Jan 02 2009
About Mia Carter
Animals and the arts are my passion.
For the past decade, I’ve worked as a journalist and artist in the Boston area. I’ve raised and trained dogs for a significant portion of my life, and I currently serve as a foster parent for a handful of New England animal shelters and rescue leagues.
In total, I have a total of 22 resident animals (six dogs, six cats, two guinea pigs, and eight birds), with an array of other pets that come and go as part of my work with fostering programs. I also worked for an animal shelter for over a decade and I currently
specialize in the care and training of ill pets with handicaps or special needs.
Oh, and did I mention that 3/4 of my animals have special needs or chronic illness? My animals are blind, deaf, epileptic, diabetic, three-legged, with severe spinal defects and other conditions like Trigeminal Neuritis, Addison’s Disease, Cancer, Protein-Losing Enteropathy and Separation Anxiety so severe that it once led the dog to chew off a portion of his tail. That was the last straw in his old home; so with just half a tail, Cooper the anxious Pit Bull came to live with us. Needless to say, I’ve learned a lot over the years from my special needs animals and I look forward to sharing that knowledge with Pet Health Blog visitors.
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