Hi, my name is Melanie, and I own/operate Happy Tails Animal Care in Millbrook, NY. I focus on pet sitting for dogs/cats/housepets, and private horse care at your home/farm. I am a lifelong animal lover and owner who decided, at 34 and after working in marketing for 10+ years, to give it all up and move to the middle of nowhere to work with animals - mainly horses. Working with horses is great, but its a tough job - physical, long hours, low pay, work weekends, holidays, nights if there are sick horses.... you get the picture. I didn't see much in the way of job security or advancement potential! So I went back to graphic design. Then I remembered why I left. Then I went back to horses. Then I remembered why I left LOL. Then I went to school to get my Veterinary Technology degree. Then I decided I couldn't live on the pay. Then I went back to graphic design. Then I hated it. Then I got a bartending job (my lifelong fallback occupation!!). Then I missed working with horses (sort of, mucking stalls still blows).
See a pattern here?
I thought about how I could incorporate my education and experience and not have to work as a slave for someone else... pet sitting? I had already done some private horse care for friends and others locally. I thought it might be worth a shot. So I got all gung ho and made my self a website, business cards and postcards. I did all the Googling and Yahooing and site listing I could figure. And waited. I got a few clients, and liked it. Got a couple horse clients, and loved it. So now a little over a year later, I'm still Googling and Yahooing and trying to market my business and build a client base. I'm not sitting full time. I'm still bartending. But thats fine because I enjoy it, and it keeps my days free to blog. ;-D
So this is a new venture for me, I hope you will join me in it! I hope to talk about animals. What are your passions regarding your pets? What have you done to improve the lives, health, wellbeing of your animals? Are you holistic? Organic? Raw diet? Natural horsekeeping? Barefoot hoofcare? I welcome all comments and if you have something you are interested in talking about, lets talk about it!
BTW, I my own pets include 2 DSH cats, a Rat Terrier, and a Morgan horse. I have the best animals in the world. I have a passion for my animals, and keeping them healthy and happy. Lets see where it leads me this time!
Cheers!
Melanie
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