Cindy was raised by her grandmother who had a very successful business boarding, training & breeding dogs, knowledge of which she used during her working life, training dogs for security in Barbados and later Dog Warden in the UK. Little did she know that her childhood pipe-cleaner dog shows and talent of art and crafts, would be the basis of her work today. Serious illness and sepsis was to be the start of Cindy's needle felting journey, needing something to occupy her slow recovery, self taught Cindy has become world class in this addictive craft, naturally specialising in breeds of dog.