MEET YOUR ANIMAL CARE TEAM
DR TANYA TKACZYK LOWREY
Dr. Tanya Lowrey grew up in Niagara on the Lake and currently lives in St. Catharines with her husband, 2 daughters, and 2 dogs (Shelby and Bella). Her love for animals is obvious, she will go above and beyond to ensure all animals are treated with compassion and love.
Dr. Tanya joined Huntington Animal Hospital in 2010 and became an owner in 2012. Dr. Tanya graduated from the University of Guelph in 2005 with a Master of Science Degree in Human Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. Upon graduation, she was accepted to the Ontario Veterinary College and completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2009.
Dr. Tanya began her career working at the Niagara Veterinary Emergency Clinic where she gained valuable experience caring for animals in an urgent and critical care setting. She now commits herself to continuing education and is currently practicing acupuncture and rehabilitation at Huntington Animal Hospital.
Dr. Tanya spends her free time walking her dogs, practicing yoga, running and rescuing animals.
Professional Interests: Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Pain management, Internal medicine, Soft tissue surgery, Rescuing and re-homing pets
DR LISA HUTCHISON
Dr. Lisa Hutchison grew up north of Toronto in a small town called Stouffville. She currently lives in Beamsville with her husband, son and a mixture of “land of misfit” animals.
She began her journey into veterinary medicine at a very young age. At the age of 6, she decided that she wanted to help take care of animals. At 13, she began working part-time at a local veterinary clinic and was captivated by the profession.
She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) in 1998. Initially she started out in mixed animal medicine for the first year and a half in a small town south of London. A change in career direction brought her to the Niagara region and she then spent 6 years at the Niagara Veterinary Emergency Clinic where she honed her surgical and emergency medicine skills. During her tenure there, she did some locum work in the area, including some time at Huntington Animal Hospital.
Because of the long hours, she then decided to change up her career direction to allow a better life/work balance and to start a family. Since then she has been enjoying small animal preventative medicine in general practice. She joined the Huntington Animal Hospital team in 2013. She has since found her “tribe” within this clinic due to its family-like atmosphere.
In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, yoga, glamping, and crafting.
Professional interests: surgery, pain management, acupuncture/rehabilitation, ophthalmology, dentistry.
DR ANGELA GRANACKI
Growing up in Fonthill, Dr. Angela always knew she wanted to be a vet, subjecting her dogs, horse and various pocket pets to routine “examinations” on a regular basis. Nowadays, she lives in St. Catharines with her two 125 pound lap dogs, bullmastiffs Drogon and Isla.
Dr. Angela received her Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology from McMaster University in 1998, followed by her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College in 2004, with some time off in between working at the Wildlife Forensic Lab at Trent University. Throughout vet school, she worked in the Small Animal Intensive Care Unit, learning directly from their talented and knowledgeable staff.
After graduation, she moved back to the Niagara region and has been working in small animal practice ever since, joining the Huntington team in 2021. She is a Fear Free certified practitioner and is invested in ensuring that all pets are handled with dignity and kindness and in a minimally stressful way beginning from their very first visit.
When not at work, you will find her being walked by the dogs, with her nose in a book, or trying out new recipes (half of which are destined to fail, but this doesn’t stop her from trying). She’s also a pretty big Raptors fan and can spend hours discussing the team (so don’t get her started).
Professional Interests: Internal Medicine, Oncology, Dermatology, Pain Management, Geriatric Medicine, Behaviour and Anxiety Management
HOLLY, RVT / PRACTICE MANAGER
Holly started off in the Veterinary field as a kennel attendant in 2008. She moved to Ottawa in 2009 where she spent several years working as a Veterinary Assistant at a Veterinary Emergency and Referral center. She graduated with distinction from the Veterinary Technology program at St. Lawrence College in June of 2017 and achieved her RVT status in July of 2017. She completed her Vet Tech co-op placement here at Huntington in March of 2017 and began working for us in April of 2017. She lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake with her rescue cats Fergie and Bruce.
