10/12/2026
Recently, we celebrated Keiley’s 2nd work anniversary at GLVC!
Keiley was born in the U.K. and grew up around horses. As early as 5 years old, she was begging for riding lessons, even earning them by mucking out stalls on the weekends. Keiley was thrown into adulthood at a young age and worked her life around raising her younger brother for many of her teenage years. When the time came to put herself first, she wasn’t quite sure what career she wanted to pursue. She studied various pathways, but things came to a halt when she was in a bad horseback riding accident. Taking a step back and healing, she worked some various reception style jobs for a bit. When life threw another curveball, she picked up and move to Belize! While in Belize, Keiley learned many incredible skills with animals. She volunteered at a sanctuary that helped remove animals from the illegal pet trade. From manatees to monkeys and even big cats, she nursed and cared for them all. She is also one of very VERY few people in the world to be certified to safely nasogastric feed a manatee. Incredible! While Keiley truly enjoyed caring for wildlife, her family needed her so she went back home. She took care of and helped her younger brother through university and began working with animals again. Starting as a receptionist at a vet clinic, she worked her way up to lead receptionist, then kennel assistant, then veterinary assistant while also going to Royal College for veterinary medicine. She graduated as a registered vet nurse, married her best friend’s brother, and moved here! Keiley worked to become a CVT in the US and was at another clinic for 5 years before finding Great Lakes. While she credits GLVC as being her saving grace, we think she is ours! Keiley is our Fear Free guru and helps us adjust to ease stress on patients in both clinical and home settings. We are extremely lucky to have such a fun, intelligent, and kind woman on our team. When Keiley is home, she loves spending time with her adorable kids, husband, and fur babies (Maxx, Obi, and lots of bunnies). Happy work anniversary, Keiley! We are so glad to have you in the GLVC family! 🐾
