Barbara Kauffman began her veterinary career in a rural, mixed animal practice in Colebrook, NH, where she worked for 5 years before moving back to NY to be closer to her family. In 2000, she took a position at Seneca Animal Hospital as the sole practicing veterinarian, rebuilding the practice that Dr. Buell had started in the 1950s. Dr. Buell sold the practice in 2011, and Dr. Kauffman started the Seneca Lake Veterinary practice and continued until COVID when she felt it was a good time to "retire." Obviously, retirement didn't stick, and she now continues to follow her calling with us here at The Country Vet. What she's come to like best about veterinary medicine is being an "advocate" for the care of a family pet. She feels that there is so much value in having the whole family involved and invested in the good care and well-being of the 4-legged members. She gets immense satisfaction in seeing exuberant dogs happy to come in for a veterinary check-up and cats and kittens who "acknowledge" that coming to see the vet might not be such a terrible adventure after all In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and pets, and she is active in various community activities [citation].