About Me

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I grew up around a menagerie of animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, turtles and birds.  Although I have a master's degree in psychology, I followed my passion for animals and started a pet sitting business in 2004 in West Hollywood, California. I offered personalized leash walks, group leash walks, took groups of dogs to off-leash dog parks and did overnight pet sitting. I enjoyed cat visits, too. In 2010, I completed a dog training certification from Animal Behavior College and started training dogs. In 2020, I became a certified Level 1 and 2 Reiki practitioner. Reiki is a type of energy healing that is  gentler, painless and non-invasive which produces a state of calm. In 2020-2024, I worked at Tuscaloosa Metro Animal 

Shelter  where I developed the enrichment program and performed behavior assessments on the incoming dogs.