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| Hi, I’m Vicki Holt–I want to share with you how my various interests in animals are interwoven in my life and why it is so important to me.From earliest childhood I recall having a deep affinity for animals and nature. I grew up in a small western Washington town and counted dogs and cats, barn mice, frogs, and even insects as my friends. I left Washington as a young adult to live in other states and abroad but returned to the northwest after twenty years.
During those years I searched for my life’s work, but it was not until the disappearance of my dog, Copper, that I caught a glimpse of it. Each day as I swept through local animal shelters looking for Copper, I saw the hopeful eyes of so many animals yearning for a home. The memory of those homeless pets haunted me even after Copper was returned a few months later. In the meantime my family had grown: I had added a cat and a rare breed of dog called a Kuvasz. I soon discovered this breed was showing up in shelters with increasing frequency, so it wasn’t long before I volunteered to represent the Kuvasz breed with Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue. I have been active in dog rescue ever since. The more involved I became with animals through rescue and my own companions, the more I was drawn to work with them. After first one then the other of my two dogs reached the end of their lives, I took in a feral cat as a companion for my original cat Pewter. I also began to offer pet sitting and animal communication services. That was later followed by becoming an instructor of pet first aid, and developing a class to be taught at local community colleges on how to create a profitable pet sitting business. I now divide my time among rescuing dogs and cats, pet sitting, animal communication, and teaching pet first aid and how to set up a pet sitting business. Through each of these pursuits my life is enriched, and I am able to express my belief in the value and wisdom of all living things. |
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