DANA, Veterinary Technician
Dana attended Seneca College and graduated from the Veterinary Technician program in 2006. Her career began in large animal medicine at the Fort Erie Race Track and small animal emergency medicine at the Niagara Veterinary Emergency Clinic. Dana joined the Huntington Animal Hospital team in 2014. Dana has always had a passion for animal welfare, when she isn’t working full time at Huntington Animal Hospital she can be found caring and advocating for the shelter animals at the Lincoln County Humane Society. Dana shares her home with her Shitzu ‘Pierogi’.
KRISTIN, RVT
Kristin graduated from the Veterinary Technology program at Seneca College in 2007. After graduation she moved back to her home town of Fort Erie to begin her career. After five years of experience, Kristin joined the Huntington team in 2012. Her contagious smile and caring personality help make Huntington Animal Hospital a lovely place work. Kristin and her family share their home with a rescue dog named Bolt. When not at work, you will find Kristin outdoors!
JOHN, RVT
John has been working in veterinary clinics for 21 years. He graduated as a Registered Veterinary Technician in 2004. John has spent most of his veterinary career working in emergency and specialty medicine. Prior to joining Huntington Animal Hospital in 2016, he was working at the Mississauga Oakville Veterinary Emergency Hospital in the ICU and Internal Medicine departments. John is our resident ‘dog whisperer’ and handyman!
VICTORIA, RVT
Victoria graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Sheridan College in 2021 after completing her Bachelors of Science in Animal Biology at the University of Guelph. Victoria joined Huntington Animal Hospital as a student and we are pleased she returned after graduation. Victoria grew up surrounded by a variety of family pets and knew she wanted to enter the veterinary field from a young age. Victoria shares her home with her two rescue dogs Tonks & Perry, a corn snake Nigel, leopard gecko Goober and cockatoo Cooper. Victoria enjoys hiking and spending time with family.
MELANIE, OFFICE MANAGER
Melanie joined the Huntington Animal Hospital team in 2010. She enjoys getting to know clients and their pets and keeping things organized. She lives with her husband Cliff and their two dogs Banner (bully mix) and Bruno (French Bulldog). In her free time she likes going for hikes, reading and spending time with family.
SARAH, RECEPTIONIST
Sarah has been working with animals since she was 15. Sarah joined the Huntington Animal Hospital team in the spring of 2015. Her love for animals started at a very young age. She loves connecting with clients and their furry family members and she couldn’t imagine working anywhere else. She currently lives in St. Catharines with her husband Steve and their best friend Whiskey, a fun and very loving puggle. In her spare time, she enjoys the outdoors, yoga, travelling, and spending time with her family and friends.
CHELSEA, ASSISTANT
Chelsea joined the Huntington Animal Hospital team in the spring of 2021. Chelsea’s passion for animals has been lifelong. Chelsea completed her Masters Dog Training apprenticeship in 2013 with her first foster dog. Chelsea has volunteered with rescues and shelters as a dog walker, trainer and photographer. Chelsea previously managed a boarding and daycare facility in addition to fostering many dogs, cats, kittens and small animals. Chelsea shares her home with three dogs, three cats and 100+ houseplants. In her spare time Chelsea loves spending time with her daughter, training, hiking and being a dog momager for her dog’s popular social media account @graciethelabrador.
TOTO and BOBBI
Bobbi was originally found by the humane society in 2014 as a stray kitten. They soon realized that Bobbi was not like other kittens, as he had trouble walking. Originally it was suspected that maybe Bobbi had been hit by a car or gone through some other trauma, however when radiographs at Huntington Animal Hospital revealed that Bobbi's bones were all intact, he was diagnosed with a neurological disease called cerebellar hypoplasia. This is a congenital condition that is a result of underdevelopment of the cerebellum which is in charge of balance and coordination, and leads to Bobbi's distinctive swagger.
Bobbi's favourite hobbies include chasing zip-ties and investigating the latest cat carrier designs of all of our feline patients. Bobbi is generally very friendly, but has also earned the nickname “Bad Bobbi” for occasional unexpected bites of people and food bags!
Toto arrived at Huntington Animal Hospital in 2015 for treatment of uncontrolled diabetes. Despite early intentions to find him a new home once his diabetes was back under control, it soon became clear that he had already found his new home at Huntington.
Nowadays Toto enjoys short walks to his cat tree perch and surveying the landscape of the reception area... between naps of course. Unlike Bobbi, Toto is a bit more antisocial and generally prefers for his beautiful coat to be admired at a distance.