Betsy Banks Saul, Founder of Petfinder and Heal House Call Veterinarian (Part 1)

“We’re not going to focus on the individual pet; we’re going to focus on how do we deliver tools to help the people who are helping pets?”

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Betsy Banks Saul, a co-founder of Petfinder, and founder of a new business venture, Heal House Call Veterinarian, has been working with animals since she was a teen. She has a background as a park ranger, with an interest in forestry. In the first part of this two-part episode, she talks with Stacy about the path that lead her from that world into developing the Petfnder.com software with her ex-husband in 1996.

Since that time, Betsy estimates that Petfinder.com has had over two million adoptions annually. It was purchased by Discovery Communications in 2006, and then by Nestle Purina in 2013, and is one of the most successful interest businesses out there. Betsy and Stacy discuss how Petfinder came to be, and they also delve into the topic of compassion fatigue, including a discussion about Bartonella and why, if you work in the veterinary or animal sheltering fields, it may be important to get tested for it.

Learn more about Petfinder and its current programs at Petfinder.com. To learn more about Bartonella, including the testing options Betsy discusses in the podcast, visit Galaxy Diagnostic’s website.