How a childhood obsession with animals turned into a lifetime career in the pet care industry… and now the creator of The Fuzzy Butts Blog.
Hi! I’m Krista, and as far back as I can remember, I have fallen in love with every animal I laid my eyes on! I grew up on a Morgan horse farm in Upstate New York. My Mom was a home-based dog groomer, and I spent countless hours as a child in the grooming shop watching her work, and helping when I got old enough.
Eventually, my childhood obsession with animals turned into a lifetime career in the pet care industry. My first “real job” out of high school was as a groomer in a neighborhood grooming shop. I have been grooming ever since. I now have more than 25 years experience grooming professionally.
I have worked in alongside dog show judges, animal behaviorists, veterinarians, pet nutritionists, and master groomers, soaking up all the knowledge I could. I have recently retired from full-time grooming after 6 years as the sole groomer employed in a veterinary hospital in Southwest Florida. Working at the veterinary hospital expanded my knowledge base and taught me so much about taking a holistic approach to pet care.
As a certified herbalist and a veterinary technician, I’ve spent countless hours studying herbal and homeopathic remedies for pets, as well as pet nutrition. My focus has been on learning how diet and lifestyle cause disease and learning how to make proactive changes that can prevent chronic disease and relieve the symptoms.
God has truly blessed me with a career that I love and enjoy. I want to share my knowledge of holistic pet care with pet parents like YOU! I want to give you the tools you need to save money on veterinary bills, strengthen your bond with your pet, and improve your pet’s overall quality of life and well being. I could seriously look at, and talk about, dogs and cats until I’m blue in the face (and most days, I do just that!). So, that is how the idea for this blog came to be. I hope you enjoy it and learn from it. I look forward to your comments and questions!
