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About Me

I was born in Texas and raised in upstate NY. No, I have never been to NY city. I lived in the OTHER part of the state. I got tired of the snow and cold so I moved to TN. I've been here for almost 8 years now and it is home.I stay pretty busy. I have been a vet tech for the past 6 1/2 years and currently work at a very large animal hospital. Everyday brings something new.When I am not at the clinic, I am usually training dogs. I started my own dog training business in late 2005. I do home training, where I go to people's homes and teach them how to train their dogs using positive reinforcement. I teach people how to have a better relationship with their dogs.When I am not working at either of those two jobs, I am either taking care of the pets we have at the house or at search and rescue training. I am part of a Nashville based K9 SAR team that does Wilderness, Disaster, and Human Remains Detection. I have a cute little muttling furkid, Karma, that is my wilderness dog and Abbi, another muttling furkid that is my HRD dog. Abbi's motto... "I smell dead people".We have a couple other dogs and a couple of cats and 5 or so fish tanks that keep me busy in whatever free time is left.I also love to read, hike, camp, and eat sushi!
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My Interests

Dogs, dog training, teaching my dogs ridiculous tricks, Search and Rescue, outdoorsey stuff, hiking, camping, campfires, S'mores, turning over rocks to see what is living under them, pishing birds, fishing, poking around in tide pools, photography, wading in creeks, eating sushi, ice cream, chocolate, bubble baths, reading, learning new things.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet some old friends and some new ones. I have enjoyed getting into contact with some old high school pals and have made some new friends as well. I would love to meet some more people that are interested in dogs, training dogs, search and rescue, and hiking/camping.Wade Johnson Benches 660lbsWade Johnson deadlifts 660lbsWade Johnson squats 960lbs

Music:

I like a wide variety of music. I stay away from rap and the hard stuff. Pretty much if I can't understand the lyrics I'm not interested. It all depends on what kind of mood I'm in. I really like sappy ballads and 80's music. Altan, Bruce Hornsby, Counting Crows, Chris LeDoux, Garth Brooks, John Secada, Phil Collins, Bach, They Might Be Giants, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Tim McGraw, Blessed Union of Souls, Jann Arden, Lisa Loeb, Chris Gains

Movies:

I like sappy tear-jerkers and good comedies. I am a big sissy, so I don't like too much of the scary stuff.Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Princess Bride, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix movies, Dead Poets Society, anything by M. Night Shyamalan, 50 First Dates, Secondhand Lions, Adventures in Babysitting, The Hannibal movies.

Television:

I don't watch tv anymore. But when I did, my all time favorite show was a BBC show, Red Dwarf. I also liked CSI, Without a Trace, Survivor, Family Guy and some others that I can't think of right now.

Books:

Anything by Stephen King. I really like true crime, books on viruses (The Hot Zone by Richard Preston), autobiographies, and books on dog training and behavior. Bridges of Madison County, anything by Michael Crichton.

My Blog

The Craziest Client

I recieved a phone call several months ago from a lady with a beautiful British accent. She was begging me to help her with her 16 week old weimaraner puppy, Tess. She had taken Tess to th...
Posted by Rebecca on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:49:00 PST

Memories Creep

It’s funny how memories creep. You are going about life, not doing anything in particular, when a memory slides in uninvited. It’s ok when it is a happy memory. Those we ...
Posted by Rebecca on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:11:00 PST

Ah Ah Ah Ah Stayin’ Alive Stayin’ Alive

"Snuggles" was about as ugly as they come. She was about 15lbs, 2-3 of which consisted of tightly woven mats. Her teeth, what she had left, were green; her eyes glazed over with cater...
Posted by Rebecca on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:21:00 PST

The Big Test

Abbi is the 10 month old shepherd mix that was found under a bush in Nashville by a police officer when she was only a couple of days old. She came to me as a foster but weaseled her way in...
Posted by Rebecca on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:13:00 PST

Meeting the President

Doug, my K9 team leader, and I had just finished searching our assigned area. We met up with the rest of Recon 2 and Rescue 2 and began our trek back to command to join up with the rest of the T...
Posted by Rebecca on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:43:00 PST

Tornado Search and Recovery

Tuesday night I went to bed after standing and watching lightning from my back porch. I snuggled in and never paid attention to the rain. I didn't watch the weather or turn on the radio.&n...
Posted by Rebecca on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:38:00 PST

You will never believe this!!!

Ha Ha. Made ya look! ...
Posted by Rebecca on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:02:00 PST

Saying Goodbye

Two years ago a little white dog was brought into the clinic due to having trouble giving birth. She required a C-section, but being a stray, the person that brought her in did not want to pay f...
Posted by Rebecca on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:06:00 PST

The Serpent

Wade and I have a favorite sushi bar in Nashville that we go to fairly frequently. Frequently enough so that the guys there tend to remember us. Well, to be fair, they remember Wade. ...
Posted by Rebecca on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:50:00 PST

Remembering P

The first time I saw Pele she was in a cardboard box containing 11 siblings. With 12 to choose from, I was having a hard time deciding. Bill, my ex-husband, picked up one puppy at a time.&...
Posted by Rebecca on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:22:00 PST