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Ruth

Ruth is our Office Manager and team coach. She says she works in the veterinary field for the entertainment value and our patients can be very entertaining. She likes people almost as much as she likes animals. She lives with her 2 dogs, Dylan and Wolf and 3 cats, Marley, Churchill and Elizabeth.

Heidi

Heidi, our German Shorthaired Pointer was a parking lot castoff. She generally works here as our greeter. (We haven't seen her greet anyone yet!) Her watch dog instincts seem to be non-existent. Mostly she sleeps all day and occasionally she gets up when forced to by her dad Dr. Arnott. She is not our hardest working employee but we love her. She got the job because she looks good.

Harry

Say "Hi" to Harry the newest member of the Oak Tree family. If you stop by I'm sure you'll find him in your lap, going through your purse, knocking your pen off of the counter or just generally making you feel at home. A gift from our friends at Witman Manor Maine Coon, he has some very big paws to fill as the official Watch Cat of Oak Tree. So please come by and say hello to the newest miscreant of the Oak Tree Staff.

Janice

Janice has been working at Oak Tree for 10 years. She has been in the veterinary field since 1975, before leaving the field to raise her family.

Janice and her husband, Harlan have 3 wonderful children. Noah, a UC Berkeley graduate, is now in a Masters' program at San Diego State University. Nathan, who works with wildlife and works part-time for Fremont Urgent Care, and Autumn who is a Sophomore at Stanford University.

They are proud owners of two weight challenged labs and 4 cats. The newest, a 20 year old Burmese named Minou and Angel, their congenital heart defect kitten who has now celebrated her 4th birthday!

Sheri

Sheri joined our staff three years ago when her last son flew the coop. She lives in Danville with her husband Steve, her cat Jordie and dog Lady. Her sons, Michael and Richard are both Marines serving their Country much to Sheri and Steve's pride. Richard is stationed at Twenty Nine Palms and is married to Stephanie. They recently brought a beautiful baby girl, named Madelynn Anne into the world. Steve and Sheri already adore their new grandbaby. Michael is stationed in North Carolina and was married in May to Brittany. They have a 4 year old daughter, named Lilli who is as lovely as her namesake. Sheri and Steve will undoubtedly spoil their grandchildren rotten!

Glenyse

Glenyse works part time at Oak Tree. Growing up in Northern California, she obtained a degree in Theater, and moved to New York, to try her hand at Broadway. She has also worked in the computer world. She enjoys photography and painting, you can view her excellent work at her website. This spring she had a successful showing of her work at the Wente gallery. She and her partner Mellissa celebrated 10 years together cruising the Greek Isles and Turkey. They have 3 cats, Wolfie, Bella, and Norman. They also have a dog named Luke.

Jill

Jill grew up here in Danville. She lives here with her 5 year old son Nicholas. She recently celebrated 10 years of bartending at Meenar. So if she greets you with a drink here at Oak Tree, smile and remember she makes a mean Man O War or Sweet Tart. Her 3 dogs, Poncho, Roxy, and Mac (the pug with attitude) have gone into landscaping - doing quite a spectacular job on Jill's yard!

Jarrod

Jarrod is our newest volunteer/technician. You may remember seeing him as strong safety #40 of the Oakland Raiders! He has an amazing rapport with animals!! Jarrod spends countless hours volunteering at the Oakland Animal Shelter and has recently blessed us with his gracious smile and strong but gentle arms! He is the founder of an animal rescue organization, Help Code 597, names after the California Penal Code for animal abuse and neglect. His website is helpcode597.org. He also plans on running a series of football training camps for aspiring high school athletes.

In recognition of his work with animals, he has been chosen to be a presenter at the 2009 Genesis Awards. We are incredibly proud to have him with us.

Jonathan

Jonathan is a Native Californian, born in LA. He moved to the Bay Area in 1989, just in time for the earthquake (coincidence?) He lived in England for 3 years until they sent him back. He was lured to the dark side and became an avid snowboarder. He declares himself single and not officially dating (his girlfriend does not read the website). He enjoys spending time at the beach and playing with Cairo his Pit Bull/Dingo mix. He's been in the veterinary field for 2 years and hopes to continue to advance his career. We are all very happy to have him on our team.

Lynn

Lynn is the newest member of our staff has come to us from Wisconsin where she got her BS in Dairy science/ pre-veterinary. She worked in the dairy cattle field for 5 years. She says her favorite thing was delivering calves ( even in the middle of the night in winter). While working at a small animal clinic in Wisconsin, the office manager introduced Lynn to her future husband Eric (the office manager's son). Wow, talk about a full service hospital. They moved out here to California with Atom, their miniature schnauzer and Tinker and Hop-E their cats. Eric is attending UC Berkeley for his PhD in chemistry. Lynn and Eric enjoy playing intramural softball at Berkeley and are said to be a great double play combo. We're glad to have her join the staff.

Leah

When we asked to provide a bio for her picture in the website, our new receptionist Leah provided us with this interesting tale which should prove that we are non - discriminatory in our hiring practices here at Oak Tree.

"Born and raised in California, sweet innocent & practically perfect in every way Leah, came to work in the deep dreary swamps of Downtown Danville at Oak Tree Animal Hospital after her evil troll sister suggested going to work for the dark homunculus Dr. Arnott and his team of skillfully trained minions. Try as she might to escape she knew her future would rest in the paws of Heidi the cross-eyed dog, who also had been captured years prior to Leah's arrival. After seeing Leah's distressed state, Heidi befriended her and shared one sacred secret. The secret to escaping for moments in time, this was carefully done by pawing at the door with a zombie like expression so the lovely but still crooked gate keeper Sheri wouldn't notice that Heidi had immunity to the injection they called "vaccines." Supposedly years earlier Dr. Arnott along with his followers of evil minions known as Dr. Clevenger, Dr. Endo, and their team of highly trained cretins concocted a potion known as 3G. This 3G formula over took the minds of his prisoners and transformed them into vet tech zombie slaves. In and out Heidi would go. Constantly pretending she was under his control. She never dared to run. Too scared that Dr Arnott would send the Ogre Jarrod after her. Jarrod had extensive training in the tracking and tackling department due to a long career as a long distance terrain hunter. Leah knew there had to be a better way. Someone somewhere has to know how to escape. "Maybe one of the minions?" She thought. Could she befriend one? But which one? Janice? Jon? Lynn? She had to choose carefully. . . . . Her entire future and the happily ever after life she had planned was all on the line now.

. . . .. . To Be Continued."

She comes to us from Castro Valley. She still lives there with her parents and youngest sister. She has one older brother and an older sister. She's an avid, but lousy surfer chick and loves animals. This would include "Phoebe" her Sheba Innu and "Freckles her Bengal cat. She says her favorite pet was a red-tail boa named Sly. We tend to tease her for her great interest in oldies type music because she wasn't even born when it came out.