Episode Three. Bailey is a Murphy’s Paw MVP! Here’s the scoop:

Name: Bailey Powell
Age: 21 (3 in dog years)
Dogs: George, a three-year old Cockapoo, and Maggie, a two-year old Britany Spaniel.
College: San Jose State University, currently studying history with a minor in business.
Interests: Travel, movies, painting, 20th century American history, antique shopping, A’s baseball, weddings, the American Cancer Society, and of course, her boyfriend Pat!
Trivia: In Bailey’s extended family, she is the oldest of 16 children! SHE LOVES KIDS! In fact, she’s such an excellent nanny and caretaker, she splits time between Murphy’s Paw and the Sadek house!

Needless to say, Bailey is a valuable asset to us. Drop by THE PAW and say hello!

Episode Two. Andrea has been with “The Paw” since Day One. In her own words, we have Andrea’s player “pawfile!”

– I’ve been with Murphy’s Paw since we opened in November 2007.

– Not that I don’t love my human clients, but my favorite part of the job: meeting and greeting the dogs that visit us every day!

– I graduated from California State University Sacramento (too long ago) with a degree in Government Journalism.

– I’ve been married 24 years to Rich, former owner of Decision Technologies, a software consulting firm. Rich is now retired, coaches football, and is an amateur vintner and wine maker specializing in Italian varietals.

– I’m a mother of three teenagers…yikes! Gabrielle, age 19, is attending her second year at Las Positas College. Ed, age 17, is a senior at Foothill High School. And Lexie, age 14, is a freshman at Bishop O’Dowd high school.

– I share my home with four dogs: Shadow, is a 13 year-old Australian Shepard. Niner (yes–Go Niners!!) is a 10 year-old Golden Retriever. Grizzly, age eight, is a handsome Havanese. Finally, we have Maybelle, a two year-old pug who has worked the Murphy’s Paw booth at San Jose’s “Bark in the Park!”

– My passion is horses. I currently own two: Lena is a six year-old paint mare and Winnie is a yearling Quarter horse filly. I have raised, trained, and shown horses all my life!

– Other interests: dance, theatre, football (watching, not performing!) politics, history, and volunteering in the schools and for philanthropies in the Pleasanton community.

Wow–could Murphy’s Paw have a better representative in Downtown Pleasanton?!? Find out for yourself and visit “Coco” soon!

Those of you who shop at Murphy’s Paw have more than likely met Perri Gutteridge, one of our pawsitively fabulous employees! Perri joined the Murphy’s Paw team in August of 2008, and she quickly ramped-up to become a very valuable customer service asset. In the first “employee profile” installment on Murphy’s Blawg, we’d like to share Perri’s mini-bio:

Name: Perri Gutteridge
Twitter Name: peardoll
Age: 3 (in dog years)
Pets: Dogs- Dweezle & Angelina Jolie. Cats- Tigerlily & Gwendolyn the Duchess. Mouse- Henry Hart.
College: San Francisco State, currently studying Neurotherapy.
Interests: People’s brains, English tea, nice denim, comedian Russell Brand, and reality TV.
Trivia: Perri is a prominent fixture in downtown Pleasanton! She occasionally fills in at Me and Emmi, an upscale women’s boutique on Main Street, and she also models for Thriving Ink, an artistic and fashionable T-shirt shop located around the corner from Murphy’s Paw. If Main Street ever institutes a Walk of Fame, our own Perri will surely be immortalized!

Stop by Murphy’s Paw sometime and say hello to Perri!