Dr. Carla Loewen

Veterinarian

Dr Carla Loewen is a partner of Virden Animal Hospital. She grew up on a dairy farm in southeastern Manitoba which instilled the love and care of animals at a very young age. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan – Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002 and began her career in Virden and has been there ever since. Initially she worked as a mixed animal veterinarian but soon started to spend more time working and growing the companion animal side of the practice. You can still find her doing emergency large animal calls during the nights but her primary focus is working on the companion animal side of the practice in medicine and surgery.

Carla lives with her husband Dean Brooker on an acreage in the Virden area with their two dogs and three cats. She (they) also enjoy fostering rescue animals and often have one or two hanging out on the acreage waiting to find their forever homes. When not working on animals she can most often be found in the kitchen baking or outside working on the acreage.

Dr. Nadine Wohlgemuth

Veterinarian

Dr. Nadine Wohlgemuth is a partner of the Virden Animal Hospital. She grew up on a 175 head cow/calf farm south of Oak Lake, MB. She began helping her parents with all aspects of the beef farm at a very young age, learning many important skills that are put to use daily in her veterinary career.

She graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. She started her veterinary career in Arborg, MB. In 2002, she moved back to her home town of Oak Lake to farm with her parents and practiced in Melita, MB. In the fall of 2005, she joined the Virden Animal Hospital team. For several years she was a mixed animal veterinarian, providing food animal and companion animal services. However, with the addition of more veterinarians to the Virden staff, her primary focus is now Food animal medicine and surgery.

Nadine lives with her husband, Keith, and their two young children, Noah and Ella, on their farm north of Oak Lake. They own a 200 head cow/calf operation and a custom silage business as well, so life is never dull!! Their family also consists of four rescue dogs: Elmo, Bob, Diesel and Dozer and six rescue cats: Gidget, Harry, Luey, Hue, Louise and Jack.

Dr. Georgia-Rae Maxwell

Georgia-Rae Maxwell grew up on an acreage North of Rivers with her older sister Charley. She is the daughter of two teachers and the granddaughter of four teachers. Her parents were both active coaches of various sports in the community. Her family moved to Forrest in 2010 where she was highly involved in the Elton athletics programs. She attended The University of Winnipeg for her pre-veterinarian studies while finishing her Grade 10 Piano before she went to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. She received her veterinary degree in 2024 and immediately joined the VAH team. She plans to work with both small animals and food animals. She currently lives in Virden with her two dogs, Ruhn and Kona and her two cats, Mia and Blaze. Her hobbies include reading, baking, piano, and hiking. She enjoys hanging out with her Niece and playing/coaching volleyball, basketball, and soccer.

Sherry Wilson

Registered Veterinary Technologist

Sherry graduated from Kelsey Campus in Saskatoon in 1982. She started her vet tech career in Hamiota before coming to Virden on September 22, 1987. She lives on a farm, in Lenore, with husband, Jim and son, Wyatt. They run a small cow-calf operation and also have a herd of farm cats. Sherry has a great sense of humour and we are thankful that she has been a dedicated RAHT at Virden for about 30 years!

Cathy Rouse

Registered Veterinary Technologist

Cathy graduated from the Animal Health Technology Program at Lakeland College in 2009. She worked as an RAHT in Saskatoon and Martensville prior to starting at Virden Animal Hospital in 2012.

Cathy lives in Moosomin with her boyfriend Troy, daughter Hudson, and their cat Poe.

Her interests are baking, cake decorating, and gardening.

Teyana Dyck

Registered Veterinary Technologist

Teyana graduated from Veterinary Technician school in 2019 from Oulton college in Moncton NB. She started her RVT career in Dryden Ontario, then Brandon Manitoba, and joined Virden Animal Hospital in November of 2021.

Teyana grew up on a small hobby farm in Ontario with various animals (cows, horses, goats, etc.) In her downtime, she enjoys hiking with her dog as well as baking/cooking. She lives in Melita, Manitoba with her partner, Travis, and their dogs, Lennon and Howard and cat, Marvin.

Sherry Gurr

Client Care Coordinator

Sherry joined our VAH team in August 2005 as one of our friendly, knowledgeable receptionists. In addition to being in reception, Sherry looks after our inventory and monthly billing. She grew up on a mixed farm near Cromer and is well known for her friendly nature and will always greet you with a smile.

Jessie Sykes

Receptionist

Jessie joined VAH team in January, 2021 and is another one of our friendly, helpful receptionists. She grew up on a mixed farming operation with cattle and horses between Brandon and Rivers. She had a plethora of animals growing up including goats, llamas, miniature horses, chickens, cats, and of course dogs. Cows are her favorite animal with dogs coming in second place. She now lives on an acreage in Oak Lake with Malcolm, their pup Hela, sister cats Storm and Sunny, as well as a handful of cows.

Jessie is enjoying the change of pace from Brandon to the small town environment of Virden!