The Team

Hey fellow pup enthusiasts!  I’m Ryan, a manager here at Happy Mailman.  I’ve been surrounded by dogs my whole life, and I certainly don’t see that changing anytime in the foreseeable future!  

 

I grew up in Dallas, where my mom decided to volunteer at a Golden Retriever Rescue when I was a child.   We very quickly began fostering… Our rule was supposed to be one dog at a time, but my Mom’s enormous heart almost immediately overpowered all logical reasoning.  We would have anywhere between 4-6 fosters at any given time.  Not only would we foster, but we would adopt!  Over the course of 10 years, we adopted 6 dogs, and fostered at least 100.  And I bet you can guess whose job it was to take care of, train and pick up after these doggos?  That’s right, you’re lookin’ at him!

 

Because we would cycle through new dogs throughout the year, always finding new homes for these wonderful animals, I got a lot of hands-on experience with pups of all temperaments, sizes, and ages!  Despite it being a “Golden Retriever” rescue, there was a large variety of breeds that we would take in, due to the sheer volume of homeless, neglected and abused dogs in the Dallas Metropolitan area.  

 

This job truly is a dream for me; hanging out with well-behaved pups all day and seeing the joy in our clients’ faces when we do a great job… it’s truly hard to have a bad day while working here!  I often will find myself missing the pups here on my days off, but to pass the time I like to explore the city with my girlfriend, make music, and spend time outdoors