Dr. Thomas Maves graduated from Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1987. He practiced emergency medicine at the Animal Emergency Clinic in Ann Arbor for nine years before opening the Village Animal Clinic of Dexter in 1997. When not at work, he likes to fish and duck hunt at his cabin up north. He lives in Lansing with his wife, Dr. Susan Ewart, a dean at the College of Veterinary Medicine at MSU, three boys, and his Poodle, Sally - the self-appointed greeter and mascot of the clinic [citation].