She graduated from Glasgow Vet School in 1987 and had many years of experience in small animal medicine and surgery before buying Baildon Vets in 2003. She is married to Gordon, also a vet, and they have 3 grown up children. Janice has two labradors, Dexter and Brodie, who keep her out walking every day. Her hobbies include reading, knitting, walking and running. She particularly enjoys doing flyball with her dogs, having made the finals of Crufts with Dexter recently. Janice enjoys both surgery and medicine, and loves the friendly, close relationships with the clients and their pets during consultations.

Jill keeps rescued battery hens, sheep, pigs and a horse, so free time is in short supply! Jill is co-ordinator for battery chicken rehoming in the area, so if you would like to give a new life to a friendly, still-laying chicken, call in or see the British Hen Welfare Trust website.

Shelley joined the practice in 2009, initially working part-time, mainly on reception. Since then she has moved into the role of Practice Manager. She has lived in Baildon all her life and still does, with her husband and two children, two cats, and Molly the dog, who some of you may have met as she accompanies Shelley to work most days. In her spare time Shelley loves to go on long dog walks, run and go to the gym.

She wanted to be a vet from a young age and loves working with animals. Her favourite part of the job is surgery. Clare has 2 grown-up children and lives with her husband and Ronnie the rescue terrier who accompanies her on runs over the moor.

George has always had a strong interest in small animals throughout vet school, and especially in surgery. He wants to learn as much as possible from everyone at Baildon. Outside of work, George enjoys long walks, singing, and watching England cricket and rugby. Having grown up in Bedfordshire and the Midlands, George is looking forward to exploring this new area with his dog, Harry.

She likes walking and visiting new places. Helen has four rescue cats and have in the past has helped hand rear many kittens, puppies and wildlife. She loves animals and has always wanted to be a veterinary nurse.

After a break from nursing to have her 2 children, Harry 7 and Amber 4, Clare returned to nursing in January. Clare has a 10 year old Jack Russell called Minnie and a blue Ragdoll called Dave. In her spare time, she volunteers as a community first responder for Addingham and Ilkley.

She is interested in all aspects of pet care, especially surgical nursing, dentistry and weight clinics. She has two boys and an extremely large animal family - wait for it... two dogs, three cats, six rabbits, one guinea pig and three hens (most of which are rescued).

We were so impressed with her that when she went on to do a Degree in Animal Management we gave her a job; initially in the evenings helping the vets and nurses. She spent 4 years living in South Africa and spent some time volunteering at a rescue centre nursing animals back to health and rehoming them which she found very rewarding and set her up for her current career. She also owns a very handsome rescue collie cross German Shepherd called Arry as well as 5 rescue cats.

After completing her degree in animal management, she went to work for Dogs Trust where she adopted her dog, Cosworth. Cosworth is a collie cross spaniel with lots of energy and love. After Dogs Trust she worked for PDSA Leeds as a veterinary care assistant for two and half years.

After a few years living in Canada she moved back to Yeadon and lives with her partner and French Bulldog. She enjoys going for dog walks in the countryside & Photography.

Gemma Wood is our Bereavement support advisor here at Baildon Veterinary Centre.

She has previous experience in helping people in times of loss and is trained by the Blue Cross in Bereavement support to offer guidance and compassion in a safe and confidential environment be it face to face, over email or over the phone.

She grew up always having family pets and now has her own 'fur-baby' - Tosca, who is a rescue cat.

In her spare time she loves to enjoy the outdoors, going on long walks and hiking up mountains whenever possible.

Julie has had many different pets over the years from rats, guinea pigs, ferrets, cats and dogs.

She now has 2 dogs Molly and Bailey, also 2 cats Dom and Bob. Julie loves to be away in the lakes and outdoors whenever possible.