Veterinarian
Dr. Karl spent his early life in mining communities in northern Quebec before moving to the thriving metropolis of North Bay at the age of 10. He received a Bachelor of Science, with honours, from the University of Guelph and then completed his veterinary degree, graduatuing with merit, at the Royal Veterinary College in London, England in 2003.
In England he met his wife Rebecca and kidnapped her back to Canada – actually she was thrilled to come. They moved to Saskatchewan after graduation and then to Manitoba where Dr. Karl worked mostly with beef and dairy cattle and death with the consequences of mad cow disease and an anthrax outbreak. In 2006 they moved to Ottawa where he became an exclusively small animal practitioner and developed a keen interest in surgery and dentistry.
In Ottawa they had 3 beautiful daughters to fill their fixer upper home with chaos. They gutted their home and when they had it “just right” decided they better move before the girls destroyed it. So back to northern Ontario and to Shannondale they went in 2012.
Dr. Karl is a member of the College of Veterinarians of Ontario, the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association and the Veterinary Information Network. He continues to pursue his interests in surgery, including cryosurgery, dentistry and dermatology. When possible he enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and black lab Korma. He particularly enjoys the old-timer hockey league, fishing, hunting, camping and canoe tripping across the fantastic parks that northern Ontario has to offer.
