Dana Walljasper:  

Life My Spouse I met him in New York, we worked together as Air Traffic Controllers. We do not have any children unless...dogs count. That's how us people are who don't have children. Haven't you ever noticed--when asked the question "Do you have children?", we always answer, "No...but I have four, five, six (or however many) dogs...cats...iguanas...hamsters..." it's a given. If one doesn't have children, then one usually collects an animal/animals of some sort. It's like a funny farm at our house! My life story really. My Pets We have four labrador retrievers who we train to compete in AKC registered field trials and one miniature poodle who I adopted because he's a little quirky. I knew his former owner--and knew she'd have a hard time finding him a home where they'd understand him and his unusual ways. Footnote: Teddy, the poodle, passed away earlier this year (2004), turns out not only was he quirky, his pancreas was as well. My Job I am a Neuromuscular Therapist. NMT is a specific type of body work that helps people recover from chronic pain situations (most times caused by trauma, sports/car accidents etc.) or to avoid them all together. I work for myself out of an office, an independent contractor, if you will. It's tough work, physically demanding. I'm/we're thinking about (here we go with dogs again) opening a dog kenn...Expand for more