Our Staff

No Description Perri Hawke

Perri was born and bred in Orange and started working at the clinic 2007. She has a certificate 2 in animal studies and has completed certificate 4 in veterinary nursing. Perri went on a tour of England and Europe in the early part of 2009 and someday wishes to return. She has two very spoilt girls - a Ridgeback called Jess, and a Staffi called Freddie, who started out as a stray but found a home with Perri. She suffers from orthinophobia or a fear of birds.

Perri is one of the few veterinary nurses trained in harvesting and processing stem cells. in Australia.

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Kylie McDonald

Kylie has been at the clinic for 13 years as a nurse and now as the receptionist. She is famous for her racing Greyhounds and her success on the track has been through the dogs Princess Honcho and Awesome Partner. Originally from Orange, Kylie knows almost all our patient's and their owners (who needs a computer?).She is married to Wes and they have settled in Orange with the patter of little feet heard throughout the house. Mostly the four feet of her fifty or so greyhounds, but also daughter Chelsea who arrived in December 2007, Riley in February 2009 and Noah in March 2011.

Jane Hill

Jane has been at the clinic for over ten years off and on between having two daughters with husband Clive. They live at Cargo on a property where she gets plenty of practice mending fences and fixing water troughs. If you have any questions about poly pipe she is the woman to talk to, as well as being very knowledgeable about animals in general. She has a giant Percheron horse called Galihad and a male whippet called Molly.

Brooke Firth

Brooke has been hanging around the clinic since she was 13. She also has certificates in beauty therapy, though she has so far refused to apply this to our patients. Raph and Steph are her kelpie dogs. Her time outside the clinic is spent riding, competing in hacking and has been representing NSW since she 16 and has been competing in Royal shows since she was nine. Her partner Kurt runs his own building company in Orange, called McHomes.

Nicole Perizzolo

Nicole has joined us only recently but has experience in veterinary clinics and boarding kennels. Her dog Duke is a frequent visitor to the clinic also having had knee reconstructions, bladder problems, eating poison and sore ears - we hope the old saying that dogs take after their owners isnt true. Nicole and her partner Lachlan recently welcomed a baby girl, Sophia Maree.

Emily Priest

Emily Priest ia aloud product of Orange High and did 2 years of horse management and agriculture at Orange TAFE followed by Veterinary Nursing IV. She has been around the clinic for the last year and joined our team at the end of 2011. In her time off she enjoys horse riding and swimming.