Alsager Vets4Pets

After graduating with distinction from the University of Liverpool in 2012, I worked in mixed practice for six years before moving to companion animal practice.

I have a particular interest in chronic pain management and arthritis and I have been a qualified acupuncturist since 2014.

At home, I have two cats called Crumble and Bluebell. In my free time I enjoy going for walks in the local countryside.

I joined Alsager in Feb 2021 and look forward to becoming a familiar face (albeit behind a mask for the foreseeable!).

I secured my first job in a veterinary practice at the age of 14 years old when after a two week work experience placement I was offered the opportunity to work as an animal care assistant after school, at weekends and during school holidays. This lead to me qualifying as a veterinary nurse from Rodbaston agricultural college in 1996.

I spent 2 years working at the PDSA in Stoke on Trent before travelling to New Zealand were I worked in a referral hospital in Auckland for a while then continued travelling around the country picking up work as I went including fruit picking, planting trees and working in a saw mill before finishing my travels in South East Asia.

On returning to the UK In 2000, I had various head nurse positions in practices in Lancaster, Biddulph and Congleton. During this time I also worked weekends at the local emergency out of hours clinic and eventually in 2014 accepted a position of head nurse there. In 2016 I came to the opportunity to open the practice here in Alsager and in August of that year we opened the doors for the first time.

My main interests are anything small animal but particularly enjoy wound management, radiography, anything surgical and very much enjoy nurse clinics which gives me the opportunity to get to know clients and to be involved in helping to keep their pets fit and healthy throughout their lives.

Hobbies - I'm a retired rugby player after 25 years but still very keen spectator. I enjoy fishing, walking our two dogs -  Bodhi a Hungarian Vizsla, and Fleur a three legged rescued German short haired pointer, reading, cooking, camping and anything else that involves me being outdoors.

I look forward to welcoming you and your pets here at Alsager.​

Having worked locally doing my nurse training, I then moved to a Staffordshire/Cheshire based small animal vets, where I worked for over 10 years, becoming a practice head nurse, with responsibilities across three of the branches. I enjoy all aspects of nursing but particularly nurse clinics, inpatient care and anaesthesia.

I own a Springer Spaniel, Oakley, who was a rescue with behavioural issues. This has given me a keen interest in animal behaviour. I am also a mum of 2, so I’m always on the go. In my free time I enjoy walking, swimming and spending quality time with family and friends.

I have been with the team since the day we opened and it has been lovely to see the practice grow from the ground up. I deal with the processing of insurance claims and the accounts as well as all of the day to day comings and goings from the front desk. At home I have a little boy called Cole, his best friend Lena, a Lab cross collie who I call my first born (she was hand reared from 13 days old and is a total princess!) I also have a bearded dragon named Gary. In my spare time I like to go exploring with Lena and Cole and also enjoy baking.

Working with animals has always been a passion of mine. From a young age I used to help out at my local pet shop and from there I started to walk the dogs on my estate which I loved. After high school I went on to ReaseHeath College to complete my NVQ in animal care, in hopes that one day I would start my veterinary nurse training.

I now have two sons Romone who is 7 years old and Rio who is 19months old, they both show great interest and love for animals. We have two dogs Fly who is a lurcher and Bolt who is a whippet and two cats Kol who is a black domestic shorthair and Elijah who is a tabby domestic shorthair.