| A Wee Bit of Information on DeAnne Born for a love of animals and nature, I've never gone long without some type of animal buddy. Whether it be a dog, cat, bird, fish, hamster, bunny...even a salamander...I had to have the company of a dear pet. This love eventually led me to volunteer work with a local wildlife rehabilitation caring for orphaned and injured birds, squirrels, opossums, bush bunnies, etc. This experience was very rewarding when the center was able to release a rehabilitated animal back to the wild. I'm also an advocate for pet adoption! In July of 2004, my husband and I lost our beloved Tippy, a 14 1/2 year old black miniature poodle from heart and lung failure. Like many who feel any pet is part of their family, we were devastated. We vowed to not get another dog for a long, long time and even now we still miss him very much. Enter Katie! We adopted Katie, a mixed breed little lass, in October, 2004. She had been rescued off the euthanasia truck literally 5 minutes from being put down. No one came to claim this little, matted-up girl and her time was up. I saw her ad and picture on Petfinders and knew that she had to be ours! We completed the adoption application and we were accepted to be her new family! She has made our lives whole again. In 2005, I had done some pet sitting for friends & family and started getting referrals from them! I enjoyed it so much that I decided to start my own pet sitting business. This was a business that I could tailor just for me and my limits as a little person. I accomplished this by having a client base of smaller pets (small/medium dogs, cats, etc.). I do, however, make some exceptions for larger breed dogs. :) Wee Walkies? Hmmm..where did that name stem from?? Well... I'm 4'7" ... of Irish and Welsh descent ... And when I was young I used to watch British dog trainer, Barbara Woodhouse, Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way on PBS. Her upbeat, high pitched catchword "Walkies!" was her cue to the dogs to start their walk. "Wee" = small (me!) "Walkies" = let's walk! Wee Walkies doesn't just stop at dogs and dog walking! I also care for other fur kids like cats, bunnies, hamsters and all varieties of feathers & fins! Aside from being a dog-mom to Katie, there's Ringo, a 29 year old Congo African Grey parrot who has owned me since he was 8. Twinkie, the parakeet; a Plecostomus catfish named Paco. :) A veritable zoo! All rights reserved © 2006-2008 Wee Walkies Dog Walking & Pet Care Service. |
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| Katie & Me |
| Katie at Howling Halloween at Santana Row in San Jose, October 2005. I wore a sarape and sombrero and she was my chili pepper :) |
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