Nicole is a lifelong animal lover and pet owner. Throughout her life, she has owned and cared for dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits and various other “furry friends”! At the age of 10, Nicole’s career riding and training horses began. She competed in many horse shows in Europe. Because her love of animals went beyond horses, she chose to complete an internship volunteering for Tierheim Buxtehude (German SPCA).

After visiting a terminally ill patient in the Chester County Hospital with Gibson, her Chocolate Labrador Retriever, Nicole devoted her free time to train him as a Therapy Dog. After months of training, Gibson and Nicole earned their certification as Therapy Dog and Therapy Dog Handler. This enabled them to serve the elderly, the ill and teach children how to approach and handle dogs. Gibson and Nicole also acquired several certifications from basic to advance dog training as well as agility and trust enhancement training.

Eventhough Nicole’s professional background is in Marketing & Sales as well as International Business, Nicole feels that running Chester County Dog Walkers is truly her “dream job”! Owning such an amazing dog walking and pet sitting company gives her the opportunity to be involved with pets on a day-to day basis. She understands how important pets are to their owners, and is dedicated to ensuring that Chester County Dog Walkers provides the highest level of pet care services.

After graduating from Harcum College in 1994 with an Associate’s Degree in Animal Management and completing a 4 month Internship at the Cincinnati Zoo, Amy began her career as a Veterinary Technician. She always wanted to dedicate her life to working with animals. Although she has been down a few business paths, she always has been involved with animal care.

She worked as a Veterinary Technician for almost 20 years before joining Chester County Dog Walkers in August 2013 where she truly enjoys all of our client’s pets! Amy also earned her Certification in Dog Training in 2008 from the Animal Behavioral College and is currently working as a Pet Trainer (part-time) as well as a Food Representative for Iams and Eukanuba pet foods. At home she shares her life with 2 Welsh Corgis, Alexa (Cardigan) and Skeeter (Pembroke), a cat named Puddy and 2 betta fish Argo and Alton.

Nikki has lived in Chester County her entire life. She grew up in Downingtown and now lives in Thorndale with her husband, three young children, and their golden retriever, Bella, and cat, George. Nikki has been an animal lover all of her life. She is a big supporter for fostering and fostered herself three pit bull puppies in her home for five months until they were all adopted. It was a wonderful experience for her whole family and she looks forward to fostering again in the future. Nikki is very excited to be a part of the Chester County Dog Walkers team.

​Chrissy Ali has an innate sensitivity to dogs and all four legged friends. Although she holds a degree in fine art and has close to a decade of working in a museum setting, she also has many years of experience in caring for animals by pet sitting, supporting local animal charities and being a lifelong dog owner. She is a Chester county native and counts herself as fortunate to still live in the area with her husband and two wonderfully curious children. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking, volunteering, and can also be observed walking and/or talking to her five pets; two rescued black cats and three labs, one of which is also a rescue. She enjoys being in nature and is excited to be a part of Chester County Dog Walkers.

Lifelong Chester County resident and animal lover, Daisy is joining the Chester County Dog Walkers team as a pet sitter, dog walker and vacation backup walker! She is the proud owner of a Pitt Bull named Vivien and loves all kinds of animals, no exception. She is currently caring for two stray kittens and is always helping animals. Her kind and patient personality is loved by dogs and any other critter. Daisy decided to devote her nights, weekends and holidays to caring for other people’s pets in the comfort of their own homes, giving as many families as possible the freedom to travel guilt-free.

Daisy prides herself on providing top-notch overnight care with so much pampering that the pet thinks he is the one who went on vacation.

Dacia joins Chester County Dog Walkers after a career in the medical field. Growing up in Lancaster County she always had a love for many different kinds of animals and always had pets growing up. After relocating to Chester County she began to collect pets of her own. At once she had one dog, two cats, one rabbit and one goldfish. She now lives in Coatesville with her husband Matt, her two cats Duke and Charlie, and her dogs Cappie and Ollie. It was always a dream of hers to work with animals and she is very excited to join the West Chester team at Chester County Dog Walkers.