Hemel Hempstead Companion Care

After originally qualifying as an optometrist in South Africa in 1994 John returned to university and qualified as a vet in 2002. He has worked in various small animal practices in the UK before he started at the Dunstable surgery in 2006. John lives with his wife, 2 children and a menagerie of animals including dogs, cats, guinea pigs, chickens and some fish for good measure.

Muhammet graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with an honorary degree in 2015. He did research on behaviour patterns related to cruelty to animals among students. Currently, he is writing a doctoral thesis titled "Value Expressions Related to Animal Ethics in Ecological Utopias" in the Department of Medical History and Ethics. He worked in various companion animal practices as a general practitioner and ER vet in Turkey and joined Companion Care Hemel Hempstead in 2023. He has a keen interest for dermatology cases.

I began my career as a bird keeper at London Zoo, and after a few years moved into animal welfare work. While working for the RSPCA I retrained as a Veterinary nurse, qualifying in 1999.

My interests lie in preventative healthcare and avian nursing.

I live with my three cats, Shirley, Rita and Brenda, and my aviary birds.

Hi! I have been at Companion Care since June 2018. As you can see from my picture I have a Dalmatian who keeps me busy. I also have an interest in horses having been around them since the age of 8.