06/12/2026
Team Feature Friday: Arabelle Walik
Born and raised right here in Nevada County, growing up in a home that revolved around dogs, livestock, 4-H, and FFA, Arabelle has been an animal lover from a very early age. She grew up helping her parents breed and train English Springer Spaniels for field work, while also raising and showing horses, dairy goats, chickens, and market hogs. After raising a Guide Dog for the Blind through FFA, she expanded her experience further by working with a canine behaviorist, specializing in handling and rehabilitating aggressive and registered potentially dangerous dogs.
Arabelle found her way to Sirius Canine in 2018 and for the last 8 years has excelled in every aspect of the role since. Under Bridgett’s mentorship, she has continued to grow professionally and is now managing office operations, as vice president and co-owner of the Sirius corporation. She and Bridgett love to brainstorm new ways to improve and new reproductive technology to bring in, even going so far as to assist scientists in Spain with developing a new AI semen evaluation robot that is not yet in the canine market. Over the years, she has become a master of the transcervical insemination technique; one she has gone on to teach to many who have joined the team after her. In addition to her other responsibilities, she has spent the past six years working alongside Bridgett in the export department, overseeing the European countries within Sirius’s export operations.
Arabelle is currently pursuing her Registered Veterinary Technician license, with plans to specialize in Veterinary Reproduction and become NAVTA certified in Theriogenology. She is dedicated to making every process as smooth and straightforward as possible for Sirius clients. She finds great joy in meeting the wide variety of dogs that come through the door and playing a role in improving so many breeds. She takes great pride in helping so many breeders obtain their breeding goals. She is especially passionate about tackling challenging reproductive cases and helping clients achieve outcomes that once seemed impossible.
Outside of work, Arabelle enjoys gardening, preparing her Arabian Neko for future LD endurance rides, and exploring the outdoors with her husband, her daughter, her Golden Retriever Scorpio, and her English Springer Spaniel Tater Tot.