growing up

As a child, Eileen loved visiting the dairy farms where her parents grew up. Searching for newborn kittens in haylofts, taking in stray cats that her mother never let her keep, and wishing that her canary would magically turn into a puppy, were the beginnings of Eileen's lifelong affection for animals.

		Eileen's first dog, Teddy
Eileen as a young child at her great-aunt's home