Alison jumped aboard in 2018 as our Client Services Coordinator in our office. She’s a long-time volunteer with Rural Dog rescue, most recently managing their volunteer population, training volunteers, scheduling and doing home adoption visits, scheduling volunteer rotations, going to adoption events, and has been a foster dog mom along the way. She has one dog of her own, a three-year-old terrier mix named Bailey. In her previous experience, Alison worked in sales and customer service, in virtual teams with field employees, office management and data analysis positions.

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Andy joined the team in 2018 with over 8 years’ experience working professionally with pets. He worked as a Veterinary Assistant administering critical and routine care and prescriptions, and later as a caregiver, team lead, then manager at a full-service pet sitting company with an attached doggie day-care facility up in New York. Recently, he became certified as a dog trainer and has gained terrific experience working at local vet clinics to help dogs with vet anxiety. Andy is now our go-to “big dog” handler. He lives in West End Alexandria and has a dog and cat at home.

Audrey joined the team in 2019 working with our outside-the-beltway clients from Huntington down to Mount Vernon. Audrey has past experience working in a doggie day care center with lots of tales of pack behavior management and individual dog personalities. She’s a long-time owner of both cats and dogs, so she’s ready for feline play and care as well! Audrey had a previous career as a graphic designer and brings a great service mentality and focus on client expectations, service and client happiness. She has her bachelor’s in design.

Cole joined us in 2018 to serve all our west end and central Alexandria clients. (Well, Nicole, but she prefers her nickname Cole.) She moved to Alexandria recently from Florida, where she worked for 2 years as a pet care professional with a company like ours, and has a story to tell about any kind of cat, bird, or dog that she cared for during those years. She’s excited to be back serving pet owners again. Cole is an ongoing foster parent to rescued animals, loves time outdoors in nature, has another passion for Reiki, and is planning to go back to school in the future for a masters degree in art therapy.

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Elizabeth Legere founded Alexandria Pet Care in 2004, and serves as General Manager. She currently owns Mocha, a frisky Lagotto Romagnolo. Past pets include Portuguese Water Dogs, an Affenpinscher, a Bouvier des Flandres, a Lilac-point Siamese, a rescue tabby, a gray pony, Swimmy and Sparkle the water frogs, and numerous hamsters, and box turtles. Elizabeth has a bachelor’s degree from Smith College, and previously worked in corporate marketing, SaaS technology development and communications consulting to global corporations, before finding her true passion working with pets.

Elle joined our team in 2012, after years as a veterinary assistant. Previously, she worked several years at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital, before which she worked at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County, MD, socializing all the animals in the shelter. Now, she shares her home with a kitten and an older Shih-Tzu rescued as an abuse rehabilitation case from the animal hospital. Elle studied Fine Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in textile arts and ceramics. She spends her free time creating pottery and volunteering as a teacher’s assistant at The Art League.

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Laura B joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2017 with over 15 years’ pet sitting experience with animals of all sorts and most medical conditions. Her most recent work with our clients in neighborhoods from Belle Haven to Mount Vernon include healthy adult dogs and cats, along with geriatric and insulin-dependent animals. She also works part time a few days a week in human resources at a government agency. Laura has a bachelor’s from San Diego State University. She moved to Northern Virginia from San Diego and has settled right in sharing her passion of all sorts of trivia.

Laura L joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2010 with 10+ years’ technical experience with animals, most recently clinical and large animal field work. She previously worked in both rescue and animal hospitals in Arlington, McLean, and Alexandria. Laura has experience caring for cats and dogs, livestock, horses, snakes, fish, parrots, birds, fish, rabbits, and rodents. Laura worked on a farm during lambing season, bred show-quality betta fish, and led guided public tours on horseback. She has her bachelor’s degree and has lived and traveled extensively overseas.

Megan joined us in 2020 with over 15 years’ experience working professionally with pets. She most recently worked full time for a few years at a local dog day care, and before that as a pet sitter and dog walker. Megan loves working with special needs cats, dogs, and other household species who require extra attention, careful handling, or medications. She has a diploma in veterinary and medical services, which led her to a 15-year career in equestrian and barn management, and horseback riding instruction, while adding in-home pet care and dog day care to her career.

Life’s too short to work in a job you don’t absolutely love. We’ve seen it — it’s a beautiful thing when a passion for pets’ well-being and a career in pet care come together in a rewarding job! Have the skills to be a purrr-fect pet care professional? Let us know.