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Laura

Responsibilities at Tucker Pup's:

• Daycare and boarding handler
• Provide baths, nail clipping, and ear cleaning
• Provide food
• Administer medication
• Customer service
• Daily cleaning and maintenance

Prior professional dog experience

• Dog handler and boarding manager at a large dog daycare and boarding facility in Chicago
• Oversaw animal daycare activities and play groups
• Assisted with grooming activities, including baths, brushing pet’s hair and teeth, clipping nails, and other day to day animal maintenance
• Cleaned and sanitized animal holding and play areas daily
• Prepared and served food daily
• Administered medicine

• Animal Care Technician - West Michigan Regional Laboratory
  Grand Rapids, MI
• Responsible for animal husbandry (dogs, cats, pigs, mice, rats) and facility maintenance

Research experience:

• Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
• Researched behavioral patterns in chimpanzees and gorillas, collecting and analyzing data and trends

• Calvin College Science Division / Merck, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Researched the bacterial mechanisms for developing resistance to Pentachlorophenol (PCP), combining knowledge and practical procedures in chemistry and biology

Professional certification:

• Emergency Life Support for Search and Rescue Dogs

Her dog:

• Prudence (Rottweiller)

Training classes taken:

• Basic obedience

Favorite breeds:

• Italian Greyhounds
• Rottweillers
• German Shepherds
• Pugs

Graduated from:

• Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Other Interests:

• Playing the guitar
• Live music
• Proficient in German
• Taught gymnastics

Did you know?

• Laura is helping start a rock band - "Die Die Debs" - and she is the lead guitar player. Click here for the band's MySpace page.

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