Dale Preece-Kelly

I have over 40 years experience of owning and caring for animals. During which time, I have worked within many manufacturing companies as a manager, where my speciality was planning, systems and people management. I have now decided that my destiny is in my own hands with my own business that, in just 10 weeks, went from strength to strength and nearly 16 years later is making me a very comfortable living, allowing me to live my dreams, and taking me into new territories that are the reward of my hard work. We have major contracts for Pet Therapy within both public and private sectors, and are now known worldwide as pioneers in the field. I had no experience in my chosen business, but my love for animals combined with my passion for helping people, mental health and educating people about the origins, beauty and care of the exotic species, which I use in my presentations, have allowed me to create something unique and special. This means that my work is easy and my life experience is all that I need to be successful. Since 2013, with the national and worldwide exposure and recognition that my work has brought, the focus of the business has changed and I am a qualified and registered Animal Assisted Therapy Practitioner and therapist. I work, in combination with my animals, to provide holistic therapy solutions to those who may benefit (mainly in prisons and psychiatric hospitals). My goal and the goal of Critterish Allsorts : "to make animal assisted therapy a mainstream reco