I am a second year Veterinary Student in the US Midwest. I currently have one dog, a 5 year old yellow Labrador named Desi who is my best girl, heart dog, and agility partner. We currently compete in USDAA and hope to start competing in UKI in the near future. I began competing in agility in 2012 with my family's first dog, another yellow Labrador named Ellie who I miss every day, and I adore the sport.
Outside of agility, Desi loves to swim and dock dive (non-competitively), go hiking, and together we are learning how to shed hunt (search for deer antlers that have been shed).
Music is another huge part of my life. I've been playing guitar since I was 8 and started playing trumpet soon after in a variety of bands including concert, jazz, marching, pep, brass quintet, chamber ensembles, and pit orchestra. Most of my music playing has been put on hold because of vet school but I hope to get back to it one day. I listen to a huge variety of music - currently, my go-to genres are different varieties of rock/metal, classical/instrumental/film score, and bluegrass.
I'm also a huge book nerd - I currently have been reading mostly fantasy books (think medieval, swords, dragons, etc); I used to read a ton of sci-fi (and still enjoy the genre) but some of the themes and plot lines have been hitting a little to close to current events, if you know what I mean. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want to talk, I don't bite!
Favorites
Movie Series ~ Pirates of the Caribbean
Book Series ~ A Song of Ice and Fire; The Kingkiller Chronicles
TV Shows ~ Supernatural, Fringe, House M.D., OitNB, Shameless
Currently Watching: House M.D.
Currently Reading: Nothing RN :/
My goal is to eventually specialize in a few breeds in hopes of improving my lines and becoming more involved in the game and the community. I believe that I will eventually specialize in Ainu Dogs, Australian Koolies, Border Collies, Flat-Coated Retrievers, Malinois, Tervurens, & Groenendaels, though this may change. I'd be glad to take any unwanted dogs of those breeds!