I was very excited to receive a request from my very first client, Crystal, with her new pup, Finn. She is the reason I started my business in Oct, 2001. Twenty-four years ago, she had a new 4.5 month old pup named Kayle. She lived up the street from me, and as I walked my dogs up the road for a hike in the woods, we saw her on her front lawn with Kayle. I invited her to join us, but she declined, saying she had to work, but that Kayle would have loved to go. I offered to take Kayle with us, and drop her off after our hike. After accepting the offer, Crystal made the comment that doing hikes would be an awesome job! And that started the ball rolling…..

Pictured below is Kayle as a baby puppy, then on one of her last hikes with us, almost 13 years later. Then finally, Crystal and her new dog, Finn, and on his first hike today.