I’m Christa and I love all critters! What I love most about animals is their spirit- they love fully and without judgement, prejudice, or conditions. I’ve worked in the animal/ rescue and pet insurance industries for the past 18 years but I love that Rover allows me to work with them one-on-one and in their own comfort zones. Over the past nearly two decades, I’ve devoted my life to animals. The majority of that time was spent in veterinary hospitals, but I spent four years at VPI Pet Insurance and have done rescue work since 2001 as well. I’ve been able to work with various local and national cat and dog rescue organizations. As you might imagine, working with animals for so long presents countless opportunities to adopt pets and I’ve been a sucker several times. I currently have one dog named, Gracie (from the Downey shelter), three cats (Rex, RJ, and Li Li), and one foster cat (Duncan). To me, all animals deserve love, respect, safety, and all the "creature comforts" that us humans enjoy because I truly think of them as part of the family. I have extensive experience with veterinary medical procedures and treatments, safe animal handling, and behavioral and psychological issues of our pooch and purr friends. I am in tune with many breed traits and physical cues of both dogs and cats and generally know when to be soft and quiet vs when to be high energy. I know how hard it is to be away from our fur babies, so I aim to provide trustworthy, consistent, confident, skilled, and loving care to your pet while you are away. I will follow your care instructions to a ‘T’, since you know your pet best, but I’ll use my veterinary knowledge to keep your kiddos happy and healthy. I’ll also be in consistent and frequent communication, sending photo and text updates so you know what we’re up to while you are away. Your babies will be comfortable and so will you because you will be fully aware of how they are doing!