Dr. Belinda Parsons is a veterinarian and certified veterinary acupuncturist. She is the owner of Rouse Hill Family Vets as well as on the Board of Directors of the Australia College of Veterinary Acupuncture. She has been a small animal veterinarian for over 13 years and has always been a passionate advocate for senior pet health care.

She has completed 3 additional years of study in Veterinary Oncology, Small Animal Endocrinology, and Small Animal Neurology through Massey University. She attended the first Australian Veterinary Palliative Care Advisory Council Conference in May 2018.

She is an avid campaigner for Fear Free Veterinary Visits and is a Level 3 Certified Fear Free Practitioner. She understands that the emotional wellbeing of a patient is just as important as their physical wellbeing and proactively takes steps to reduce fear, anxiety, and stress in her patients.

Dr. Belinda is, unfortunately, no stranger to grief. Her father died during her 2nd year in Veterinary School, and more recently she lost two grandparents and her father in law over a six month period. It is through her own experiences with grief and loss that she is not afraid to be vulnerable with families at this difficult time.

Her family apprises of husband James, daughters Lily and Georgie, and furbabies Charlie and Elmo. Her favourite activities outside of the veterinary world are bushwalking with the family (including the dogs) through our local reserves, photography and traveling the world.
Jack and Percy, were two very much loved members of Dr. Belinda’s family, it is in their memory that Dr. Belinda has decided to offer her in-home palliative care and euthanasia service.

Kath graduated from Sydney University in 2005 and has been working as a small animal veterinarian ever since. Whilst working in regional Queensland and NSW, Kath obtained her Masters degree in Veterinary Studies, and then passed the examinations to achieve Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in the Emergency and Critical Care chapter. Kath has worked as an emergency and critical care veterinarian, and completed internships at large multi-discipline specialist referral hospitals. Since 2012, Kath has spent a large proportion of time working in the field of veterinary ophthalmology (treating diseases and conditions of animals’ eyes), and in 2019 she finished a PhD investigating glaucoma in dogs.

Kath consults on eye cases at Rouse Hill Family Vets, and also provides additional veterinary support for Belinda as our team continues to get busier and our hospital grows to offer both house calls as well as a full service hospital.

Emma Mills has always loved animals, but it wasn’t until back in 2011 when she got a casual job in a pet shop did she realise that her passion and future was in the veterinary industry. She started studying in 2012 and has worked as a Vet Nurse for the last 6 years.

Her love for palliative care stems from her childhood dogs Max and Bobbie who she absolutely adored and was passionate in ensuring that they were comfortable in their last few years. She also has a beautiful Mini Fox Terrier Bella who is 19 years old and requires palliative care for her arthritis and dementia. She believes our elderly pets deserve their last few years to be as pain free and full of love as we can possibly make it.

Emma is a certificate IV certified Veterinary Nurse and also certificate III Fear Free certified. She believes that the chances of recovery for animals will be much faster if their experience is positive and as stress free as possible.

Emma’s family consists of her husband Mark, her beautiful daughter Lilah and her menagerie of animals including her 3 dogs: Sadie, Rory and Bella. Her 2 cats: Lucy Lu and Jackson, and her 54 year old Cockatoo Charlie who she has known all her life.

She is super excited to join Rouse Hill Family Vets and to work in helping our elderly four-legged friends have the best quality of life they can.

Brittany is a qualified cert IV Vet nurse with over 4 1/2 years of experience. She is also fear free certified.

Brittany is very excited to join the team and loves coming to work every day and getting to care for our patients.

Brittany has 4 pets at home including a Maltese x toy poodle named Roxy, a Cocker Spaniel x Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Franklin, a cat named walnut, and a sun conure named Neville.

Kitty is a Veterinary Nurse at Rouse Hill Family Vets. Kitty graduated from her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and Zoology in early 2020, is currently studying a Masters of Wildlife Health and Conservation, and is on her way to becoming a Veterinarian. Kitty is level 3 fear free certified and has a passion for animal behaviour. Kitty has a wide variety of animals at home, including 8 cats named Sweet Potato, Tabby, Flossy, Charlie, Toby, Possum, Luna and Slushie, 2 Labradors named Meiko and Tilly, a Poodle X named Pablo, a chicken named Louanne, a duck named Basil, a snake named Iggy and a cockatoo named Francis.

Kitty loves Veterinary Medicine, animal health, caring for the amazing patients that come into her care, and helping to make them feel safe, happy and comfortable.

Casey has been working in the Veterinary industry for 12 years. She has her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and is Fear Free qualified. She has a Certificate IV in Statement of Attainment of dog training and has graduated from Puppy preschool instructors courses. She has also done training with the Delta society. Casey brings a wealth of knowledge and compassion to our team and incorporates Fear Free and positive reinforcement techniques in all of her training classes and her grooming.

Her family consists of two beautiful horses Kora and Choice and two fur pups Poppi and Billie.

Charlie is a 2-year-old spoodle. He is the head taste tester of all things inedible. He has generalised anxiety which is well controlled utilising medication, enrichment activities, and environmental management. He is a complete whirlwind in comparison to Jack. He is a sweet boy who could be easily misunderstood. His favourite things are jumping (jumping here, there and everywhere) and chewing (particularly chewing objects that are not toys). His favouite treat is a peanut butter filled kong!

Elmo is a 2 year old Labradoodle. He is a failed therapy and assistance dog who has also been diagnosed with generalised anxiety. He has absolutely flourished into becoming a confident happy boy with the help of daily medication, confidence building exercises and lots of love. He is the most adorable cuddle bug who is just slightly too big to be a true lapdog but that doesn’t stop him from trying. His favourite thing is bouncing on the trampoline. His favourite treat is frankfurt sausages (perfect for administering his daily medication).