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A native of Niagara, Dr. Johnathan McTag­gart grad­u­ated from the Ontario Veteri­nary College, Univer­sity of Guelph in 2000. He worked in various primary care and emer­gency veteri­nary prac­tices, until settling in at Borderview Veteri­nary Hospi­tal (BVH) in Fort Erie. Since 2012 he has been ​“Veteri­nar­ian, Owner and Chief Opti­mist” at BVH, and added the same title at Pelham Animal Hospi­tal (PAH) in July of 2019! He is thrilled to lead PAH into the future as Dr. Belling­ham tran­si­tions into his new role ​“full-time grandpa”. 

Dr. McTag­gart loves meeting people, and their pets. He strives to provide optimal pet care, focus­ing on quality care, client educa­tion and build­ing rela­tion­ships. He is a member of the College of Veteri­nar­i­ans of Ontario (CVO), the Ontario Veteri­nary Medical Asso­ci­a­tion (OVMA), the Cana­dian Veteri­nary Medical Asso­ci­a­tion (CVMA), the Amer­i­can Animal Hospi­tal Asso­ci­a­tion (AAHA) And the Amer­i­can Veteri­nary Dental Society (AVDS). Dr. McTag­gart has a long­stand­ing profes­sional inter­est in veteri­nary dentistry and spends a large portion of his profes­sional time diag­nos­ing and treat­ing a variety of oral and dental diseases.

When not working, Johnathan enjoys cycling, kayak­ing, strat­egy board games, chop­ping wood and family time with his wife, Jennifer and their two chil­dren. They share their home with two aris­to­cratic cats (Jasmine & Knight), and Dave, their ​“pure­bred Stevensville farm dog”.