Get to Know Our Veterinarians and Care Team

In 1992, he graduated from The Atlantic Veterinary College in PEI. From there he was given his first veterinary position at the Valley Veterinary Hospital in Fredericton, NB. The experience he received early in his career had two major influences on him. The first one was to work in a challenging and diverse environment that made him more efficient and knowledgeable. He learned how to work with various types of pets and their owners. The second and more important influence was Tammy, with whom he worked with at this first job. Tammy’s dedication towards work and passion for animals has helped in shaping Gordon’s life and career. In 1998, they decided it was time to go on their own and start their own veterinary practice. The Maritime Animal Hospital opened for business in April 1998 and has been going strong since then with an amazing team of dedicated people most of who have worked with them since almost the beginning. Gordon is very proud to have three beautiful children, two daughters named Jessica and Katie and one son named Bradley. He also has three cats and two dogs to fill his house.

She has been doing the same job for 27 years and not a single day has been the same. She is inspired by the deep connection that is seen between people and their furry companions. She feels rewarded when she can help a pet through an illness and back to good health.

Her fondest childhood memories are centred on a hobby farm where her grandfather taught her how to milk a cow and had her help deliver a calf. With all these childhood memories and a vision to become a veterinarian, she graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1987. Today, she and her husband have two wonderful children, a Bernese mountain dog, Lucy and Tina our cat.

Dr. Houle specializes in ultrasounds (abdominal, thoracic, soft tissue), as well as an emergency procedure. She also carries an avid interest in cardiology and oncology. In order to perform echocardiograms and manage cardiac patients, she has completed the Advanced Echocardiography Certification. Dr. Houle has vast knowledge in the field of chemotherapy and follows protocols established by board-certified oncologists. She enjoys hiking and camping with her husband and her miniature schnauzer Eddie during her time off.

After completing 8 years working there, she decided to travel and consider her career options. While in university, she discovered that she loved business. Later, she spent a year developing a business plan and deciding on the right location before they (she and her husband) opened the Maritime Animal Hospital in April of 1998.

The Vessey family shares their home with 3 amazing kids, Jessica, Katie and Bradley as well as 2 dogs and 3 cats.

She studied Animal Science at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College after graduating from high school. In April 2000, she started her work as a veterinary assistant in Maritime Animal Hospital. She enjoyed working in this challenging environment which involved many late night emergencies and a wealth of new information. Later, she was promoted to hospital manager. As she is very passionate about veterinary hospital management and overall client and patient communication, she still continues to attend a variety of programs including Dale Carnegie and the North American Veterinary Conference.

Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, hiking and spending time with her husband Philip and four children: Austin, Peyton, Riley and Kenzie. Her family also consists of a 13-year old cat named Macey, 30 or so laying hens and a lab mix puppy named Wally. She feels fortunate to be a part of such a fun loving, competent and caring team.

Amy lives in Moncton with her husband Marc, her son Olivier and her cat Baileys. She enjoys walking/running the nature trails, painting and doing crafts in her spare time. She loves her job as a Registered Veterinary Technician at Maritime Animal Hospital and she treats her co-workers as her extended family who are all dedicated and caring.

Since she started working here, she has rescued 2 dogs- Poppy (from the Moncton SPCA) and Penny (from the Fredericton SPCA who was part of a puppy mill seizure), 2 cats- Gemma (from a farm) and Milton (found under a truck in 30-degree weather).

In high school, she took part in co-op education where she worked at the SPCA for 4 months. From here, she made a decision to make a career caring for animals. She graduated from a veterinary Assistant program in 2004, and she worked at a clinic in Fredericton before joining Maritime Animal Hospital in 2005. She loves working here because of the people working around, the special relationships with the clients and most importantly, the animals. In her spare time, she chills with her husband Michael, little girl Brynn, dog Maggie and her two cats Jack and Biggs.

She studied animal science at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree. All her furry family members are rescue animals from various situations. Patches the calico cat, Buddy the shepherd mix, Kaness the Eskimo snow dog and the most recent addition to the family is Apollo the kitten.

After high school, she started volunteering at the local SPCA in Gander, NL. Since then, she worked at the Oromocto SPCA, Valley Veterinary Hospital in Fredericton and Ottawa Valley Veterinary Cooperation. In 2007, she moved back to the Maritimes and she has been working at Maritime Animal Hospital as a veterinary assistant since 2008.

She has a nine-year-old daughter Marina, who also loves animals, and her furry friends are her dog Trixie and her two cats Cayman and Cika (who are all rescues).

After 16 years as a Vet Assistant, she takes great pride in knowing the history of the pets, the names of the people walking in the door, what food they are picking up, who tells the best jokes and more. The people who visit the clinic with their pets are like her friends.

A year after graduating from high school, she entered the Veterinary Technician program at Oulton College. Luckily, she landed at Maritime Animal Hospital for training and she has been here ever since. She had to euthanize her own dog that was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. She remembers how wonderful the staff at the clinic were during her difficult time. That was the moment she decided to work with people who had her back during her difficulties. She has been in Maritime Animal Hospital since March of 2010, and her furry family consists of two cats Layla and Paige and a boxer named Sugar.

With love for medicine, she pursued a career in human medicine. Due to unforeseen circumstances, she had to leave that line of work and choose something that combined animals, people and medicine. Hence, in 2007 she started her job as a veterinary assistant in Maritime Animal Hospital and she has enjoyed every minute of her job.

She attended a veterinary technician program at Horizon College and graduated in 2002. Later she worked at a small animal clinic in Rothesay for the next three years before joining Maritime Animal Hospital’s team in 2010.

When she is not at work, she enjoys spending time with her husband, two young girls, three cats Fritzie, John and Mama Cat and their wonderful dogs Trevor and Wilson. She feels proud to be a part of this team and feels that no two days are the same.

She studied at Oulton College to become a veterinary assistant and followed her dreams out west to Canmore, AB. Currently, they have 2 small dogs (Bean and Maslow), 5 cats (Tess, Casper, Ali, Ollie and Raider), a turtle (Pickles) and a beautiful 60-gallon aquarium full of tropical fish.

Since she started this career, she has adopted a few dogs along the way. Mocha, a chocolate lab, Thunder and Mo, both senior black labs and Stella, a terrier mix from the SPCA. She started working at Maritime Animal Hospital in 2008 and she loves to help clients take care of their pets. Her favourite thing to do outside of work is spending time with family and friends and she also enjoys outdoor activities like camping, hiking and going to the beach.

She had made it a point to find an occupation that allowed her to work with animals. After completing her BSc at the University of Prince Edward Island in Environmental Biology, she continued her academic studies at Oulton College in Moncton, New Brunswick in the Veterinary Technician program. Later, she finished her tech school in 2018. She completed her on-the-job training at Maritime Animal Hospital and she was lucky enough to get an opportunity to continue with them into a career as a full time Registered Veterinary Technician. She is happy to be a part of such a wonderful team. Currently, she has two handsome tabby cats named Siegfried and Fenwick.