Hi, pet mommy and pet daddy! I want you to know how much I love my Ani Wacks and how lovingly she takes care of me whenever my mommy has to go out of town. (Because I have no opposable thumb, my mommy is typing this as I dictate it to her.) First, a little background on me, Baby Girl O’Connell, a 13-year-old (14 years old in two months) Yorkipoo who mommy adopted from Peggy Adams Pet Rescue when I was six months old. I have brought years of unconditional love and joyful, funny memories to my mommy and she says I am the repository of all her maternal affection. While I realize I am getting a bit “long-in-the-tooth” (my remaining teeth! LOL!), I hope to be able to bring her at least a few more years of the same. My mommy jokes that she is a “helicopter pet parent” because she spoils me and watches me like a hawk---even when I’m sleeping--and wants only the BEST CARE and FEEDING for me ALWAYS, which is where Aunt Ani Wacks plays a major role. Last year, I was diagnosed with something called idiopathic thrombocytopenia, similar to Lupus, an autoimmune disease that is common in cats and dogs. My poor mommy rushed me to the ACCESS Specialty Hospital where I spent three nights and went home with 10 medications which mommy had to dispense every day, sometimes twice a day (I’m still on most of them and a couple of new ones, too). In November, mommy had to travel to Chicago for four days for a family funeral and reached-out to Ani Wacks to take care of me, her most precious treasure, while she was away. Although Aunt Ani has babysat for me many times over the years, mommy was especially nervous about leaving me this time because my fragile medical condition meant so much more work for Ani: twice a day, adhering to a strict timetable, she had to administer to me four separate liquid oral medications via plastic syringes, some an hour apart, in addition to crushing three different pills into my breakfast and dinner and two prescription eye drops, at least 10 minutes apart. Two medications were potentially harmful to humans so Ani had to wear surgical gloves! My mommy always has had 100% confidence in Ani’s ability to perfectly care for me but she worried that it was such a huge imposition and inconvenience, now that I required constant medical care and monitoring. But Ani assured mommy that nothing was too taxing or inconvenient for her because she loved me like she had loved her precious Ginger--who, sadly, passed-away last year after suffering from health issues her last few years--and promised everything would be fine. And Ani delivered on that promise. I slept on Ani’s bed while she worked every day and she patiently and lovingly made certain I had my many medications dispensed at the proper times throughout the day. Ani perfectly cared for me while mommy was in Chicago and mommy asked her to take care of me again for FIVE days at Christmas when mommy again went to Chicago! My mommy and I LOVE and TRUST our Ani; we know that you and your pet parent will completely love and trust her, too! With loving licks, Baby Girl O’Connell

Very friendly during our meet and greet. Thanks for being flexible. Lzzy definitely took to you.