Alicia Pichler graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines. She has been working for Rush Animal Care since October 2009. She has 2 dogs—Tex, a Texas Heeler, and Sparkles, an English Mastiff. Although she lives in North Dakota, she does off-site management work for our practice. Alicia is Level 3 Fear Free Certified. When she comes back to Des Moines, she can be found in the clinic Otherwise, she is busy being the mom of 2 boys, and helping her husband, Jonathan. She also has a kitty named Smokey, technically this is Alicia's cat In her spare time, she is busy with family and other responsibilities [citation].