AnimaLia

I have completed four years of Veterinary Medicine University in Brazil, however I could not finish the degree due to relocation to the UK.

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After working for years in different fields, I've convinced myself that I had to pursue what is inside my heart and start working with animals again.

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AnimaLia Pet Services was established in 2017 after working with another Pet Services business ran by a veterinary nurse in London. We've partnered since 2017 until 2021, when I relocated to Shropshire.

I always had a passion for animals and being around them is what truly makes me happy. I have experience caring for cats, dogs, fish, chicken, rabbits, frogs, birds and hamsters through my life as my own beloved pets and I hold over 20 years of experience caring for all these different animals. I also acquired working experience with turtles & tortoises,  parrots, rats & guinea pigs since AnimaLia Pet Services was established. I'm a force free, pain free & fear free professional and work only with positive reinforcement methods and force free, pain free & fear free equipments and tools.

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My Experience with Cats

 

In London, I also had the opportunity to work closely with The Cat Doctor, caring for many of their kitty customers (with quite a few being elderly or of special care needs) and sending direct feedback to them regarding to the cat's health concerns during my visits or house sitting stays and liaising directly with them to have their medications topped up as needed whilst the owners were away, providing a truly "worry free" experience to owners. This gave me an amazing "hands on" experience for caring for cats. My own cat Tilly lived up to 21 years old, so I  also have the experience of all phases of life, including nursing special care cats in geriatric years.

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My Experience with Dogs

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Since AnimaLia Pet Services was established, I had the opportunity to work with dogs on a daily basis through walks or house sittings. I've started with solo walks for dogs that struggled with reactiveness to the world or just those that were friendly but the owners wanted them to have a 1-2-1 session and exclusive attention, and over the time I was able to build up social walks where dogs could interact with each other and have the best time together.

I've mastered the social walks and interactions to a level where all the dogs had granted fun on a happy and harmonic small group in every walk and I liked to run the social walks so much that I eventually switched the focus of the dog walking part of my business to only offering social walks and became a specialist on this field.

I then took on a dog training qualification and can provide certification upon request, however, I don't offer dog training (I will always handle your pets force free, aversive free and fear free, through positive reinforcement training techniques and gentle guidance) with the aim to have a better understanding of dog body language and interactions with the environment and to be able to tailor my social group walks to be structured walks where all dogs would have calmness on the lead upon arriving in the park and amazing recall skills so all dogs could walk off lead around me and be always on my proximity and come back to me as soon as called. All the knowledge acquired during my dog training qualification and applied to real life have elevated our social group walks to an amazing level of harmony where we would have 100% of happy, calm and playful dogs, that could be walked calmly on lead upon arrival to the (public) park, have freedom to run once they were released from their leads and play on a controlled environment, respecting each other's boundaries and the public, and being able to have their arousal levels down prior to going back on lead before we walked back to the vehicle at the end of our sessions.