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Jessica Muzzarelli, General Manager
Jessica
Muzzarelli is currently owned by a Spanish Galgo, Spirit, a Cocker Spaniel, Reggie
and 3 cats, all of which are rescued. She is also co-owned by a Greyhound, Jade and a rescued deaf Pittie, Chillie.
Jessica
started working with animals in 1999 when she began working at a
veterinary hospital. That hospital is actively involved in
Greyhound rescue and cat and kitten rescue so it didn't take
long for her to become involved with the rescue work. She
adopted her first Greyhound, Lightning, just 9 months after
learning about their plight. Her second, Pharaoh, quickly
followed 7 months later when she "failed" at fostering.
In 2001 she
became involved in Spanish Galgo rescue, which led to Spirit,
the Galgo, who joined her family as a 7-week-old pup.
Jessica
began working with Trainers Academy in 2003. A few of the
younger Galgo's that came into rescue needed to learn some
basic manners in order to make them more adoptable. As she
continued her rescue work, she realized that people were more
likely to adopt a dog with some basic manners than those who had
none. After seeing what a difference clicker training made, she
was hooked; she began volunteer training with Trainers Academy.
She also helped
train and place several dogs displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
In 2006 Jessica put her training skills to
further use by joining the DayCare team at Trainers Academy and
is now General Manager. Jessica can be found at Trainers Academy daily
during daycare hours as well as training on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings.
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