11/03/2026
You thought we were done with those staff appreciation posts didn't you?
We're not 🙂↔️.
I (Jon) am here with a surprise post she (Dr. Hall) isn't expecting 🤫. I'm going to give you the shortest version I can of our story and how we got here.
There are many stories a lot like ours I'm sure, the men and women that make up "small business." Men and women that choose paths in life in attempt to better ourselves and those around us, (both two and four legged in our version).
We met only 23+ years ago in gym class where I may or may not have influenced her only “B” grade that year. I graduated high school. A couple years later, she graduated high school and we started taking things more seriously. She went off to college (yessss, the purple one), and I got very familiar with I-70. She would come back almost every weekend to help her grandparents on their cattle ranch, and I'd be there with her. On weekends she didn't come home, I'd be familiarizing myself with I-70.
Fast forward four years, she graduated with her Bachelors degree in Food Science from Kansas State University.
Did she stop there? She did not.
She was then accepted in to Veterinary School at KSU. Four years later, she graduated with her doctorate degree from vet school.
Did she stop there? She did not.
She then pursued her Master's degree from KSU in Public Health with an emphasis on Infectious and Zoonotic diseases.
Did she stop there? She did not.
She then pursued a degree in Certified Veterinary Acupuncture from Chi University in Reddick, Florida.
Did she stop there?
Yes, she did. Thank God.
Once she graduated from veterinary school, she worked at the Atchison Animal Clinic in Atchison, Kansas. It was (and still is) a mixed animal practice.
After a few years in Atchison, we decided to start a family and move closer to home, which is where our story in Lawrence picks back up.
In 2016, we had our daughter, started new jobs and purchased our first home all within a months time. Life was hot on our tails.
Once back in Lawrence, she started working for a clinic in Vassar, Kansas. She remained there for almost two years and then began working for a clinic in Lawrence.
Fast forward a couple of years and multiple conversations with a college friend from her class at KSU, had firmly planted the idea of opening a mobile veterinary clinic. He had done the same in New Mexico and was doing well!
This brings us to the beginnings of Hall Veterinary Services. For the better part of the summer of 2023 and into the fall, we had been making plans to have a mobile clinic built from scratch. In November, we came across a post from someone in Alexandria, Virginia with a very gently used, almost brand new clinic they had purchased not a year prior. In December of 2023, two weeks before Christmas, we flew to Alexandria, Virginia. We spent three days there while Dr. Hall shadowed the woman we were purchasing the clinic from. It was a crash course in learning her way around the clinic, when to run the generator, things to do, things NOT to do and after those few days, we shook hands and hugged our new friends and hit the road for Kansas. We drove straight through, swapping driving duties and after approx. 23 hours (if memory serves me), we pulled into Dr. Hall's mother's place (Dr. Colgan), plugged it in, and went to sleep.
And then we slept for a little while longer.
Fast forward a couple months, lots of things learned, some logo designs, getting the old wrap removed from the clinic and having a new wrap designed and installed (thank you Fullbright Sign & Lighting, we did not make life easy on you!), we launched Hall Veterinary Services in late February of 2024. If you look closely at one of the photos, you’ll see Dr. Hall in a boot. When we opened, she had just had surgery on her big toe on her right foot!
Phew.
And here we are now, November 3, 2026. This amazing woman has raised two beautiful children, both of which greet our staff on their way out the door for school each morning, and she continues to give her all to her family, her clients, her patients and our team.
She has dedicated her life to caring for our best friends. The impact she’s had on the thousands of animals she’s helped can be traced to all parts of this country, that I am certain.
I am a better man because of her. Our children are better humans because of her. Our patients are better pets because of her. Hall Vet is what it is today because of her, and this world is a better place, because of her.
If you stuck around this long, I hope you’ve enjoyed a snapshot in how Hall Vet came to be. We are one of the many that define a true small, family owned business. Your support means the world to us!
Enjoy the pictures as I'm sure she'll be upset that I've posted some of them.
It's ok, she's been mad at me before 😁.
