A Doggie Dream Fulfilled Dan’s Pet Care opens HQ in Manhasset

BY AMANDA OLSEN aolsen@antonmediagroup.com

North Shore local Dan Reitman has always had a passion for animals. From his earliest memories, he was learning about, and caring for, the living things in his life.

“When I was an infant, my parents had gotten our first dog Sasha and my dad used to put her in the crib with me and my mom was like, you don’t put a puppy in a crib with a baby,” Reitman said. “When I was in third grade, I wanted to build a reptile museum. (Whenever he encountered an animal) I had to name it, I had to try to have it as a pet.”

Besides an interest in animals, Reitman was also entrepreneurial, although he didn’t know what to call it that at the time. He used to buy candy in bulk in elementary school and then sell it at a profit to his peers. However, because his parents were both in the medical field, Reitman assumed he would become a doctor, and planned a career in medicine. Things went a little astray as he entered adolescence and went on to college. While learning was engaging, the structure of the formal classroom did not suit Reitman. Once he made the decision to leave, he needed to get a job. This landed him at Manhasset Animal Hospital. “I was thinking maybe it’ll be interesting going to vet school and ended up taking a job at the animal hospital and fell in love with it. I love being able to one just being around animals all day, but learning how to help to make them better. It was like this really cool problem solving. I love surgery, I think is the coolest thing in the world because it’s basically an organic puzzle. You’re trying to figure out where’s the problem? How do I fix the problem? I got a lot of hands-on experience working there, from assisting in surgeries, to helping with examinations, to cleaning the cages.”

Shortly after he began working at the animal hospital full-time, one of his co-workers see DAN’S PET CARE on page 12B

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