Darcy Allard
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Louise Horton
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Helen Barker
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Sophie Stewart-Smith
Sophie has a Level 3 extended diploma in Animal Management completed at Hadlow College, along with previous experience of working at a boarding kennels, she then graduated from the university of Lincoln with a BSc in Animal Behaviour and Welfare. Since then, she has gained experience working within a veterinary environment and subsequently joined the Towcester team in April of 2025.
Sophie has also previously worked within the rehoming department at the Blue Cross where she fostered and then adopted her little dog, Olive.
In her free time Sophie enjoys socialising with friends and family or spending time with her fiancé and their little dog.
Dixie Merrison
Dixie joined Towcester Vets in August 2024. She always wanted to work with animals and grew up with dogs, cats, fish, birds, guinea pigs etc.
Dixie still has a family of animals including a Cavalier, Alaskan Malamute, British Short Hair cat and two moggies!
She enjoys travelling and spending time with her pets and family members in her free time.
Gemma Glendenning
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Mandy Merrison
Mandy joined the team at Weedon Vets in July 2023. She has previous experience within the Veterinary Industry, also worked in Boarding Kennels and as a Dog Groomer in the past.
Mandy enjoys many aspects of her role but in particular the diversity of people and animals she gets to meet every day. She is married with 3 grown up children, 2 dogs Beau and Pippa and 3 cats Oscar, Martha and Mabel. In her spare time she likes to spend time with her family, and also going on long walks with her extremely handsome dog Beau, a 50Kg Alaskan Malamute!
Aleina Bushby
Aleina has worked in customer service roles throughout her career. In 2019 she decided to leave her office-based insurance role in Milton Keynes (which she had been doing for 12 years!) to join the team at Towcester Vets. Having shown a great love for animals since childhood owning a menagerie of pets including ducks and small furries at varying times. More recently Aleina has cared for two rabbits and two rats and in October 2020 she rehomed a young cat called Snowy, who is now a much-loved member of the family. Aleina also lives with her husband, Phil, and their two young children.
Debbie Dancer
Debbie joined the reception team in early 2019 with 21 years of experience working in the industry. She is passionate about helping and interacting with clients and is currently completing a course in canine behaviour to assist with her daily role. Debbie previously completed a course in bereavement counselling and will be working mainly at the Weedon practice. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her son and walking her dog.
Becca Vernon
Rebecca joined the nursing team as a kennel assistant in June 2016. She now works as part of our experienced reception team.
Rebecca has a Level 3 diploma in Animal Management completed at Moulton College, along with previous experience of working at a boarding kennels. She also used to volunteer at a dog shelter.
Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her husband, young children and 2 dogs: Skippy the rescue dog and Lottie the French Bulldog.
