| Veterinary medicine has a long history in the village of
Tavistock. As early as 1883, a veterinarian Wm. Steel was practicing
from his location at Lot 24 conc. 15 North Easthope. The earliest
"horse doctor" in Tavistock was Dr Philip Herold. He maintained his
barns at the corner of Jacob and Woodstock St N. Dr George Burton
graduated from OVC in 1937. We consider Dr Burton as the founder of
our practice. He practiced with Dr Herold for 1 year after
graduation and then set up his own business in the Baechlor block in
1938. In 1947 he built a new home and office at 90 Hope St E. from
this location he and his wife Gert provided excellent dedicated
service to the community and surrounding area until his retirement
in 1977.
During this span of 40 years other associates who worked with Dr.
Burton were Dr Tom Melady, Dr Dick Tenbergen and Walter Schultz. In
1977 Dr Burton sold the practice and property to Dr Bruce Robb. In
1978 Dr John Chesney joined the practice. Two years later (1980) Dr
Wayne Shewfelt became the third member of the practice. The practice
progressed as a 3 person practice until 1988 when Dr Robb resigned
and Dr Allister Scorgie joined the practice.
The clinic location was moved to our present location at 25 Hope
St in 1982. At that time the building used one side of the
residential duplex while tenants occupied the other. In 1984 the
practice utilized the entire building and in 1989 the practice
purchased the Hickson property thus providing our second location.
In the same year Dr. Westlake joined our large animal contingent. Dr
Paul Hause joined the practice in 1997 to work with the small animal
clients.
Our support staff has increased proportionately with the complement
of veterinarians to maintain our high standards of service
excellence.
In January, 2004 Tavistock Veterinarians in partnership
with Dr. Heather Carey opened up Laurelwood Veterinary Hospital in
Waterloo, ON.
In 2006 Tavistock Veterinarians took over the large animal
portion of Thamesford (Bannerroad) clinic. We continue to provide
service to these clientele. Dr. Dave Pedon the previous owner of the
Thamesford clinic now works with us part time. Dr. Chris Church
joined as a practice partner in the year 2006. In April 2008 Tavistock Veterinarians in partnership
with Dr. Rebecca Ricker opened up Baden Veterinary Hospital in
Baden, ON. On January 1, 2009 Dr. Chris Hutchison joined as a
business partner at Tavistock Veterinarians. |
