In the last six months Carlyle has seen a new face that is behind the treatment and care of our most loved pets and animals. If you recently walked into Head for the Hills Veterinary Health Services located just across Hwy 13 in front of town then you already know this face. In a recent interview with the newest member of the "Head for Hills" team, the Observer got some background information to let the town know more about their new veterinarian.
This past June, Dr. Anna Stansbery moved to Carlyle from Sheldon, North Dakota to take up the role of a veterinarian at Head for the Hills Veterinary Health Services. A graduate from North Dakota State University, Stansbery said Carlyle isn't very different from where's she's from in the U.S. and said she is enjoying the area.
"It's really not that different from where I grew up in North Dakota to here, the people aren't different, it's the same. Very, very similar, the same small-town feel," she said.
"The town I actually grew up in is actually smaller than Carlyle"
Stansbery attended North Dakota State University and then went on to study veterinarian medicine at the University of Minnesota at the St. Paul campus. She described her move to the town as being seamless with limited issues and explained that working at Head for the Hills is rewarding.
"It's been really good, I found a place to live so that was the first hurdle but the job is good and the people I work with are great, it's been really good and the clients are nice," she said.
When she got the opportunity to work in her chosen field and in an environment that suited her, Stansbery said there was no hesitation.
"The owners here put an ad out for a new vet and it's a nice place to live here in Carlyle and it was a good offer and I took it," she said.
Sometimes the choices we make in life aren't always as obvious as we think and sometimes there needs to be a turning point or catalyst that influences our decisions. Stansbery didn't always know she wanted to become a veterinarian but during her early years growing up in Sheldon, ND she soon knew that the caring for animals was the path to take.
"I grew up on a farm, my dad is a farmer and we had cattle and I didn't really know I wanted t be a vet until I started working for the veterinarian in my home town that I just really fell in love with it," she said.
"I really enjoy what I do, I'm glad I took this job,"
