Janet Asher

Title: Associate Broker
Location: North Guadalupe Office (Santa Fe)

Office: (505) 982-6162
Cell: (505) 795-1267
Fax: (505) 982-6365
Email: jasher@prudentialsantafe.com

Bio

For 25-year Santa Fe resident Janet Asher, matching clients with homes is as much an adventure as her endeavors as a river guide, a teacher, a small business owner and a parent. After completing a Bachelor’s degree in Art, Education and Dance from the University of Denver, she obtained certification to teach Montessori school. She moved to Santa Fe and began her 13-year teaching career. Here she started a family and began to explore and fall in love with New Mexico’s stunning wilderness. Janet’s love for the outdoors led her to the river, where since 1992 she and her husband, Jon, have guided rafting and overnight trips for visitors, families, and school groups. Ten years later, the couple decided to go into retail. As an outdoor gear retailer, Janet has strived to understand each customer’s needs. “The same rule applies in real estate,” she says. “Listen well, recognize that everyone is unique, and know that finding the right home takes creativity.
In her free time, Janet can be found exploring mountains and rivers with her yellow lab, Rio, as well as gardening, practicing yoga, and spending time at home with her family. She is a proud contributor to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter, Charter School 37 and Forest Guardians.
Janet’s life in Santa Fe is dedicated to community building, helping others to connect with nature, and contributing to causes that further the preservation of the New Mexico landscape. Guiding you in the search for the home of your dreams is simply an extension of this passion.

116 Rito Guicu SOLD!

Ever wonder why some people think its ok to let their dog poop anywhere and just move on without even attempting to dispose of it?
Rio and I do. There are trails and parks covered with the stuff. Particularly when its cold, people let their pet poop and run. If you are a dog owner and I am getting to you about this stuff, listen, its never too late to “do the right thing”. Dog poop and water systems don’t mix. As the Spring thaw begins, it’s time to pick it up while its still frozen. But what to pick it up with. Don’t even think about using more plastic unless its biodegradable. Here are some statistics about those “recycled plastic bags”.
100 billion are dispensed to Americans
12 billion barrels of oil are used to produce them
1000 years to break down
Standard plastic bags don’t degrade, they photodegrade, which means they break down into even smaller pieces that enter the soil and water as well as the food chain, killing birds and marine animals by entagling them or clogging their intestines.
Let’s face it they have despoiled even the wild places on this planet. Use cloth bags when shopping and make sure that the bags you use to pick up your dog’s poop are truely green biodegradable bags such as Scoopies.
This Earth Day do something for the environment and help pick up poop! For information about sponsored events in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area email us at Wild Mountain Online

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” Albert Camus

We played in the snow on Aspen Vista. Rio and his friend Mongo have fun wrestling. Check out our new pages on Myspace and Outdoorzy.com

As the holidays are upon us. We wish everyone and their dog a Happy Holiday and A Blessed New Year. We thank our animals for the unconditional love and light heartedness they bring to our lives. Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for your business and support of Wild Mountain Online. Jon, Janet, and Rio

Announcing the Grand Opening of the new Sangre De Cristo Mountain Works online store. Don’t forget to stock up on the Mushers Secret Wax available from Wild Mountain Online. Cheers!

    Don’t forget to send in your funny dog pictures. Wild Mountain Online is holding a contest to see who has the funniest dog photo in the WORLD. So send them in and keep laughing. We will lavish the winner with a new hemp collar and leash! Send them here!

    Announcing the premier of a new dog product at Wild Mountain Online. Hemp canvas and hemp corduroy collars and leashes from the Good Dog Company. Locally made in Colorado from hemp based materials, durable, soft, and antimicrobal. Earth friendly sustainable and biodegradable. Check it out here. Remember Bo says Reduce Reuse Recycle.

    I can’t believe that we only closed the retail store a month ago. It seems like an eternity. What are we up to? www.wildmountainonline.com has turned into an online store for dogs that walk their people. There are a few things for people, really. Jon is pursuing his love of guiding. Janet is finding homes for people at Santa Fe Properties Cheers to all that read our blog!

    We like to procrastinate. I will get up right after the next email or commercial. It’s that face that looks imploringly at me. The eyes are so bright and eager. It forces me to put on my coat and shoes no matter what time of day or night, good weather or bad. Once launched through the door and into the street, I begin to sense the feeling of joy that only comes from movement. The world comes alive and takes me out of my head. I am beginning to truly understand the Zen of dog walking.

v     I walk for no reason and neither does the dog. The benefits inherent are simple. Healthy exercise: It’s like having a personal trainer setting the pace.

v     Improved outlook: No matter how tangled up in my head, my dog walk can set me free.

v     Social interaction: I would not say hello or carry on a conversation with strangers unless my dog made me do it.

    So let’s talk about what one needs to participate in this activity; actually nothing special. Of course we can spend a million dollars on this activity or nothing. That is why many people are attracted to it. No need for oxygen tanks and Sherpas or scuba gear. Just comfortable shoes and a leash (for the dog of course) .Here is just the short list for this activity.

Dog

Dog collar and leash

Hat

Sunglasses

Headlamp for night walking

Safety vest for dog

Drinking water for you and the dog

Collapsible dog bowl

Cooling bandanas for the heat

Dog coat and booties for the winter

Paw wax for sore paws, ice and snow, hot pavement

Small daypack to carry all this stuff

Stun gun or pepper spray to stop hostile dog attacks

A lawyer to defend you against hostile dog owner attacks

Therapist to help process the dog walking trauma

    Evidently, any level of participation could require all or none of the above. So, take it from me, dog walking produces a lasting bond between you, your dog, and the known world.

    We are transforming our ideas and dreams into the best dog store in cyberspace. We will be taking whole chunks out of wildmountainonline and replacing them with new beginnings. There is a whole universe that awaits our journey of discovery. And yes grasshopper, there will be treats.