Dr. Cheryl Peterein is a University of
Missouri graduate.
She was raised in a small community south of St.
Louis and ever since Dr. Peterein was a small child she had a
naturally high affinity for animals and they were also attracted to
her. She grew up
helping her grandfather and uncle on the farm caring for the
animals, especially her horses.
One day her uncle noticed how willing she was to
care for sick or injured animals and encouraged her to become a
veterinarian. He said
that he had wanted to become veterinarian when he was younger, but
his dad didn’t want him to leave the farm so he couldn’t go to vet
school. He said, “You
have a natural way with animals! You ought to be a vet!”
What a great idea, but at that time there was
virtually no women that were veterinarians. So with that little
encouragement from her uncle that’s what she did! Every time she signed up for a
class throughout her undergraduate career she took classes to
prepare her for vet school.
Finally the day came when she graduated from the
University of Missouri and moved to Texas. She has been practicing
in Texas ever since.
Dr. Peterein opened her own small animal hospital
on April 1, 1987 in Bedford, Texas. She has been a long time member
of the AVMA, TVMA, TAVP, TCVMA, DCVMA, AAHA, IVAS, AAVA, and
AHVMA. Not only does
she perform traditional western medicine but also does some
alternative medicine and nutritional therapies to help her
patients. She is also certified in Veterinary Acupuncture and
Bowen.
Some of her favorite things to do in her spare time
is traveling, camping, horseback riding, sewing, and learning. She spends a great deal of
time in continuing education classes for the benefit of herself,
her clients and her patients.
