I have a deep love for all animals. I spent many years as a child during school holidays on my grandmother’s farm in Pembrokeshire where I helped in many of the animal chores. We had cows, horses, chickens, dogs and cats. As a child we had dogs, cats and rabbits. As an adult, and in my own small family, we have always had cats and rabbits to care for. My most recent cat died unfortunately 2 years ago and I am currently without an animal of my own! My main work is as a holistic counselling and movement therapist so I took an opportunity some years ago to deepen my therapeutic work by volunteering at an Equine Therapy centre. Here I worked as part of the therapy team alongside learning basic horse care. This took my work to another level and my love of horses grew. Unfortunately, I haven’t done as much of this therapy work recently however, I have a friend who keeps horses and I spend time with them often. Over the last few years, I have worked as a dog/cat sitter for several friends. This has included overnight stays in their house or mine, walking, feeding and general companionship. I am able to build very quick relationships with the animals in my care and I enjoy this work very much.