About Cindy
Hello,
I would like to introduce you to myself and our decision to
open Mystic Mountain Retreat. After much soul searching, I decided
to follow my passion to provide a custom and holistic boarding
facility to assist people with a temporary loving home for their
animal friends while on vacation or traveling.
Over the last 30 years I have taken care of my many animal
friends and learned an enormous amount about the care of special
needs; from puppies to the geriatric, rescued and traumatized, and
the young and healthy. I believe that when an animal faces their
later years they can do so with respect and grace, even with reduced
activity and health.
I have learned from my own experiences that it’s hard to find the
right place that will care for your animal companion in the
individual way that most of us desire while you are out of town.
We have many species sharing our life and as many were rescued they have
had
special needs of different types. My Ridgeback, Zimbabwe, due to
past traumas could only handle being around strange dogs for about 30
minutes so I was unable to leave him at the new type of free range boarding
services. My Cattle Dog, Herman, liked to tell others what to do so
again I could not place him in a free range environment. And due to
both their needs we could not leave them with family or friends.
My past
special needs older dog, Olaf, at the age of 12 was unable to walk for 6+ months then
required special assistance until the age of 15, if I had not found
Cindy Horsfall at La Paw Spa I may have missed my Sisters wedding.
Then with a 20 year old cat, Whipple, who required special food and
supplements many times a day it was hard to leave during his last
years. And I would never consider leaving any of my animal friends at
the large commercial boarding facilities.
To top it off I follow a
holistic vaccination program which restricts me from most
facilitates. So in the past my husband Brad and I brought our dogs
on trips, and found care for the cats, rabbits, ferrets, chickens,
doves, llamas and horses with close friends.
About 2002 I was planning on opening an animal sanctuary
when I retired from corporation life, but then I determined that I could
not wait an additional 15 years to work with animals full time (I
had already worked 18 years in the engineering/IT area at Boeing and
5 years at Microsoft (MCP Program) as an Product Manager).
After much soul searching I decided that I could still follow my
core vision with a custom boarding service that catered to the
special needs animals, from dogs to cats to rabbits to ferrets.
Summer of 2005, Brad and I finished fixing up our 5 acre ranch with
a special facility that houses an average of 12 dogs and 3 cats. As
we care for the animals personally (with help from assistants), the facility has been designed to limit
the number of animals to ensure each one receives the best care.
Please review the web site and if you have any questions, would
like to reserve a reservation, or would like to have a tour of Mystic Mountain
Pet Retreat, please contact me.
Cindy J. Hill,
Owner and Chief Caregiver, Mystic Mountain Pet Retreat