Tammy Shumaker - Head Technician

Tammy Shumaker is our head technician. Her duties cross a vast area of skill sets from inventory to surgery and animal preparation to laboratory analysis and in-patient care. Tammy is a native of Buckingham, Va and now resides in Farmville. She received both her undergraduate degree in Biology and her Masters degree in Environmental Studies from Longwood College. Tammy worked with Dr. Carr in Appomattox during her college years and they were reunited to open Blackstone Animal Clinic. Her hobbies include softball, bowling, jewelry crafting and stained glass designing. She has 7 cats and many dogs but the most rotten one comes to work with her. She is a boxer mix named Little Girl.

Amanda Wells - Patient Care Coordinator

Amanda Wells is our client-patient care coordinator. Her most important duty is to maintain open lines of communication between owner and the clinic. Due to the fact that the clinic can be very busy and the doctors time is limited, Amanda bridges this gap and keeps everyone “in the know.” Her additional duties include staff scheduling, receptionist and kennel duty when necessary. Amanda and her husband, Allen live in Farmville, Va . She graduated from Longwood University with a degree in Biology. In addition to her full time job here, she also finds time to do quite a lot of pet sitting. Her hobbies include gardening, canning and walking her dogs on the farm.

Karen Wilson - Head Receptionist

Karen Wilson has over 30 years customer service experience. (And no, she's not telling just how much over.) A former resident of Powhatan County, she and her husband reside in Victoria. They are both avid horse enthusiasts, sharing a farm with 4 dogs, two cats, a growing number of goats and of course many horses. In addition to Karen's main responsibilities, she schedules all appointments and surgeries, manages incoming calls, maintains accurate food inventories, posting account receivables, generates reminders for regular pet care and follows up treatments with a personal phone call.