Sandy Brown
971 219 3471
fvlabs@hotmail.com
Employment Experience
Animal Experience Resume:
Past animal work- livestock, showing, training Quarter horses in Gymkhana and
Western Pleasure. Grooming School, Animal Husbandry- Management, Customer
Service, Client Care and Show. Conformation Labrador breeder and show kennel-
Yorkie Terriers 1985-1992 Labradors 1985-2001 (active) Inactive to present,
though showing in other kennels worldwide.
Author in Dog Stories 1, Alpha Training 1996, Alpha Respect 1999, behavior
and Lab training programs and grooming and care manuals. Grief counseling,
disease behavior training seminars, owner awareness and How to Potty Train any
Dog.
French-Vanilla Labrador Rescue (FVLR) 1996- present Sandy Metcalf (now Brown) President
and CEO.
We rescue mainly Labs and Lab crosses- though we turn down no one, and often take in from cats to? And we have 100% placement ratio with my ability to write I can rehome anything. We Foster, we do long term board all in house. We make cakes cookies other goodies for Lab Rescue.
I
arrange also for fosters/adoption transport vet checks spays/neuters, home
inspections. I draft screens, contacts and handle all marketing and fundraisers
My vet in Salem Oregon for my kennel
Stephanie Hazen DVM
4089 State St. Salem Oregon 97301 503 370 9988
I can also provide references as to my animal credentials upon
request and recommendations letters upon request.
Animal Employment: In California:
Besides our own livestock
and domestic/rescue animals.
Scornson’s Spotted Ponies (miniature horses) Santee CA 92071
Horse Helper: assisted with foaling, taking care of foals grooming feed,
helping with pony rides.
Darnell’s Farm, Santee CA 92071
Junior Ranch hand: Assist with Lambing calving, training of
horses, doctoring, fostering orphans and other as needed animal work.
Santee Vet Hospital, Santee CA 92071
Vet Tech/receptionist: Customer Service, Assisted vet, Front desk, billing. Grief
counseling, creating newsletter and marketing materials, art graphics for
clinic.
Tammy’s
(Grooming) Santee CA 92071
Head Groomer: Customer Service Grooming, Training, Marketing, Art/shop
setup. HR, Reports and records.
Oasis Pets, El Cajon CA 92020
Groomer: Grooming, Customer Service, Management, Marketing, Animal Care,
Window art, Design/charts sales and run/close pet store/order products
deal with vendors. Set up community dog washes and other fundraisers and public
events. One of the first groomers in San Diego to not only offer coupons on
Birthday and Anniversary dates but I designed and I made them myself. I
continued that practice though every position and on into Rescue today
Fran’s Pom-Poms, Crest CA 9202
Kennel Manager: Customer Service, Breeding/whelping, writing ads for
newspapers, magazine releases Contact with retailers and direct sales to the
public, transport, record and book keeping, showing and studding/show schedules
and transportation.
Barbara E Kennel’s, Alpine CA
Groomer/handler: Customer Service, Grooming, Coat wraps, show prep,
Handler, training, daycare and doggy social services
Lemon Grove Dog and Cat kennel, Lemon Grove CA 9204
General help: Customer Service, Grooming, Training, Animal Care,
Scheduling, overnights and day visits
Experience, in Oregon:
I am a retired show breeder with dogs across the state, county and world.
My dogs are from police work to Master Hunters from Champions to Therapy and
Search and Rescue dogs. All my companion puppies were placed on Limited
Registration and Spay/Neuter contracts. I take my job as the overseer of my
breed very seriously and education is first and foremost my tool in teaching
the pet public in making responsible decisions. I also still train I still
write books and I still rescue anything from baby skunks to???? And I still
find loving homes. I am an animal behaviorist and do grief counseling. I own
and run a Lab email list and have since 1998. I started it to help people with
their pets, we have since moved to facebook https://www.facebook.com/new.labchat
I
teach Alpha control, and how to have a dog you can live with and much more. Not
many breeds I have not had my hands on.
The love of animals started when I was little and everything followed me home
or wound up at my door from thrown away puppies I nursed through Distemper to
starving unweaned kittens dropped off in bags to naked hatchlings I hand reared
taught to fly and set free. And no matter where I moved my doorstep they find
me.
After high school and working with our family vet (I rose in the animal world
at the same time I was working for our family business- I do many balls in the
air well) I went first into showing and working at show kennels then grooming
school followed by handling running grooming and pet shops- then by opening my
own kennel after I married. I retired my kennel when my first year marriage
ended in 2001. With my second husband we I have just one Lab now https://www.facebook.com/sadietmariem.
I was a hands on breeder with my vets from AIs (artificial Inseminations) to C sections from surgery to OFAs (joint certifying) and x-rays to assisting in wound stitching and general Care. I loved it all and though I am retired. And people still come to me daily for what products to purchase and recommendations on care training and food. As well as behavior problems, boarding, grief counseling and rescue needs.
If you would like to know any more about my animal work, please ask
Relevant Education
and training:
San Diego School of All-Breed Grooming. 1977 San Diego CA, Marketing, Business,
grooming, disease, dental and general care
Gross mount Collage Santee CA Animal husbandry
PRA (eyes disease) seminars and clinics
Breeding techniques and genetics seminars.
Breeder Ethics, Customer Service and client care,
Color and genetics seminars
Health and disease seminars
Puppy (evaluating puppies) Puzzle Class
Handling seminars
Taught and provided Puppy proofing
Taught and provided basic obedience
Taught and provided Show Prep
Organized and ran community dog washes and rabies clinics
San Diego Humane Society Animal Rescue team
Wild Mustangs Equestrian Club San Diego CA.
Lab Rescue
See my Customer Service Credentials and later in life experience in my Professional Resume.
Thank you
Sandy Brown
971 219 3471
