About Us

Melissa came to Animal Land with tons of pet experience. She has worked with pets since 1982 and believes it is her life calling . She resides in Wendell NC and loves traveling and spending time with her daughter and husband. Currently she has 3 rescue dogs Snowy, Loki and Rocket.

Janie has trained dogs for many years with an emphasis on behavioral issues. She also has owned and operated a pet sitting business in Nashville, TN. Janie is an avid hiker and has hiked trails in 48 States! She resides in Nashville, TN with her dog Dixie.

Jackie grew up in a house full of dogs and horses. Before managing Animal Land she managed a tack store that specialized in products for dogs and horses. Jackie now resides in Winter Park, Florida with her husband, daughter, and two rescue pitbulls Rillo and Tego.

Marc Morrison started Animal Land in 1999. He has been an animal lover all his life and currently has 2 dogs, Rex and Pebbles, a cat, Patchy and two tanks of fish which he enjoys with his wife Katherine and daughters Alana and Lila.

Before joining Animal Land, Barbara was a “horse show” mom and has raised two animal loving daughters. Barbara currently has three fury kids, a chihuahua named Bridget and two chi-weenies named Doxie and Palin. Barbara lives in Apopka, FL with her husband.

Jennifer has been working with all animals and pets her entire life, and currently enjoys fostering German Shorthaired Pointers and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.  Another former “horse show mom”, she is a proud parent of her Georgia Southern University student, Taylor Grayce.  Jennifer and her husband, Brad, enjoying traveling and splitting their time between the north Georgia mountains, and the Florida beaches with their GSP, Jade.

Alena Mason Cochrane, owned a photography studio for the last 18 yrs.before joining Animal Land.  Growing upon a small farm in Ohio created her love for animals and photography.  “As a little girl growing up in the country, their was not many people around so I used to train my animals to pose for pictures!”  Over the years, she also has fostered and trained many dogs for local shelters, to find them forever homes.  Alena loves spending time with her 20 yr old daughter and traveling to new paces with her husband.  She creates time each day to train and walk with “the love of her life”, her German Shepherd, Avi and enjoys evenings snuggling with her cats while watching a good movie.

In addition to her work with Animal Land, Sunni Duke enjoys showing her horse, “Katy Jo” across the country in her spare time and is a two time World Champion.  Sunni works at our corporate office and resides in Oxford, GA with her husband, two Dachshunds, “Nanna” and “Beanie” and rescued schnauzer mix, “Lucky Dog”.

Beth Hendry is a Senior Personal Move Counselor with more than 10 years of helping move a wide variety of animals both Internationally and Domestically. Prior to her work with Animal Land, she developed and refined her exceptional approach to customer service during her years in high-end fashion retail management. Animals have always been an important part of her life, having been blessed with the companionship of dogs, cats, and most recently, their first fish! Beth resides in Flowery Branch, GA with her husband Jim and children Katherine and James.

Dana is our Senior International Pesonal Move Counselor with over 15 years of experience.  She is an avid runner and tri competitor.   She resides in Smith Mountain Lake Virginia with her husband of 12 years and 2 active boys. She balances her male dominated human house with an all female pet clan; 2 Boxers Raya and Pippin and her feral cat Kingston.