Sheila E. Morrissey is a 1983 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Upon graduation, she worked for 5 years in a small animal/equine clinic in Brattleboro, VT. She then worked in Greenfield, MA for Dr. Donald Peck, V.M.D. Upon his retirement in 1991, she bought his practice and changed the clinic's name to North County Veterinary Clinic, Inc. Dr. Morrissey has a special interest in genetics and reproduction as well as in canine sports medicine and rehabilitation. She also enjoys learning about different cat and dog breeds and their origins and purpose. In the wintertime, Dr. Morrissey can be found on the trails at sled dog events working as part of the veterinary team. She has worked in various sled dog races including the Sandwich Notch 60 (NH), the Great Trails Race (MN), the Can Am Crown (ME), the Eagle Lake 100 (ME), the Iditarod - start only (AK), the John Beargrease (MN), the UP 200 (MI), and the South African Dryland Sledding Association Inaugurial Events (South Africa). Dr. Morrissey is married and has two sons. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, woodworking and crafts, hiking, kayaking, traveling, as well as backpacking and dogsledding with her dogs. She also competes in obedience and rally trials with her dogs. She and her family breed and raise Siberian Huskies and have also enjoyed the companionship (and drool) of Newfoundlands they have had in the past. Dr. Morrissey is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Assoc., the Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Assoc., the International Sled Dog Veterinary Medicine Association, as well as the Pioneer Valley Kennel Club, the Yankee Siberian Husky Club, and the Siberian Husky Club of America (SHCA), for which she was their Genetics and Health Chairman for over 10 years. She also serves on the SHCA's Board of Directors for numerous terms [citation].