Amber, LVT

Amber is a Licensed Veterinary Technician who ventured to Alaska in July of 2004. She is originally from Missouri. She attended Jefferson College in Missouri where she earned her Applied Science Degree in Veterinary Technology.

Amber first joined The Pet Stop team in 2006 as a part time employee; in September 2007, she began working here full time. She loves living in Alaska with her dog, Isabelle, and plans to marry her sweetheart, Levi, in June of 2008.

Andie, LVT

Andie grew up in southeastern Indiana and obtained her B.S. in Wildlife Science from Purdue University in 1990. Ten years later she realized her passion was veterinary medicine and returned to college. She received her A.A.S. in Veterinary Technology from Murray State College in May 2001, and became a Licensed Technician that August. It has been Andie's good fortune to have The Pet Stop as her sole employer since March 2001.

Aside from her time at tech school, Andie has been living in Alaska since 1994 and shares a home with her husband, Chris, and cats Junie, Korbel, and Hinkle. At work, her particular areas of interest are pain management, feline medicine, and oncology. Away from work she enjoys reading, playing softball, hiking, and traveling.

Christina, LVT

Christina started working as a receptionist in the fall of 1999. In 2003, she transferred to the back where she began on the job training to become a Technician. In June 2006, she took the state board exam and received her license for Veterinary Technician.

Christina enjoys spending time with her plethora of pets which include her pugs, a terrier mix, her cats, and a couple of pocket pets. She is currently training for her third triathlon; she also enjoys camping and hiking.

Ginger, VT

Ginger has been working as a Veterinary Technician since 1999. She joined The Pet Stop team in July 2002. Ginger is a lifelong Alaskan. She enjoys outdoor activities with her children and her pets.

Jayne, LVT

Living on a farm in the Midwest in her early years fostered Jayne's passion for animals. After several years post-education working as an Office Manager, she decided to advance to the pursuit of her love for animals and become a veterinary technician. Jayne graduated form the Medical Institute of Minnesota (MIM) in Bloomington, MN in 1997 and became a licensed Veterinary Technician in 1998, earning licenses in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. She has been licensed in Alaska for the past few years.

Jayne relocated to Alaska in 2000 and started at The Pet Stop in 2006 after working with two other established Anchorage veterinary clinics. She continues to enjoy the challenges and rewards of working with animals, large and small, exotic and non-exotic, and flight and flightless. Jayne has been the President of the Alaska Veterinary Technician Association (ATVA) since 2004 and is an active member of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA) since 1997. She enjoys many outdoor activities such as running, and hiking, as well ask knitting, reading, and scrapbooking.

Jennifer, LVT

After six years in the United States Air Force, Jen moved into the veterinary medicine field working as a technician for the past eight years. She graduated from the University of California, Davis in 2007 with a Bachelors of Science in Animal Science. Her experiences range from small animal emergency medicine to oncology. Raised in Dallas, Texas, she now calls Anchorage her home along with her husband, Ben, and canine buddy, Cisco. She enjoys baking, knitting, hiking and looks forward to exploring beautiful Alaska.

Jessica, LVT

Jessica joined The Pet Stop team in 2008 after moving to Alaska from Louisville, Kentucky. She has worked as a Veterinary Technician since 2001 and received her license in 2009. Jessica has 3 dogs, 2 cats and a wide variety of other pocket pets.