Isaac Imedi

I got into animal rehab by chance. I was working as a gardener for Dr Megan Kelly, who had an underwater treadmill at her rehab practice. She needed an assistant and offered me the job. I gained lots of experience during the two years I spent with her and when she closed her practice, Megan recommended me to Dawn at Animal Physical Rehab when her UWT first started up. I have been with Dawn ever since. With the two years I spent with Dr Megan and my last seven years with Dawn, I actually have the most UWT experience of anybody at APR.

I love my job because I didn’t grow up around animals, especially dogs, which are not common pets in Malawi where I am from. I know the patients well and I really enjoy working with people’s pets.

I don’t have any animals of my own at the moment, but if I could, I would like to have a dog and I would probably choose a Staffie, because they are nice and strong looking. I do have my favourite patients, one very smiley Boxer in particular, but I am very fond of all the dogs and cats that I work with. They are all very special.