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CNBNews Editor's Note: I can imagine the pride and joy that Allie Darrow must have felt when "New Jersey’s Dog Whisperer" article was featured in Jersey Magazine, highlighting her passion for dogs. Allie, the wife of Austin Darrow, a longstanding resident of Brooklawn, was the main focus of the story. The author, John Kellmayer, is the former superintendent of the Brooklawn School District.

Below is an excerpt from that article, with a link to the full story:

New Jersey’s Dog Whisperer

                                                             By John Kellmayer*

 

Allie Darrow, a twenty-eight-year-old newlywed from Deptford, New Jersey, seems to have a special gift in communicating with dogs.  Darrow holds a doctorate in Behavioral Health Management  and works as a

Allie Darrow

compliance administrator at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Darrow speaks about dogs with the enthusiasm of a child on Christmas morning. She and husband, Austin Darrow , who drives for Federal Express,  have five dogs, two that they are fostering and three of their own. She is delighted and intrigued by their  dogs, who every day remind her thar the world is full of surprises.

 At first glance Darrow , who has brown hair and green eyes and  is quick to smile, seems like the prototype of the successful young female professional.  But look deeper and ask about her hobbies. After some hesitation, she says, “Aside from my dogs, I don’t really have any hobbies.” She pauses, as if searching for an thought, then says, “ I like to cook.” 

 

Darrow grew up in Ocean City. New Jersey, where in high school she volunteered to work at an animal shelter. It was there that Darrow met her first love, a  yellow Labrador whom she adopted and named Remy.  While volunteering at the shelter, Darrow discovered that she had a talent for nurturing sick and traumatized dogs .  She seemed to experience a profound communion with the dogs. 

 

 After completing college, she began to volunteer with an organization that rescued dogs from puppy mills.  From that point on, Darrow’s life has literally gone to the dogs. But there is nothing pejorative about this description. Darrow and husband Austin love their five dogs. One of the dogs is  Sunny, who was a breeder dog rescued from a mill.

 The full article with photos can be found here.