I moved to Bend in 1998, but was raised in Anchorage, Alaska. With an accounting degree and a history of database administration in the banking and real estate world, I finally realized that I would rather pick up dog poop than sit behind a computer all day. So the Bomb Squad was born.
I’ve been slinging poo since January 2000, and I still love my job. What I like most is that I am helping people on a daily basis—I make your life easier! I also really LOVE most of my clients…who wouldn’t want to go to work when you’re enthusiastically greeted over and over with tail wags, ecstatic whines and sloppy kisses? As one of my clients confided, “My dog only makes that squeaky noise for 3 people in the world: my husband, myself and the poop lady!”
I was active in skijoring for several years, even serving on the board of directors for Cascade Skijoring Alliance and appearing in an OPB Field Guide segment, before I discovered agility! Now the abundance of my spare time is spent training for and competing in agility, which my dogs thoroughly love.
I am owned by Lucy, a 12 year old Dalmatian mix, who is the model for my logo, Mr. Bing, a 5 year old Border Collie Mix who I adopted as an adult, and an old grey tabby cat who rules the roost when she’s not out killing things.
