighbors. As an adult the passion to help families with their “non-human” members only increased, guiding Hollie to a career in Dog Training. This ultimately led her to training with Michael Soler at Blue Line K-9, Inc., becoming the General Manager for the organization and finally purchasing the location in Joppa, MD. When Hollie is not working to help someone else achieve their goals, you can find her on an adventure with her children or off training her own canine in bite-work or trailing.

Jason’s passion for dogs started as a child with his first family dog, one he says could read every emotion he had while growing up. From there, it was always a natural instinct and love to be active with the dogs in his immediate family and dogs of his extended family and friends. His passion for training came several years into his adult life, with a strong willed pup that was rescued. As training progressed with his new best friend, Jason realized he wanted to help more families have meaningful bonds with their pets. This realization led Jason to join Michael Soler’s team in Blue Line K-9, Inc. and eventually to own the Joppa, MD location. Today Jason is not only a Master Trainer for Blue Line K-9 of Joppa, MD he is also a decoy for Blue Line K-9’s Working Dog program. When Jason is not training or building in the facility, you can find him playing outside with his kids and dogs or practicing his decoy drills to build on his enthusiasm for working dog programs.

Jointly this duo values their entire team of fantastic people, each client and pet with as much love and care as they would their own family member. You will always find them excited and ready to accept any new challenge. Whether it is a particularly difficult behavior, participating within the community, working with the local rescues for training, fostering a pet or helping neighbors; Hollie and Jason are willing to jump right in.