Cirencester Vets4Pets

I am the Senior Vet, Clinical Director and owner of Vets4Pets Cirencester. Since I was a little girl I was fascinated by veterinary medicine and as soon as I could, I started helping out, after school, in my local small animal vet practice. There was no doubt that I would study veterinary medicine and in 2001 I graduated from university whilst working passionately in small animal hospitals. In 2009 I married my English husband, who served in the British Army based in Germany, and soon after we moved back to England. Since then I have worked in several different small animal surgeries from Cambridge in the East, to Winchester and on to Poole on the South Coast, in line with 2 yearly Army postings. Finally we are able to settle down and I am so happy that I get the chance to fulfil my dream of leading my own team & vet practice. At home I am always busy helping out on the family farm as much as I can and I am needed – changing from small animal vet skills to large animal work. As I have no spare time, there isn’t much time out of work for hobbies but my 7 dogs, 4 cats, 50 chickens, 2 children and farming husband are my love and life and I enjoy just being at home and making it homely and nice.

I was born in Nicosia, Cyprus and qualified as a Vet in 2022, after graduating from the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest. I grew up with a lot of animals so ever since I was 4 years old I was sure I wanted to help them and become a veterinarian, no other job ever crossed my mind. Back home I have mixed Pekingese rescue named Freddie, he is a one-eyed treasure and he cannot go a day without the love of his life, Hoover my cat, who will check and try to eat everything in sight!

Having grown up surrounded by animals, I went to Nottingham University to become a vet. Graduating in 2014, I spent three years in general practice before pursuing a career in small animal dermatology. In 2021, I completed a postgraduate certificate (PgC) in Small Animal Dermatology, and in 2022 was awarded Advanced Practitioner Status by the RCVS.

I enjoy all aspects of dermatology, as well as geriatric and feline medicine. Outside of my work at Vets4Pets, I also work as a clinical dermatologist at Vale Referrals and with the Guide Dogs.

I was born and studied in sunny South Africa and moved to the UK in 2019.

Being a vet was something I wanted to be for as long as I can remember. I loved my student years and I absolutely love the job. I live with my husband and a very cheeky cat, called Lily who rules the roost!

I qualified in 1987 and started at Vets4Pets Cirencester in May 2015. I love working with cats, especially the 'difficult' ones. I gained over the years a diploma in feline advanced diploma, due to my involvement in that area I have three wonderful rescue cats, Franklyn and Gwendolyn. Both of them have a tail to tell on how they came to be with me. But to do the dog world justice I have as well and active Jack Russell Terrier, Miona. I hand reared her after her mum was too sick to take her on. Please come and see me in the nurse clinics. I am always on the other end of the phone for you for advice or consults to go into your pets behaviour.

I started working at Vets4pets Cirencester in February 2019 after completing a level 3 diploma in Animal management at Cirencester college. In September 2020 I started studying at Bath College to become a Veterinary Nurse and will qualify in 2022/2023. I have always loved working with animals, especially dogs and I am particularly interested in training. In my spare time I enjoy training and walking my 2 French Bulldogs, Oakley and Bear and spending time with my friends and family.

I joined the team in December 2021 as an Animal Nursing Assistant after working as a receptionist at our emergency out of hours provider Vets Now in Swindon. Since joining the team I have now started my Nurse training in which I will be qualifying in 2024. In my free time I enjoy all things horsey and spending time with my dog Nelly.

I qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1993 and have worked in various veterinary practices ever since. I have also gained an additional certificate in practice management and administration, so I now work mainly behind the scenes helping out with some of the day to day admin tasks including payroll, health & safety, invoicing and processing insurance claims.

I have a very active border terrier at home so I spend most of my spare time with him enjoying long walks, fun agility and dog trick training.

I have always had a love for animals, so working for a vets was always a dream of mine. I have 3 dogs at home, a stubborn golden retriever called Odie, a Romanian rescue called Willow and a crazy cockapoo puppy called Daisy. Willow is half human half dog, she loves to get in your arms and be cuddled like a baby whereas Odie would rather be by himself or near the food and you will find Daisy digging holes in the garden and doing zoomies. As well as these three dogs, we also foster dogs for a rescue centre based in Wales called Many Tears Animal Rescue, this means that the two dogs always have different dogs to play with and teach to love humans and how to be a pet. 

My family have always had a ridiculous amount of pets in the home so I've grown up with all sorts of animals. I previously worked in Pets at Home as a Pet Care Advisor and developed my knowledge and love of animals within the role before joining the lovely Cirencester Vets4Pets team in November 2021.

I have always had a huge passion for animals, making this the ideal career for me! I joined Vets4Pets Cirencester in May 2017, having previously worked for another veterinary practice in Cirencester. At home I currently live with 4 dogs, 2 kitty cats, a leopard tortoise, 3 chinchillas and my daughter who is a veterinary nurse. I expect in the future there will be more animals to come!