A Brief History
The Embodied Animal started as a seed dream when Vanessa first started caring for animals at a vet clinic in her home state Minnesota. Having taking care of sick and recovering animals for 31/2 years while seeing her own private clients for overnight care and dog walks, she began to dream of running her own pet care business one day. Vanessa dreamed of having a business that valued and cared for employees and made sure to pay them what they and their time were worth. Having worked under several different companies providing pet care services Vanessa learned a lot about the “do’s” and “don’ts” of the business and how to effectively communicate with clients. Vanessa saw the services that were needed most but unavailable to clients through what was offered in other companies and sought to provide quality care to the fur-kidos. As a mother to 3 fur-babes whom Vanessa treats as her family, she knows how stressful it can be to leave your loved ones behind while taking a trip. vanessa seeks to provide peace of mind to her clients by ensuring the fur-children area cared for as if the family had never left the house. This includes house care and typical tasks that may be needed to ensure the safety of the animals is top priority. Vanessa finally landed in Bellingham where she has always imagined running her business. Now growing by a few employees, Vanessa is able to go above and beyond to care for your furry loved ones!
Vanessa H.
Pet Care Provider
Vanessa has been in the business of pet care for 10+ years now and has worked in a variety of settings. Having worked as a groomers assistant, a kennel attendant at a vet clinic and police K9 Training center, as well as an animal care provider with 4 different companies, vanessa has a wide skill set for caring for your furry loved ones. Vanessa has taken dog psychology and behavior courses, a cat behavior course, pet CPR and first-aid trainings, and has worked with a variety of dog trainers in her work with animals. Vanessa is compassionate, meticulous, attentive, organized, and communicative in her work with your fur-babes. She has added experience in work training psychiatric service dogs, training and certifying therapy dogs, and in dog behavior/calming signals. This sets Vanessa up with a solid foundation in animal behavior, psychology, and dog training to be able to provide her absolute best in the services she gives to all of the animals she works with. Vanessa has 3 unique fur-children herself, 1 pup and 2 kitties (Pandora, Jake and Pudgey).”
Angelo A.
Pet Care Provider
Angelo has four years of pet care experience and has treated animals of many different levels of needs. Angelo has cared for old-timers who need very specific medication instructions to be followed as well as young-un’s who just need to get out and play! Angelo is a thoughtful, careful, and communicative pet-care worker who loves working with animals and seeks to develop a strong relationship with both owner and animal in order to deliver the best care possible to whatever animal he is caring for. Angelo is knowledgeable of basic animal obedience training, and has utilized such skills in his four years of work as well as in training his own animal friend, Gomez!
