Dr John Prangley BVSc MSc

John Prangley's earliest memories of riding were going to school on horse back at Tokomaru Bay, East Cape.  Much fun was had on the beach on horses.

 

John Prangley comes from a family of racehorse owners and breeders, at Mangere, Auckland.  John, Fiona and their 3 daughters all enjoy a full life or horse riding at home and on holiday.  They have 20 horses, and between them are active in many aspects of riding. 

 

They all ride with Pakuranga, Maramarua and Rotorua hunts, enjoying the many different locations and situations.  Devon, Roma and Portia also ride at Pony Club.  They also enjoy riding in dressage and jumping, when available.  The girls also love the beach races at Karekare and the annual pony club sprint at Ellerslie.

 

Johns qualifications include Bachelor of Veterinary Science, BSc in Animal Behaviour, MSc (Distinction) Neural Physiology, and Post Graduate Diploma in Animal Special Senses.

 

After graduating John headed off to Kentucky, USA where he worked in an Equine Practice specialising in general examinations, stud work and dentistry.  Then back to NZ and Rotorua where he did equine work.

 

John has been with Franklin Vets Papakura branch since 1999, and does general practice work.  His work involves many species these days as he services many lifestyle blocks with a mixture of exotic animals, as well as dairy farms.

 

Holly Walton BVSc

Holly's formative years were spent in rural Southland where she graduated through the Pony Club system, completing her B and H certificates. She participated in all aspects of competitive riding; pleasure hacking, pony club instruction and dressage judging. Whilst attending vet school in Melbourne, Holly was involved with a family commercial Angus and Merino property and breeding Irish Sport horses. Returning to NZ she spent time in Hawkes Bay as a mixed practice vet.

Holly then moved south to Canterbury to pursue one of her main interests; equine reproduction and foal care.  Holly worked on a large broodmare farm managing fresh and frozen artificial insemination, scanning and foaling down of some 450 mares.

During this time Holly undertook post-graduate training in equine dentistry with the "Power Float" a non invasive, visually based dental system.  Holly's career took her home to Southland where she worked at an equine referral centre with a leading equine surgeon.  The case-loads here were quite varied, from colic surgeries to fracture repairs.  Holly is very keen to help implement on-farm parasite management, vaccination programmes and general health plans for horse properties.

Having thawed out from the South, Holly has enjoyed exploring the local countryside, beaches and forests on horseback and foot.  Holly has settled into the Clevedon community, enjoying competing in local dressage and jumping events.

Dr Goran Medic BVSc

Goran graduated in 1991 and worked as a large animal practitioner in Serbia.  On immigrating to NZ in 1994, and passing the New Zealand Veterinary examinations in 1996, Goran worked for MAF Quality Management now known as NZ Food Safety Authority (verification agency).

Goran is based at Waiuku, and provides veterinary backup at Pukekohe and Papakura.