We are Justin, Sue and Tyler  Harvey - our company name is "Hoof'n It Limited". Hoof'n it was born when we purchased a small herd of beef cattle to farm on a local Dunedin property.   We added animal minding to the business in 2007, trading as Lifestyle Services .  Since then we have cared for many different animals, gained a massive amount of knowledge and met a huge number of fantastic people. We work pretty much all year round including Christmas Day and other public holidays.

Justin comes from a dairy farming background in the North Island. He has completed a doctorate at University of Otago and is now the Chief Technical officer (a scientist) at Pacific Edge Biotechnology Limited.

Sue is a through and through Dunedinite and works part time at a local Blueskin Bay company, Cargill Contracting Limited.  

And then there's Tyler who is really the key to this business.  He has learned a great set of animal handling and care skills from his hands on experience over 15 plus years.  Tyler has Down syndrome and struggles to speak clearly, but that isn't a problem when he's working with the animals.  He loves meeting our clients and the animals and loves his role in the business (especially big breakfast planning meetings).

We enjoy caring for animals and we know that it is heaps of work and time off can be hard to come by. It is not always possible to leave it to friends, neighbours or family to look after your pets and other animals when you need to be away from them - that is where we want to help, by looking after them as you would. Having our own animals (over the years we've had: cows, sheep, pigs, goats, chooks, cats and dogs, budgies, turkeys, pekin ducks...and fish) means we are aware of how regular checking can prevent losses and how nerve racking it can be to be away from them, especially when things like the weather can be really fickle.