Dr. Claire Lodahl graduated in 1980 from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Her extensive experience in practice includes working in both small animal and mixed practices in Upstate New York, Idaho, Alaska, Colorado, and New Mexico. Some of her more unusual experiences included working on Iditarod sled dog teams in Alaska, consulting on alternative therapies for horses in Ireland, and speaking on her experience with alternative therapies at international conferences. She especially enjoys working with a wide variety of animals, and has experience which includes cats, dogs, and exotics, llamas and alpacas, small ruminants, horses, emus, buffalo and African lions and elephants. In the Durango area, she worked in both Cortez and Farmington in mixed practices before deciding to start her own practice here at Kindness Animal Hospital, which has been open since January 1st, 2007. Starting as a mixed practice for all animals, the practice is now focused primarily on small animals [citation].