Education: Ontario Veterinary College

Dr. Boyd is a 1986 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. She also completed her Master’s degree in Veterinary Microbiology & Immunology before opening the Grey Bruce Pet Hospital in July 1987. She is a certified Pennsylvania Hip Improvement veterinarian (PennHIP) and became an Affiliate with Synbiotics (formerly International Canine Genetics) to open one of the first Canine Semen Freezing Centers in Ontario. In 2001, Dr. Boyd attended the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) training program in Houston and was certified as a veterinary acupuncturist shortly thereafter. She has continued to pursue expertise in alternative therapies including Chinese Herbal Medicine (IVAS ongoing), Veterinary Spinal Manipulative Therapy (2007), Chinese Food Therapy (2010), Canine Rehabilitation Therapist (2013) and Advanced Tui na massage therapy (2017).

Dr. Boyd bred Gordon Setters, with her life partner Bill, under the prefix Duurstede Kennels. Their current canine companions, Squeak and Ice, are the result of a carefully designed breeding program using frozen semen. If you ask about her pets expect to be entertained by numerous pictures and videos she keeps close at hand.

Dr. Gomez, affectionately known as Dr. Dave, has lived all across Canada. A graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College in 1981, Dr Dave spent the early years of his career in mixed animal practices in southern Ontario. He and his family (Marg and two sons) settled in Owen Sound in 1992 the same year that he joined Dr. Debbie Boyd at the practice. Dr. Gomez enjoys the broad variety of cases that general medicine has to offer and has a special interest in ultrasonography. When not spending time at the clinic, Dr. Dave enjoys cycling the local countryside and working out at the YMCA. Currently, there are 2 pets in the household. Both his dog and cat were adopted through the clinic. Travel plans for Dr. Gomez include an Alaskan cruise.

When Karen isn’t at work, she enjoys caring for her incredibly active dog, Zeus, and trying to stop her Garfield-like cat, Ozzie, from eating all the dog’s food. Karen also enjoys much more relaxing activities such as music, reading, golf, and just hanging out with her family.

Jodi is proudly Fear Free Certified and can often be found spraying the clinic with calming pheromones or playing soothing classical music for the patients. Her professional interests include Dentistry & Client Education.

Outside of work, she can often be found on the lake kayaking or outside on the trails horseback riding. She has two dogs, Miaya an 11 year old Husky, and Dakoda, a loveable 1 year old lab, as well as a crazy cat named Dante.

One of Jodi’s favourite things to do is travel, and an item on her bucket list is to travel all of Canada. She has done 7/10 provinces and 0/3 territories …. so far!

Outside of work, she enjoys painting, softball, and going camping and hiking. She also looks forward to doing more world travelling!

She shares her home with 2 cats and 1 dog.

Her work interests include physio and rehabilitation, client education, diagnostic imaging, and dental prophys.

She currently lives in Owen Sound with her husband, 3 sons, 3 deaf rescue dogs (Ranger shown here), 3 fish tanks, and a giant leopard gecko, Georgie.

She graduated in 1991 from St. Clair College in Windsor, in the Veterinary Technology Program as a Veterinary Technician. Soon after graduating, she became a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) for over 16 years.

After 16 years she took some time off work, started a family and stayed home to raise their children. She wanted to spend as much time as she could with them. She then returned back to the Veterinary field in 2015, then had joined the team with GBPH in 2017.

Currently, still living in Owen Sound with her husband, 3 daughters and 4 pets – a Golden Retriever named Colby, a Miniature Poodle named Carly, a DMH Tabby named Gypsy and a DSH Tabby named Aria. Both cats were adopted from the shelter.

Her strong interests are nursing and palliative care, surgery, dentistry, obedience training and client/pet relations.

Outside of work, she enjoys playing all sorts of sports, walking her dogs, painting and watching her daughters play competitive sports. The most important thing she truly loves is spending most of her time with family and friends and sitting around bonfires listening to music.

On her bucket list she would like to travel and hopefully one day to take her family to Disneyland.