The inspiration behind it all
A Veterinary Nurse since 1992, with 25 of those years with the same awesome boss, I started Pets Need A Life Too! when I made the conscious decision to invite a Rottweiler into my life at a time the breed was attracting negative reputation from media and the general public as whole.
I wanted to ensure my boy, Cole, would be a nuisance to no one so I self-educated on behaviour, animal body language and particularly behavioural enrichment.
Recognising a need, I started to write about what I did for Cole in the clinic newsletter. Clients loved the articles, as did my professional peers. One of those peers challenged me after I laughingly said I should write a book on the topic of behaviour enrichment as I was getting so many referrals.
Pets Need A Life Too was born from the book with the same title.
I love hearing from owners who let me know how well their pets are doing with the enrichment they are providing them, and the genuine appreciation of their pets willingness to choose enrichment.