09/08/2025
🐾 Meet 🐾 Ryan | Pets, Pride, and Cherries Without Pits
Ryan’s family always loved pets. He had a bunch of them growing up. Too many to count. Well, maybe too many for him to count - he confesses that he was never any good at math; “They brought a lot of love into our house and that was always a part of my world, so when an opportunity to work at VCA Canada came up, it was a no-brainer. It wasn’t my first career thought, because I thought there was going to be a lot of math and sciences. I was worried I wouldn’t understand that side of it. But when I got here I found out that pets don’t care. In a lot of roles, it’s more important to be good at loving things than it is to be good at math.”
Ryan found his stride at VCA Canada; "Here you can just come as you are. You are just you. And we are here for every walk of life. We have a Pride flag and a sign on our door that says "We are all welcome". Pets have a way of teaching you all you need to know about unconditional love.”
In 2018, Ryan helped launch our first Pride booth in Toronto, volunteering without hesitation. Handing out treats and giving the animals all the love they deserve, he helped transform a corporate event into genuine community outreach. That spirit carried us across Canada from Saskatoon to Victoria, London, Ottawa, and Calgary Pride, growing stronger and stronger each year.
HIs enthusiasm is remarkable. He says his Mom used to describe him as a bowl of cherries with no pits. So he has made it his goal to take pits out of cherries, wherever he goes. Always asking himself “How do I make their day better? It could be a pet. Could be a client. Could be a co-worker. Could be anybody.” Well Ryan, we did the math and having you as a part of the team is a huge, huge plus.
At , we believe that pets love unconditionally, and so should we. We strive to be a safe, welcoming space for everyone, always. 💙
