Let me introduce myself, I am Paula Sutter, and I have opened my own business, Active Canines of the Bluegrass, as of today, June 19, 2014. To start, I will be offering dog walking, but that is just the gateway of what I hope to be able to offer my clients in the very near future. I see these services including: pet taxi service, bathing, yard clean up, medication administration, pet sitting, and
pet portraits. That’s my Lucy, above, and yes, I took and edited that photo. I am so excited that I can barely stand myself! I have loved and lived with dogs (and many other pets as well), all of my life and now have my life in order to be able to devote most of my waking hours to their care, well being, and maintenance. I have always preached to others to, “Do what you love”, well, now I am going to follow my own advice. I will be my company’s only employee, so let me expand on my personal introduction. I was born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, attended college and received my degree as a registered nurse there, and then moved to Lexington in 1991 when I married my (only, ever and still best friend) husband, Chris. Chris and I never had human children, but have always had fur babies—pit bulls, boxers, and now two active Boston Terrorist girlies, Lucy and Lola. We also are forced to claim one very beautiful, but slightly psycho cat, named Lico (more on her later!). We have lived in the same house in the Twin Oaks neighborhood for over 20 years now where we have been fortunate enough to love long time neighbors as our extended family. I utilized my nursing degree here in Lexington at two different hospitals, for almost 23 years. I just left Central Baptist after 19+ years of employment there this past May, determined to take my life in a different direction. Nothing against people, I love people and even before becoming a nurse, I have always worked in some type of direct “people” contact industry, but my true loves have always been plants and animals. The thought of getting to meet new animals and people in a new environment, and help them in many ways, well, priceless! To date, I have become licensed, insured, and have set up my website (WHEW!) and hope to be receiving calls so that I can perform initial interviews and accept clients who are as excited to have me in their pet’s lives, and help them with their pet responsibilities, as I am. I am SO ready for this!
