Emily Lebiedz originally from Connecticut, has always been interested in animals. She worked at a wildlife center in middle and high school where she raised several sets of orphaned baby squirrels, raccoons, and even field mice. She also worked for a local veterinarian as a kennel helper/technician. After graduating high school, she went on to major in Animal Science at UMASS Amherst. While there, she developed a love for riding horses and became a certified riding instructor. During summer breaks, she worked at the school’s horse farm as well as milking 500 cows at a local dairy farm. She then went on to Tufts Veterinary School and graduated in 1997. Emily’s first job after graduation was at Suffolk Downs as one of the track vets, inspecting all the horses for the day’s races and making sure both horses and jockey were safe on the track. Emily started at Edgefield in 1998. For the first several years, she split her time between our horse practice and our small animal hospital. Although she loves both aspects of practice, horse work with its erratic schedule does not lend itself well to family life and motherhood. Emily is a member of the AVMA and NHVMA. She currently lives in Southern NH with her husband, her four kids, two dogs, three horses, three chinchillas, and 2 goats. In her free time (what little there is!), she tries to keep up with her riding and dog agility training [citation].