My paying career in the pet industry began in 1976, in Evanston, Illinois where I worked for Elsinger's Pet Shop, and I have over 24 years of experience in the pet industry. But my real pet-related career started when I was just three years old and brought home a nest of baby rabbits, crammed into my jacket pockets. Needless to say, I was hooked, and the rest is history. I have managed three different pet shops in the Chicago area, and was working for a custom aquarium manufacturer, when I got a job offer from my brother in Minnesota.

I have always been very interested in canine and feline nutrition, especially when I found out that most veterinarians, unless they are specializing in nutrition, don't get much training for it in vet school. (In fact, they usually have no more than ten hours of nutrition classes.) This bothered me, so I started learning about canine and feline nutrition on my own with help from the Chicagoland veterinary community. I became so well-versed that the local veterinarians were sending their clients to me for my assistance with pet nutrition. I currently holds a Hills Pet Nutrition Consultant Certificate, and am the Owner/Consultant of Bently's Beasties. I am also a second degree Reiki practitioner.

From 2007-2011 I was the Operations Manager of the WNR Company, which is based in Los Angeles, CA and took care of the daily office needs. At the same time I was the executive producer for Wendy's Animal Talk, an Internet radio show that aired live on Tuesday afternoons from 1:00pm to 2:00pm PST on HealthyLife.net. As executive producer, I researched the talent or product we were interested in, scheduled the guest, sent out confirmation and question letters and made up the weekly show sheet for Wendy Nan Rees' show. I was also in charge of the monthly show newsletter.

2009-2011 I wrote 3 weekly articles for Canidae Pet Foods RPO blog, along with having two personal blogs of my own.

I live on a farm in Minnesota with my boyfriend Steve; an American Staffordshire Terrier named Skye, several cats, chickens and two goats.