Welcome to
Pet Paradise Winter Garden

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Dr. Bassett received his veterinary degree from Oklahoma State University in 2015. At OSU, he was the recipient of the Gentle Doctor Award, voted on by his veterinary school peers.

Raised in Oklahoma, he has also lived and worked in Virginia, where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology at George Mason University; Brazil, where he served a church mission for two years; and central Florida, where he has practiced as a veterinarian.

Dr. Bassett and his wife, Megan, have their hands full with three kids, and two wonderful pets! One goofy and fun Golden Retriever named Oakley, and a three-legged black cat, Boca.

A priority in his work with animals is strengthening the human-animal bond. He has a great passion for educating pet owners on how to best care for their furry family members. He is also professionally interested in diagnostic imaging, soft tissue surgery, ophthalmology, and client communication.

His hobbies are time with family, especially at Florida beaches, disc golf, and ultimate frisbee!

Deja has a pack of 3 dogs, Loki a Lab who is 7 years old, Calliope a Rottie who is 5 years old, and Leilani a Shepard mix who is a 2 years old. She also has a little black tabby who is one year old. In her spare time, she loves taking all 3 of them on hiking trails or going on some type of adventure. Now living in Florida she likes taking them to the beach to play.  She also enjoys taking photos and spending time with her friends and family.  Deja started working at the Pet Paradise Plano Custer location in 2016 as a receptionist. She was then crossed-trained to become a resort associate and made the decision to become a leader in July 2017 as a back of house supervisor and has worked her way up to being Assistant Manager in 2018. She fell in love with the dogs of course but also our Pet Paradise clients, and team members. Deja made the move to Florida in February 2019 to help open the brand new Winter Garden resort. Deja enjoys working in such a positive spontaneous environment and the dogs' personalities just add to it.

Victoria started working at Pet Paradise Sanford in May 2016 as a play time coordinator where she fell in love with all her new furry friends. She was then also cross trained as a resort associate and receptionist. She took a hiatus for two years to focus on school, finishing her Bachelors in Psychology at the University of Central Florida in 2019 with a focus in behavior. She then returned to Pet Paradise Sanford in March 2019 as an Manager-in-Training where she completed her training and was promoted to Assistant Manager at Pet Paradise Winter Garden. She has two fur babies of her own - a 5 year old Siberian Husky, Athena and a 1 year old German Shepherd, Aurora. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her fur babies, her friends and her family.  

Candi began her career with Pet Paradise as a receptionist on the opening crew of the Winter Garden location in spring of 2019.  With 15+ years experience in hospitality at our local theme parks,  combined with a huge passion and heart for animals, she knew from day one that this was the company she wanted to grow with. Before long, Candi became cross trained in all areas of the resort and became a supervisor. In January of 2020 she began our Manager-in-Training program and graduated to become Winter Garden's second assistant manager. Her favorite part of working for Pet Paradise is making connections with all the fur babies, especially the shy/nervous ones, and treating them as her own. In her free time, you can find Candi enjoying the outdoors with her husband, 2 human kids and 2 rescued fur babies. 

Omy graduated from Animal Behavior College in October 2017, and has been with us since November 2017. She has been in love with dogs for as long as she can remember and has three of her own: Levi, Amir, and Jerry, who all range in size from a chihuahua to a rottweiler. She has been nothing but a joy to have on our team, and our customers love the work she does! 

Olga spent her whole life dreaming about working with pets. Unfortunately, in Soviet Union, where she grew up, they did not have jobs with animals unless you worked for a circus. Little did she know, she was one step closer to that dream when her family immigrated to the United States in 1995. By 2000, she was learning to groom dogs and living the dream in Indiana. Her husband, son and her have been living in the West Orlando area since 2010. They have a Chihuahua named Layla and three cats: Kisa, Niva and Jada. In her free time, Olga enjoys rollercoasters, being in nature, yoga and weight lifting.