Dr. Totten grew up until she was in 3rd grade in Madison, WV (Boone County). After that, she moved to Hurricane. She fell in love with the Hurricane area (and would eventually make that her permanent adult home) during this time and graduated in 1997 (stop calculating :)!) She did her undergraduate at the University of Charleston in Biology and the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She practiced for a year before returning home near Richmond, VA. In West Virginia, she has practiced relief medicine, as a contract veterinarian in vaccine clinics, in an animal shelter and in another local veterinary hospital for several years prior to opening Healing Paws. She has had some amazing mentors who have taught her how to practice and she has passed that on to several mentees.

Dr. Totten loves to spend time outdoors and in nature with her four dogs, two kids and two cats. Her kiddos are the center of her World and she loves them fiercely. Her rescue fur kiddos are also her children. Her four dogs are two large mixed (dobie/hound and pittie) dogs and two beagles. Her two kitties are tri-pawed and came from the animal shelter where she was a shelter vet --they both had severely injured paws that needed to be amputated.

Dr. Totten has particular interests in soft tissue surgery, dermatology, hematology, oncology, pain management, geriatric patient care, and internal medicine. She loves educating clients and students (she teaches at the dual Bridge Valley/Carver Career Center Veterinary Technology program).

Dr. Totten, along with her AMAZING team, helped to design Healing Paws from top to bottom to be a peaceful and relaxing experience from start to end for you and your pet. Pets heal better in calm and peaceful environments (just like we do!) with people who handle them respectfully.

Jennifer (Jen) Shabdue
Graduated from Carver Career Center with a degree in Veterinary Technology and has worked in the veterinary field for 15 years. Currently residing in Liberty on a hobby farm with a menagerie of pets: dogs (Boo, Macey, Dugan, Coal, Lucian, Krank, Zander, Willow, Boss, Hogg, Kallie, and Howie) cats (Zahara, Piranha, Mama, Ringo, Paul, Tyron, Brooks, Dunn, Pumpkin, Pecan, and Sunday) a small herd of mini cattle (Buttercup, Cupcake, S’mores, Marshmellow, Peanut, and Moonpie) goats (Mae and Pepperoni) pony (Sophia) pig (Trashly) rabbits (Blueberry, Velvie, Dave, Buster, Coachella, Snickers, and Kit Kat) and several chickens, ducks, guineas, and geese (Gary, Glenda, and Gaston). In my spare time I like to read, hike, and spend time on my farm.

I graduated from Carver’s first veterinary technician class in 2009. For the past few years, I’ve been teaching Carver’s Large Animal Lab for 2nd year vet tech students. Taking them out in the field to get hands on experience with horses, cows, lambs, goats, pigs, and alpacas.

I live on a farm with my husband Jeremy, son JO, and daughter Ada. Our adult daughter Sydney lives close by.

We are usually busy with football, cheerleading, or 4H.

We currently have 7 horses (some boarding with us), 3 dogs, 5 cats, 2 goats, 1 4H lamb, and 2 betta fish.

In my spare time I like to spend time with my family and friends, ride horses, and travel. Fall and Halloween are my favorite times of year. I love scary movies and haunted history.

Sarah is a Veterinary Technician student who will be graduating from the combined Carver Career Center/Bridge Valley Community and Technical College in May. She has 2 dogs and 1 cat! 🙂

McKinzie is originally from Fort Gay, West Virginia. She graduated from Tolsia High School in 2001. She has been in veterinary medicine for 23 years, mainly as a veterinary assistant. She enjoys geriatric patients, feline patients, along with nutrition. She is the proud parent of Jenna and Zackary who are in 11th and 12th grades. She enjoys spending time with her children and her 10 year old Chihuahua Zita and her 16 year old cat Barney.