"Pets have always been very special to me, it's almost like there is a big part of my heart that is devoted to loving animals. I was lucky enough to be raised by an animal loving family. My childhood memories are full of farm yard animals and pets. My Dad would often come home with an injured magpie or a joey whose mum had been hit by a car. Mum used to breed St Bernard Dogs, my Dad Shetland Pony's and Aberdeen Angus cattle. We had a mulberry tree and I had silk worms.Because I grew up on a farm, animals became my after-school playmates, and so my passion for animals grew.One of the ways to build our Shetland Pony stud name (White Swan Shetland Pony Stud) was to follow all the country shows to gain enough points to qualify for the Royal Melbourne Show (I grew up in Victoria). From the age of eleven, I used to have 2 weeks off school every year in September and live at the show looking after our animals. I have such fond memories of being surrounded by animals and people who loved animals.

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