Meet Our Team - Vet Stop Animal Hospital

Veterinarians

Veterinary Staff

Office Staff

Lodge Staff

Grooming Staff

Dr. Rhiannon McKnight

Dr. Rhiannon McKnight is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and completed an Internship of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia. She has been practicing at Vet Stop Animal Hospital for twenty-five years. Her special interests include general surgery, nutrition, veterinary dentistry and routine preventative medicine. Additionally, she volunteers for the Endangered Wolf Sanctuary as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Dr. Tammy Smith

Dr. Tammy Smith is a graduate of the University of Missouri. She has been with Vet Stop Animal Hospital for 15 years. Her interests include preventative and internal medicine and animal behavior.

Dr. Michelle Thornberry

Dr. Thornberry has always had the desire to work with and around animals in some capacity which is what drew her to Veterinary medicine. Her favorite part of being a veterinarian is providing people with knowledge or comfort that they did not have before they brought their pet to see her. She enjoys forming positive relationships on a daily basis (with a pet, with a person, or with a group of people), and strives hard to achieve practical solutions for the cases that come to her. Her specialties include preventive care, dentistry, and soft tissue surgery.

Shelby D.

Practice Manager

Shelby has her B.S. in Animal Sciences from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and she has been with Vet Stop since 2015. Her favorite part of her job is staff development because a strong, capable team is what makes Vet Stop so amazing for the pets we care for. She has three dogs that she loves with all her heart. She enjoys spending time outdoors, photography, dog behavior/training, and she’s a total spreadsheet nerd.

Raeana

Lead Technician

Raeana graduated with her Associates in Veterinary Technology from Hickey College in 2013 and received her license shortly afterwards. She is an 8 year Army veteran that has had an interest in medicine and working with animals from a young age. Patient comfort and care as well as attention to detail are her top priority! Her favorite part of being at Vet Stop is when she can help the patients have a positive experience and enhance the pet/owner relationship at home. In her spare time she enjoys music, running, cooking, hiking and plenty of time with friends.