Marie is the owner of Switchblade Creative Studios, a design and marketing agency that specializes in working with nonprofit organizations and socially responsible businesses. She also co-manages Small Club, a walking/boarding/daycare service. With Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, Marie volunteers as a foster caregiver, outreach member, and the team leader for marketing & design, and social media. For San Francisco Animal Care and Control, Marie offers support as an Animal Caregiver and provides Marketing and Social Media services.
Marie Macaspac's passion is an inspiration to many within Muttville Senior Dog Rescue and beyond. She gives her time & talent helping unwanted senior dogs find homes. By fostering more than 40 dogs in her own home as well as offering care and shelter for foster/hospice dogs whose end is near, Marie's heart is huge. Marie is a designer and is responsible for the accolades Muttville receives when our marketing efforts are noticed - Muttville's website, the design of Muttville's shirts, postcards/posters announcing an event, the concept for an event, and the design of the fast-growing Facebook page - these are just a few examples. She team leads the Marketing volunteers, overseeing video production, photography production, working with other people who give their marketing talents so that older dogs can be re-homed.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? A quiet sunny warm day surrounded by nature, either the beach or the woods, with a handful of my furry friends enjoying the day with me - my girl ocean blue and all of our fosters/friends.....strolling without a care in the world, just being free and happy...
If you could come back as a dog or a cat, which one would it be and why? probably a dog. Either a cattle dog or a shih tzu - or a cattle-shih tzu mix! i'd like to know what its like to be cute and cuddly, and equally smart and clever
What is your pets most treasured possession? my dog, ocean, who is an aussie, values most...being in school! yes, she absolutely loves to be in class. she values above all things learning new tricks and being helpful. I guess on that note, if she had to love a possession, she loves to wear her backpack! she carries muttville cards, my keys, her leash....and she feels like she is doing good and being helpful, which ultimately is what makes her happy.
Your proudest achievement so far? The first thing I think of is how much I love being a foster mom. I've proudly fostered over 40 dogs to date. Even when I think about it, I can't believe it! And along with that experience, I value so much what I have learned hospicing dogs with cancer. Even though it was heartbreaking when I lost Collette (read my story of collette), everything I learned about helping dogs with cancer is a gift, and I have since been able to offer guidance to other hospice parents, Muttville mutts, and doggy moms and dads with their cancer dogs.
Who are your heroes in real life? When I was 6 or 7, I loved James Herriot who wrote All Creatures Great and Small, and then when I was 10, I discovered Jane Goodall and I have been a fan ever since. I never dreamed that I would work side by side with anyone as amazing as them, and here I am today – working with Sherri Franklin, who has changed the future for thousands of senior dogs as a result of founding Muttville Senior Dog Rescue. I am in awe of all I have witnessed these last 5 years, and so honored to be a part of it.
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