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by claire cella

In the year 2000, When angie obrien loaDeD

up all o her belongings including her dog and cat to re-locate to Austin rom San Francisco with her husband, she

had no idea that nine years later she would be helping mill ions opet owners across the globe, like hersel, do the same.

Recalli ng the memories o the move, A ngie laughs and shakesher head. I remember at one point when we stopped in Las

Vegas we were ready to just ship our cat back. She just was notenjoying the tr ip.

Now, thanks to Angie, pet owners can avoid similar unpleasantmoving experiences, by enlisting the help o a team o specialists atPetRelocation.com, the Austin-based pet relocation company A n-gie, now CFO, and her husband Kevin, CEO, launched in 2002 .

Relying on the simple and undeniable love pet owners have ortheir animals Because I always say when moving, pet owners caremore about their pet than their couch the couples now multimil-

lion dollar company has grown 1000% in the past fve years, she says.

It is an impressive achievement since the company began as asmall, local pet taxiing service that Angie initiated as a side proj-ect when she frst moved to Austin in 2000.

I began to explore the possibilities o expanding it to an in-creasingly global and corporate market, she says, describing theinception o the company. And I slowly connected the dots andrealized that moving an a nimal rom point A to point B does not

have to just be local. And although PetRelocation.com was originally started byAngie in its early years, (as Kevin was involved in other work),Angie says they now really act as a team . To be more precise, likea ship, she says.

I would say he keeps the ship moving orward and I keep itrom sinking, she laughs. And its been like that since day one.

In act, the couple developed and managed every aspect o thecompany by themselves until 2005, when they hired their

frst employee.

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Now, he company employs 11 saf members ha help coor-

dinae heir cliens moves, wih each specializing in he exensiveand someimes dauning requiremens o moving a pe o difer-en regions o he globe. A necessiy, since a majoriy o heir busi-ness, which includes a airly equal number o boh corporae andpersonal moves, does no even ouch U.S. soil.

And wih he launch o a new, more user-riendly websie inMay, and he recen developmen o associaed websies such asMy Pe Move and wipes.com, he company is anyhing bulocal anymore.

Is like seeing he globe wih a ashing open sign, Angiesays wih a smile as she makes broad, animaed gesures wih herhands. We can help anyone. Our opions are endless.

Angie explains ha he specialiss a PeRelocaion.com han-dle every small deail necessary o pick your pe up a your olddoorsep and deliver hem saely o he doorsep o your newhome wheher is jus across own or across he Alanic Ocean,and wheher is a goldsh or a horse.

Or, even wheher is shipping diabeic erres o Egyp, 40dar rogs o Swizerland or a Bea sh o A mserdam, all o whichPeRelocaion.com has helped successully execue, says Angie.

Tere is a wide range o opions available o pe owners a PeRelocaion.com, rom ull services in w hich a specialis person-ally manages a majoriy o he process o a more do-i-yourselmehod or he more ambiious.

Angie says he company recenly released a new package orpe owners who canno aford heir ull services. Te Pe ravel

Ki includes checkliss o requiremens, various paperwork, cal-endars and useul ravel accessories everyhing a n owner needso be ully prepared and organized o relocae heir pe on heirown, cusomized o heir pe ype and nal desinaion.

My Pe Move and wipes.com, also pioneered by Angie and

Kevin, provide oher educaional and social oules o learn moreabou he process rom oher pe owners, and enable pe ownerso ake on he endeavor by hemselves.

Tese social neworking sies were creaed because people

are so crazy abou heir pes! Angie says. And I waned o creaea place ha would connec pe owners ogeher and allow hemo gaher and share heir experiences.

Angie says a lo o misconcepions exis abou pe relocaion,which is why i is imporan o ge eedback rom hose who k nowor have been hrough he process hemselves.

For insance, many people hink heir pes have o endure along quaranine once hey reach heir nal desinaion, she says,bu or a majoriy o he relocaions, has no he case any-more.

Angie says relocaing a pe is jus a mater o being preparedand working closely wih local veerinarians o make sure all ohe essenial and criical paperwork, vaccinaions and blood workare aken care o and up-o-dae beore he move.

Crae raining your animal beore he move is also criical oran enjoyable experience, Angie sresses.

As soon as you know you are going o be moving , you should

buy a crae in order o precondiion your animal o i beore hemove. You should ry o make he crae a a miliar and comorableplace or he animal pu reas and pillows in i. On moving day,pu in somehing ha smells like you, like a pillowcase, she says.

Many peoplethink their petshave to endurea longquarantineonce they

reach their fnaldestination, butor a majorityo therelocations,thats not thecase anymore.

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Angie a lso srongly recommendsagains sedaion. Aliude, by isel,is a naural sedaive, she explains.When an animal undergoes seda-ion, i makes i harder or heir bod-

ies o reac o and cope wih hesresses o raveling and heir newenvironmen.

So wheher a pe owner chooseso purchase PeRelocaion.coms ullservices, or simply use he sie o in-erac wih oher avid pe lovers, hebenefs received rom his burgeon-ing company are endless.

And along wih her hriving, ever-expanding company, Angie has seengrowh o oher areas o her lie overhe years.

Te ca and dog ha she andKevin began heir advenure wih in2000, has increased o a ca andhree dogs now. (One o he dogs, amut named Maddie, was acuallygiven o he couple while hey werewaiing o relocae her or a clien.)

And in 2006, he couple becamea amily o hree wih he birh oheir frs daugher, Isabella. Andwih he mos recen growh hao Angies ummy she and Kevinwelcomed anoher daugher, Kenzie,

o he OBrien amily on July 30

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. Angie doesn seem oo worriedabou juggling her career and a new- born baby a home hough, even asshe predics and expecs he compa-ny will coninue is seady growh inhe upcoming years.

Te key lies in he ac ha hebusiness is se up o where is no a

job, she says, is jus more a par oour liesyle.

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