The Paws Family
Shellea- Practice Manager and FVMA Certified Veterinary Assistant
Shellea has been in the veterinary field for 18 years. She has been here with us at Paws since 2009. She is passionate about her work and love for animals. Shellea is married with 3 children and 3 adorable grandchildren. She also has 4 fur babies at home, including 2 dogs and 2 cats.
You may contact Shellea at pawspracticemanager@gmail.com
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Danielle -BS and FVMA Certified Veterinary Assistant; Lead Veterinary Technician
Danielle started at Paws right out of High School in 2007 as a Kennel Technician and Veterinary Assistant. She went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Integrative Animal Biology from The University of South Florida. Her love of animals led her back to join the Paws family in 2014. She has since worked her way up to Veterinary Technician. Danielle and her husband, married in 2018, just bought their first home in Belleview. They are the proud parents of 5 cats and 1 adorable bearded dragon named Ernie. She loves to travel and spend quality time with friends and family.
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Eileen - Veterinary Technician
Eileen recently moved to Florida from Long Island. She has been in the veterinary field for over 20 years. Eileen joined Paws Animal Hospital in 2020. She enjoys long walks on the beach with her husband and her diabetic dog Donald.
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Ashley - Veterinary Technician
Ashley was born and raised in Lake county, she started her veterinary journey 15 years ago. Ashley has a passion for emergency medicine and ultrasound. When she is not at work, she can usually be found at a softball field cheering on her teenage daughter. Car shows, concerts and paddle boarding are some of her non-vet related favorite things. She has 5 four legged children at home, Ruger (catahoula), Clyde (anatolian shepherd), and 3 kitties, Mo, Oscar and Ty.
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Jeanette - Veterinary Technician
Jeanette lives on a farm and has been in the veterinary field for 16 years. She has 3 horses, 1 mini horse, 7 dogs, 2 parrots and 2 cats. She also has 3 children and 2 grand babies. Jeanette enjoys going to rodeos and traveling to old towns in different states to learn their history.
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Braelyn - Veterinary Assistant
Braelyn is a huge family person, her daughter is the light of her life! She is attending ASU online for a Bachelors degree in Pre-Veterinary Medicine. Braelyn is also an Assistant Head Coach for girl's varsity high school basketball at The Villages High School. She has six dogs, Zeus (german shepherd), Tank (pitbull), Taco (pitbull), Reese (miniature dachshund), Willow (miniature dachshund), Maggie (german shepherd), and one cat, Batman. When she is not working or coaching, Braelyn likes to listen to music, read, go on long drives and do puzzles. One thing on her bucket list is to free dive with Great White Sharks!
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Jennifer - Certified Veterinary Technician
Kayesha - Veterinary Technician
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Paige - Veterinary Technician
Sydney - Veterinary Assistant/ Kennel Assistant
Sydney joined Paws in 2020, she is working as a veterinary and kennel assistant part time while she attends the University of South Florida. She has a spoiled Siamese cat named Chip, a Labrador Retriever, Roxy and a Goldfish named Peaches.
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Lauren - Groomer
Lauren is originally from Wisconsin and moved to the sunshine state in 2004. She developed a love for animals as a child growing up on a dairy farm. Lauren graduated from Paragon School of Pet Grooming in 2000 and has been professionally grooming ever since! Over the years, she has developed a very calm, soothing and unique approach to her grooming style which includes consultations with our vets and using her knowledge of cat and dog behavior to calm patients. Lauren also offers pre-booking appointments to help maintaining your pet's healthy coat. Lauren loves all kinds of animals and cares for her own dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs, rabbits chinchillas, ad one tortoise. She loves spending time with her three lovely children and her husband of 14 years.
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Moe - Receptionist
Moe is originally from Maine, she started in the veterinary field 20 years ago, working as a receptionist, assistant and veterinary technician. Moe moved to Lady Lake with her family in 2006, when she started working at Paws Animal Hospital. She has been married to her husband Tim for 32 years. Their daughter Kirsten is their pride and joy. She is now blessed with three beautiful grandbabies, Joselyn, Ariel and Lincoln. Moe also shares much love for her two cats, Kendra Lee and Nunna Beans.
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Sally - Receptionist/ Kennel Assistant
Sally joined the paws family in 2020. She has been in the veterinary field most of her life and she says she is just here for the puppy kisses.
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Carine - Receptionist/ Veterinary Assistant
Carine has had a passion for animals since a young age. At age 8 she owned her first horse. At age 14 she got her first job at a stable working in exchange to lease her heart horse, Goose. At 16, she started working a second job at a doggy day care and boarding facility. A month before Carine's 18th birthday, Goose passed and a couple of months after that she moved from South Carolina to Florida. She has been in Florida since 2021, where she started working in the veterinary field.
Stacy - Receptionist
Stacy has been a Veterinary Receptionist for over 13 years. She has also worked as a short order cook and loves to read. She was the Owner/ Operator of a small goat dairy farm in Texas, making soaps and cheese before moving to Florida to be closer to family. She is mom to 5 goats, 3 cats and a Dalmation named Mango.
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Zach - Kennel Assistant, Veterinary Assistant
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Lindsey - Kennel Assistant
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