Our Team

Dr. Verwers lives on a small farm in the Aledo area. He raises sheep and currently has chickens, and of course dogs and a barn cat. Ronnie, an Anatolian Shepard works with Lucy, a Great Pyrenees to guard the homestead protecting it from all unwanted four-legged creatures like coyotes and raccoons that might hurt the sheep or chickens. Little Susie Q, who does her best to run with the big dogs, doesn’t know that she is only six pounds.

Dr. Verwers’ desire is to partner with you to give your pet the longest, healthiest, and happiest life possible. He enjoys sharing the latest information with pet parents on ways to make this goal possible. Important components to maintaining good health are preventative lab work, good dental care, and quality nutrition as part of an overall preventative protocol. With a full in-house lab, digital x-ray, ultrasound, and radio and laser scalpels, he is able to do diagnostic procedures as well as many general surgeries. Extensive use of cold laser therapy helps many cases.

In the past several years, Dr. Verwers has become an avid golfer; frequently playing twice a week. His ongoing involvement with the Optimist and Rotary clubs is important to him because of the benefits they provide to the community and the friendships he has formed through them. He regularly volunteers at Beautiful Feet in the kitchen making breakfast. But most importantly, he is the husband of Debbie, a father of four and a grandfather of seven.

Barbara’s household is full of cats and dogs. She has six cats! You can see how her life changed with Hill’s CD Stress. Some of them “aren’t really” her cats. Her children have “gifted” her with most of them over the years as they’ve moved and couldn’t take the cats with them. She also has 3 dogs-Rex the Boxer, Sophie, a small Chihuahua type mix, and finally…Bridget (AKA the Warthog). We kid you not folks. In profile, walking past the front door, Bridget looks like the Warthog in The Lion King. So, all these pets in one house does make animal life and happy relations a key factor to peace in her home. Barbara enjoys traveling in her new red crossover, and has been hitting the road for long weekend trips around the state. Many of her trips take her to visit grandbabies for the weekend, concerts and Texas Tech football games.

At home, she enjoys spending time with a wide variety of pets. Spike the tortoise, Cowgirl or “Girl” an Angora rabbit, Poco the Sun Conure, Blue the Quaker Parrot, Castro the dog, and a big group of cats=Whiskers #1, Pooh, Cowboy, Mr. Fluffy. She likes to spend time on her own learning more about veterinary medicine, frequently coming to the practice with an idea to try a new product or investigate a new way of doing something. Her evenings are spent peacefully brushing Cowgirl and Cowgirl enjoys the attention. She also trains her birds. She gets some of her techniques from Bird Tricks.com. Aside from time with pets she takes part in Treasure Hunts. She was involved in The Golden Ticket search in the recent past that took her on long weekends through Texas and as well as visiting several other states.

There are eight dogs and cats that keep Linda on her toes in her home. Rico, a pit mix, is her favorite and her baby (shh, don’t tell the others) and has been in her home the longest. Close seconds are Zoe and Lucky (American Staffordshire Terriers), and Baby (pit/bulldog X). Along with four dogs are four cats-Blue Boy, Girl, Little Girl, and Bruce (where did that come from?). All play well together and live in peace. When not working, Linda spends time living and enjoying life. She has an optimistic outlook on life. She likes the great outdoors and takes part in camping, fishing, and disc golf. She also enjoys working with her gang and training them in new tricks and skills.

She has two dogs, both rescues from her school days. Mr. Moose is a lab mix and can always be seen carrying around a stuffed toy of some sort in his mouth. He never travels alone. On special occasions, Mr. Moose will have sleepovers with Prince at Olivia’s house. Jaxamillion, a Corgi mix, was her first adoption. He came to her as “dog aggressive” meaning he could not be around or even glance in the general direction of other dogs without becoming aggressive. He was not fond of people, either. Through much training and love, Tori was able to correct this behavior and bring Mr. Moose into her family. Tori is married to a wonderful man she met in college. They are involved in many of their church’s activities. Tori also enjoy reading for pleasure and going to Escape Rooms with her extended family.

In addition to her dogs-Molly the Chihuahua and Luna, a Pit Mix, and cats-Lulu and Charlie, she has personal experience with her Holland Lop rabbits-Jack and Jill, and a backyard flock of chickens. With all her practical experience in caring for her own pets, she understands general pet care. In her off time, she enjoys hunting and fishing with her dad. Her favorite fishing lake, just down the road, is Eagle Mountain Lake. At home, she relaxes with watercolor painting. Her favorite subjects are animals.

Rebecca has 1 dog, Marly, a curly-haired breed of dog that keeps her busy at home. In addition, Marly has 3 cats, Asa, Hephaestus, and Zeus that keep everyone’s lives interesting. Thank goodness for Hill’s CD Stress cat food!! It really helps them live peacefully in their multi-pet household. When not answering phone calls or helping you with your pets, she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter. They spend time together in their vegetable and flower garden and taking walks together. Fresh tomatoes are the best.

Olivia shares her home with Prince, an Anatolian/Pyrenees cross. He is the Love of her Life. Look for him picking out a special toy at the pet store or in the Braum’s drive-thru waiting for his pumpkin spice ice cream cup. Clover and Honeybun are Holland Lop brothers and Khalessi is a Diablo Blanco Leopard Gecko. Though Toulouse and Valkyrie are officially listed as “cats” on their medical records, Olivia really believes that they are raccoon/monkey crosses. This is based on all the trouble the two of them can find to get into. Finally, Khloe makes up for it as the “best cat in the whole world”. When not at her desk, Olivia enjoys sleeping, gaming, tattoos, makeup, hunting for Squishmallows, and collecting and using anything that is PINK, preferably with glitter.