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Fiona Richards with Harley and Murphy |
Fiona Richards founded Privileged Pets in 1995 while still working in human resources after twenty years she was ready for a change. Her love for animals and many years of owning her own horses and dogs led her to this new career path.
Fiona is a native of Scotland and has lived in the Katy area since 1990. In 1998 she was selected as Woman Of The Year for the Katy Charter Chapter of the American Business Association and served as president for the 97-98 year. Fiona was honored to be nominee for the 2001 annual Citizen for Animal Protection Celebrity Paws gala along with her pets Murphy & Egon.
Fiona is married to Jack, a retired Police Officer, who rode with his K-9 partner Egon. Jack now handles the training for Privileged Pets. Her pets at home are Hannah, Holly, and Hadleigh all Bloodhounds which she adopted. Not to mention Tuco, the Chihuahua, and Shade, a yellow Lab, who is their retired drug dog.
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Brooke Rozell with Amber
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Brooke was born and raised in Katy, TX. Since she was a young child she has always been more at peace on the farm. Her parents raised and showed quarter horses till the mid 90's. Dr. White (her uncle) is a very successful vet in the Houston area for over 30 years which is where Brooke really gets her love and knowledge for such a variety of different animals.
She currently has 17 dogs (from Pomeranians to Staffordshire Bull Terrier and everything in between), 6 cats, 9 birds, 2 bearded dragons, 2 African spurred tortoises, 5 painted pond turtles, 2 box turtles, 2 rabbits, 2 horses, and a pond full of fish and frogs; thankfully there is a vet in the family! She has great experience at administering insulin and watching for any abnormalities in diabetic animals, as she herself has a diabetic dog.
Helping lost animals find their way home and finding
homes for unwanted animals is a passion for Brooke. She has been very successful
at doing this. She joined forces with another sitter to start
www.katymissingpets.com to help reunite lost and found pets in Katy.
Brooke joined the team in 2003 in need of something to fill her free time, and she is now working full time in the Katy and West Houston areas. Brooke was promoted to VP of our Pet Sitting Division in October of 2006. She is also Director of Franchise Training. On February 5, 2008 Brooke became an Accredited Pet Sitter (to learn more visit www.petsit.com) through Pet Sitters International. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, pets, reading, and gardening. Her favorite color is…PINK!
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Cindy Svahn |
Cindy has always had a love for animals. As a young girl she would try to save any creatures that she found. As time went on her love for animals only grew and soon it wasn't just small little creatures she would try to save. They were becoming larger and larger and her parent's home was beginning to get crowded. As a young teen her interest grew to include horses. She soon began to show horses and after college she started her career showing Quarter horses professionally. During this time she also worked for her brother-in-law Dr. White DVM as his lab and surgery tech. After an unfortunate accident she was unable to ride anymore so she began rescuing animals. Cindy and her daughter have accumulated quite a variety of animals, from reptiles, avian, feline, canine, equine, aquatic, lagomorph, and anything in between...please don't honk at her when she is stopped in the middle of the road trying to save another life.
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Ashley Cavell with Frank Bielec from Trading Spaces
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Ashley Cavell is a native Houstonian with 2 cats. Samantha & Heat, both are adopted. Growing up with Golden Retrievers, and a couple of litter of puppies gave Ashley insight & a basic understanding to pets at a very early age. "I was use to cleaning up doggie messes at a very young age". she told us. Pet sitting with Privileged Pets since January of 2008 ,while attending nursing school, Ashley is able to use her hands on caring skills for animals while working her way to her goal of being a Doctor. Her skills also include administering insulin shots for dogs & cats (as well as humans).
As a nurse, she will take of people all day long; and as a sitter, I take care of your furry friends, too!
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Hollie Miller |
Hollie is a born and raised Montrose gal. She often irritated her childhood friends when she was more likely to want to spend time with their pets than with them. She has two sweet kitty cats of her own- Lucille and Levi who provide her with hours of hilarity and entertainment. Hollie has worked for Privileged Pets previously for two years and is looking forward to taking care of all her old and new friends. She has been the go to pet-sitter for friends and family for years and years. Hollie specializes in all inner loop areas and case by case will do surrounding sits whenever possible. She is pictured with good friends Mr. Magoo, Siren and Pixie.
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Valerie Yake
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Valerie was raised in Houston and grew up with a love for all animals. She had a black labrador as a child and enjoyed taking her on walks, giving her lots of attention, and bathing her in the wheelbarrow in the backyard. When she met her husband in college, they shared duties taking care of their sheltie puppy, who was a big source of joy and laughter. After a couple of years, another sheltie joined their first in the family.
In 2004, she began fostering dogs for Houston Sheltie Sanctuary. In addition to two shelties she adopted through the rescue group, she always has one foster dog in her home. She enjoys bringing each new dog into her home, showing them love, getting to know their personality, and seeing them get adopted by a wonderful new family. She and her husband have had 24 foster dogs in their home and plan to continue fostering more. Valerie cannot imagine her home or life without animals.
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Marie Kranz
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We are happy to introduce Marie to our pet sitting team. Marie has been a client of Privileged Pets for 8yrs. Recently joining our team Marie brings with her a wealth of information on how to care for your animals. She has lived in the Katy area for 20yrs. Along with her husband and son they share their home with two beautiful dogs, Sugar who is an Eskimo mix, and Lilah who is an Italian Greyhound mix. Thanks to CAP where they adopted them from, as well as two cats, Mary a gray tabby and Bobo and orange tabby. Marie looks forward to meeting you and your animals soon.
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Corrie was born and raised in Spring Branch, Houston, TX. She moved to Katy about 4 years ago and loves it! Volunteering and fostering for a local animal shelter , with up to 15 dogs at one time. Caring for pets with special needs and admistering medications gave her lots of hands on experience and by doing that she ended up with 5 dogs – all mixes and they are like her children! Currently a student at the University of Houston in Cinco Ranch and will graduate with her Bachelors in May. Petsitting has allowed Corrie to get out of the corporate world and follow her dream of working with animals.
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