Susan Howell
TREATS Complete Pet Care
Alexandria, VA
PSI Member Since 2005
Likes: Fresh, strong, bold coffee with half and half, good dark beer (Turbo Dog is my favorite), clean, cotton sheets, cool weather year round, like in San Francisco
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Muffins, bagels, scones, hearty, dark, whole wheat breads
Favorite Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird
"Tricks of the Trade:” Make sure to take plenty of treats for pets and marketing collateral for the clients
Favorite Dog Name: Boy-Boy
Favorite Cat Name: Cleopatra
Favorite “Alternative” Pets: My formerneighbor's cat, Fatboy. I loved it when he visited me and sat on the porch with me.
Favorite “Downtime” Activity: Reading fiction. I love Kinky Friedman and Carl Hiaason.
Best Pet-Sitting Experience: They are all best. Each pet is a new and unique opportunity.
What kind of car would you drive if money were not an object? A hybrid pick up truck, Toyota probably
What is your “Dream Vacation?” To travel and live in Europe for five years or more
What does your PSI Membership mean to you? Professionalism, standards
Finish this sentence: “If I hadn't become a pet sitter, I never would have… had the experiences that pet sitting affords me, meeting the interesting pets and their people that I have met so far.”
Favorite quote:
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters
compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
