Sue spent 40 years at major universities teaching future physicians and veterinarians and conducting research involving nerve and muscle. She combines her expertise in holistic animal care methodologies with extensive scientific understanding of neuromuscular structure and function to practice and teach Holistic Touch Therapy canine massage and acupressure. Through the years, Sue has taught a variety of classes including comparative anatomy, anatomy & physiology, biology and genetics to undergraduate, veterinary and medical students.

An expert in animal massage and acupressure, she is also certified in canine and equine Healing Touch, the Bowen technique and Reiki. Due to her expert status as teacher and practitioner of alternative animal healthcare methods, Sue has been interviewed and featured in Prevention Magazine, Dog Fancy, Cat Nip and Cat Fancy magazines.

Sue shares her home and life with the Wolfchase pack of Irish Wolfhounds who allow her

ample opportunity to practice canine massage and acupressure. The dogs are also eager participants in her Holistic Touch Therapy canine massage and acupressure classes. Members of the Wolfchase pack appear in Animal Planet's Breed All About It: The Irish Wolfhound and are frequently seen with Sue in AKC conformation shows.

An accomplished author, Sue has numerous scientific and trade articles and books to her credit including articles in The Whole Dog Journal, Clean Run, Equine Athlete, Horse Illustrated and The Illinois Horse Network. Sue is also well known in the book-publishing arena. Her goal in writing Balance Your Dog: Canine Massage (Wolfchase Publishing, 2003) was to share techniques to balance the canine body, mind, and spirit. She also authored Turning Point: The Myths and Realities of Menopause (Oxford University Press, 1995; Japanese translation also available) and co-edited Fifth Sunday (St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 1996) and Freeze-fracture: Techniques, Artifacts, and Interpretations (Raven Press, 1979).

Sue's professional memberships include Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA), Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN), Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA), Centennial Pens and Publishers, Irish Wolfhound Club of America, Rocky Mountain Irish Wolfhound Association, the Irish Wolfhound Association of the Mid-South, Society for Neuroscience, and American Society for Cell Biology.