Meet the Veterinary Assistants at Sheabel Veterinary Hospital

Jennifer Heidgerd, Pet Nurse

Jen graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BS in Animal Science with equine option in 1987. She enjoys birdwatching, horse racing, photography, and watching “Chopped”. She has two orange kitties, Fred and George, and one guinea pig named Bob. Jen started working at sheabel in 1997. When Jen first started, there was a Sheabel “initiation”.

Emily Varner, Pet Nurse

Emily is currently attending Bluegrass Community and Technical College. After graduating she plans to transfer to UK to major in animal science.
Emily enjoys singing, playing guitar, training her puppies and being in the country surrounded by her friends and family.

She has two dogs that are 3 years old and brothers. Their names are Boots and Bentley. Boots is laid back and lazy. Bentley is outgoing and spunky.
Emily is very open to new ideas and challenges. She loves to find solutions to problems and no problem is too much, there is always a solution! She is super excited to begin her journey with Sheabel!

Emily has been with Sheabel since August 2016.

Anna Young-Gunnel, Pet Nurse

Anna graduated from Morehead State University with a degree in Biology in 2003. In her free time she enjoys reading and spending time with her son Eli and her husband Ron. Anna has four cats, Sweetie, Rogue, Emma, and Gambit, who are crazy and keep her very busy! Anna became a part of the Sheabel team in 2009 and works part time, mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. She has a full time job at the State Public Health Virology Lab in Frankfort.

Rayna Logan, Pet Nurse

Rayna graduated from Union College with a degree in Biology. She enjoys hiking, kayaking and traveling. Rayna has two Siberian huskies Loki and Baxter. She also has a bearded dragon named Achilles.Rayna began working at Sheabel in March 2017.
“Even in only working at Sheabel for short time, everyone has made me feel so welcome and they have a great facility”- Rayna

Chris has 4 dogs. 2 Shih-Tzu’s named Kobe and Miyu (which means beautiful moon in Japanese). A Husky named Bandit and a black Lab named Boss. Chris enjoys in his spare time snowboarding, car shows and playing with his dogs! Chris started at Sheabel in December 2016.