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I'm a ball of energy most of the time... but I can often be found curled up like a cat sleeping while other canines and felines visit my human. Check him out on his twitter page @Neinmeansno

My husband and I moved to Vermont in 2018 after falling in love with the area on vacation. I was born and raised in Ohio, but lived in Indiana for two years prior to relocating to Vermont. I have been a veterinary technician for 5 years in a variety of clinics. I have two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels named Darwin and Winston and 2 Tuxedo cats named Simon and Piper. My husband and I recently bought a house in Montpelier that has a covered porch for the cats. I enjoy listening to audiobooks on my drive here as well as most of the time I am at home. Most weekends I usually end up at the Chitteden County Humane Society petting cats because my husband is their financial director. Mondays are spent babysitting for a local family with 4 kids and a mini goldendoodle.

Larissa attended Northern Vermont University leaving with a visual communications degree in December of 2017. Since a young age Larissa has had a passion for animals and has always wanted to work with them in any way she could. Doctor Anderson was willing to take on an eager, excited young lady who was ready to learn. When Larissa is not in the kennel, working on MRVS media, or in the office. You can find her spending time with her boyfriend and two dogs, Paquito the chihuahua and Viper the samoyed. As well as snowboarding, mountain biking or just about anything in the outdoors.

Julie is attempting to see how much veterinary assisting she can get away with while simultaneously raising three children, a husband and 2 rescue newfs; a newf and a semi-newf in the Richmond, VT area.  She has degrees from Middlebury College (BA), and Northern Arizona University (MA) and the Animal Behavior College.  She has been moving salamanders to safety along the dirt roads of New England since she was knee high to a grasshopper, advocating for animals since the beginning. She has worked for the Vermont Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project, the Navajo Nation Environmental Consulting Project, and the Utah State Anthropologist. Currently she has her own in home studio arts business, No Straight Lines, writes and illustrates articles for the Green Mountain Animal Defenders, and walks dogs for the Chittenden County Humane Society. She skiis to live and is happy to have a learning opportunity in the Mad River with Mad River Veterinary Service!