Home Veterinary Service has been in business for 11 years now and her clients and patients love the convenience!
Dr. Carin Rennings graduated from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994 and loves the intimacy and slower pace of a house call setting. She recognized the need for a less threatening veterinary experience for dogs and cats and the valuable information that can be garnered by viewing a pet in its own home where it feels safe and comfortable. She finds that house calls provide an opportunity to really get to know her clients and their “kids.” She tries to always make time to “visit” and finds this aspect of her job especially rewarding.
Dr. Rennings started training dogs when she was ten, instructed classes in high school and college, immersed herself into the world of natural horsemanship for over a decade with three home-raised foals, and now enjoys training her two cats (yes, cats!).
She studied Western medicine but balances that with a more holistic and spiritual approach. She believes in home cooking and minimizing vaccines to those that are truly necessary based on exposure and risk. In very old and sick animals, euthanasia in the home is viewed as a sacred event and a symbolic transition for both owner and pet.
She passionately loves animals, their people and serving the community.