Hi there, sit on down and let’s have a chat! The person responsible for this web site has asked me to write an introduction to myself. I was schooled in Mt Isa and graduated as a vet from Queensland Uni in 1974 (and that is a long time ago). I left uni with a bottle of penicillin in the back pocket, a stethoscope around my neck and a book on animal diseases in my hand. One of the problems is that I was not given that magic wand that fixes all diseases that other vets seem to have (especially TV vets). I set off into the world to save animals and to have a few laughs on the way. To some degree I have achieved both of these I have saved some animals (and lost others) and have had a lot of laughs (and a few cries) in the journey of my professional life.

I worked for some time in the dairy areas of Victoria before moving into the beef areas of the Far North of Queensland where to drive 200km to see a sick beast was common and most of the roads were dirt. Many an adventure was had in this period where veterinary science was young and inexperienced, I was young and inexperienced and the people who lived in the area were forgiving and wonderful down-to-earth types. The facilities I had to work in were rough and make-shift and most of the animals had to fend for themselves after the initial treatment (mainly because there was no chance of ever getting the beasts back into the yard after the first treatment most animals only saw a human once a year and were in no way tame or quiet).

From there I moved to Kingaroy and established a large and small animal practice. It was in this area that I developed a love of horse work to complement the love I already had for cattle and small animal veterinary science. Here I became the attending vet to 42 horse studs (of varying sizes) as well as attending the horse work for 8 racing stables. But times change and with the advent of a personal health crisis I was forced to leave Kingaroy and after a period of health rejuvenation I ended up in Bundaberg.

I then made a professional life-changing decision I decided that my professional life should be centered around the treatment of dogs and cats. I have spent some time attaining higher degrees in the diagnosis and treatment of these animals. Two of these degrees are MACVSc in Internal Medicine of dogs and cats. The profession has changed dramatically from the days when I graduated. It has gone from a commercial animal oriented profession to a preventative small animal oriented profession. It has changed from a profession who mainly reacted to a problem to a profession that is proactive with the owners to prevent problems before they occur. Now we use the latest in blood testing equipment, powerful x-rays, fibre optics etc to make a diagnosis and we use the latest information in the treatment of animals.