Canobolas Family Pet Hospital / Geoff Freeth

Geoff Freeth

Geoff grew up around Goulburn and Oberon where his family had sheep and beef cattle properties. He spent his teenage years working in shearing sheds, helping out at dog trials, mucking around with horses, playing cricket and the cello (though not all at the same time) and going to school with Lisa Brisbane's husband, Stuart.

He graduated from Veterinary Science in 1991 from Sydney University with first class honours.

Geoff moved to Cowra in mixed practice working mainly with large animals, much of it horse stud work. The late nights involved in such work in combination with his growing family (he has four boys), led him to develop an interest in small animal surgery. In 1997 he obtained a membership of the Australia College of Veterinary Scientists by examination in surgery under the tutelage of Glenn Edwards, Professor of Surgery at Melbourne University.

Moving to Orange allowed him to develop a larger surgical caseload through referrals from other practices in the district. Geoff also has a Masters degree in veterinary studies from Murdoch University in Perth. He has done post graduate courses in emergency and critical care and surgery.

His current veterinary interests include oncology, orthopedics and ultrasonography. Geoff has written for Dog's Life magazine, appeared on Animal Hospital and is the resident vet on ABC radio central west every Wednesday morning.

Early 2011 Geoff took a little time off from routine duties at the clinic to study and bring to Orange stem cell therapy for arthritis in dogs and undergo training with specialist surgeon, Geoff Robins in Queensland in an advanced method of cruciate ligament repair called a TTO.

Geoff is currently enrolled in a second Masters degree, this one through Massey University in New Zealand. When completed he will have a Master of Veterinary Surgery.

His partner, Yvette, who is now a civil engineer in Bathurst, spent much of her early working like studying dairy cattle production and physiology and animal welfare with CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture as well as having extensive experience with Australian reptiles and has been an assistant in tracking frogs in the Rainforest.

At their home at Spring Hill they have Sari (Dingo), Lindsay (Ridgeback), Meg and Jackson who are both Kelpies, along with Sebastion the Burmese cat who meows at 4 oclock in the morning, vomits on the carpet and misses the litter tray and a Childrens Python. They also breed Palamino and buckskin Quarterhorses. And of course, Lewis, Oliver, William and Arthur, the four boys.

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