About

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.