Our Staff

• Brad Rutledge , Practice Owner

  
  Joined team: January 2, 1985 (Original Owner)
  Pets: Chase (Golden Retriever), Peco and Stray (both Chihuahuas), John (Mastiff), B.C., Li-Li, Timmie, and Callie (all domestic short haired cats).
  Hobbies: I enjoy watching (and some playing) sports, especially when my children are playing. I especially love spending time with my family and church and related activities.
  Favorite thing about job: I love the relationships with the pets and their families that develop over time and doing all that we can to help pets live healthy happy lives.
  Favorite hospital memory: I remember a young dog we nick-named "Rocky" that would eat anything that a 3 year old boy in the family would throw into his dog lot. One day the owner brought "Rocky" in because he had eaten some stones that his little friend had thrown to him. Fortunately, "Rocky" did well in surgery and recovered quickly after we removed 37 stones from his stomach. Now that was a loyal dog!

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• Kimberly Ball , Associate Veterinarian, DVM

  
  

  Joined team: January 2008 (part-time) March 2008 (full-time) to present
  Pets: Cats:  Serria, Baxter, Rufus, Jack, Cassy, Callie, and Misty; Dogs:  Marlie, Dixie, Princess, Jake, Emma, Scout,  Fostering:  Chester
  Hobbies: Painting, Reading, Cooking
  Favorite thing about job: I love saving animals lives and making a positive difference in the owner's life.  I also love the flexibility that I have with this career being able to balance work and my family life. I believe that being a veterinarian is my purpose in life.
  Motto:  There is always room for one more pet!

   

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• Christina Mobley , Associate Veterinarian, DVM

  
  Joined team: November 29, 2004
  Pets: Honey - Greyhound, Penelopee - Miniature Schnauzer, Sugar Baby - Doberman Pinscher
  Hobbies: traveling, movies, swimming, spending time with my pets, family, and friends
  Favorite thing about job: puppy and kitten kisses
  Favorite hospital memory: A 185 pound Mastiff was not able to be kept on a leash well and I was pulled (dragged) throughout the entire 3,000 square feet of the practice before anyone could get a grip to hold him down. Moral of the story: Let go of the leash!!!!

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• Ann Prior , Associate Veterinarian, DVM

  
  Joined team: June 2004
  Pets: Jetta, Skye, and Bones (all 3 rescued border collies); Canyon and Dora (cats)
  Hobbies: Spending time with my family, reading, enjoying the great outdoors
  Favorite thing about job: Making critters and their owners feel better

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• Tim Ulrich , Associate Veterinarian, DVM

  
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• Jane Brewer , Office Manager

  
  Joined team: February 9, 1989.
  Pets: Brittany Spaniel named "Blair" and a Beagle named "Soapie."
  Hobbies: sewing, reading, spending time with Josh and Mary Kate (grandchildren), Civil War Re-enacting, and Living Histories.
  Favorite thing about job: My co-workers and meeting clients and their pets.
  Favorite hospital memory: Adopting a Pomeranian that was a rescue from Hurricane Hugo in 1989. I came in to work several days after Hugo hit and a client brought in a dog she had found in her yard. She said she really could not keep him, so, I took him home with me. It was love at first sight. We named him Rusty because of his reddish coat. Rusty died about 10 years later. I can still remember the 1st time I found him on my bed. He was on his back with his head on my pillow and looked "quite at home and comfortable."

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• Karen Lyall , Client Care Coordinator

  
  Joined team: September 1, 1992.
  Pets: Otis, Ellie, Annah, Annie, English, Emma, and Christine.
  Hobbies: Reading, Painting, Crafts.
  Favorite thing about job: Building a relationship with the clients and loving their pets.
  Favorite hospital memory: Showing up for a normal work day and going home a mom.

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• Dee Dee Carpenter

  
  Joined team: October 2004.
  Pets: Diamond, a Jack Russell; Maddie, a Shih Tzu
  Hobbies: Camping, going to the mountains, spending time with my family: husband Ray and daughter Taylor.
  Favorite thing about job: The clients and their pets. It's so exciting to watch the pets grow and learn.
  Favorite hospital memory: Getting to meet a dapple Dachshund named Shelby and watching her grow.

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• Debbie Booker , Hospital Care Coordinator

  
  Joined team: August 1996.
  Pets: MacRowdy, MacSarah, MacWinnie, MacKenzie - all West Highland Terriers
  Hobbies: Reading, collecting "Westie" greeting cards
  Favorite thing about job: Getting to know the clients and their animals
  Favorite hospital memory: Having someone bring in a "Westie" that needed a home

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• Jackie Martin , Tech Supervisor

  
  Joined team: January 2006
  Pets: Rosalina, a rescued lab-mix and Leo, a blue-crowned conure.
  Hobbies: Reading, painting, art, music festivals, going out to the lake or the beach, the mountains, and spending time with my daughter.
  Favorite thing about job: Meeting new people and taking care of their pets.
  Favorite hospital memory: I don't have a specific "favorite" memory, but I remember assisting with a caesarian section on a Lab. Helping those tiny little puppies take their first breath was very rewarding.

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• Kimberly Bayard , Tech Supervisor & Training Coordinator

  
  Joined team: October 2001
  Pets: Moses-Pointer Mix, Reba-Chow Chow, Max-Siamese, Oscar-Grey Tabby.
  Hobbies: Traveling, crocodile wrestling, live music, volcano lugging, being outdoors, base jumping, and loving my animals.
  Favorite thing about job: Helping sick animals get better.
  Favorite hospital memory: The day Moses was brought to me. He was about 8 weeks old and came in to be euthanized because he had demodex (mange). Poor little guy did not have a single hair on his body. He was found in somebody's barn and could not be taken care of. So I took him; got his skin cleared up now he is a very handsome 67 pound lap dog who is loved very much.

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• Kristy Benge

  
  Joined team: July 2010
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• Amy Feimster

  
  

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• Susan Tippett

  
  

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