John E. Johnson, DVM

John E. Johnson, DVM, MS (Jack)
Direct Line: (414) 344-8849

Dr. Jack Johnson was born and raised on a farm in rural Manitoba, Canada, with an array of animals. He is the oldest of ten children (cheap labor on the farm!). He graduated from high school and decided to stay home to work on the farm. After only a year, he quickly decided that farming wasn’t for him. He did break eight horses to ride in that year… although claims to have had no clue as to what he was doing besides continuously getting back on after being bucked off. (This continued until the horses were just too tired to continue the rodeo games)

He began his per-veterinary training at the University of Manitoba, where he excelled in classes such as Organic Chemistry. He was accepted into the third class at the new veterinary school at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After graduating, he was accepted into an equine internship at the Large Animal Clinic of the University of California- Davis. It was here that he learned more than any other period within his professional career. From there, Dr. Jack began a two year large animal surgery residency at the New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

He worked for a year as a surgeon and race track practitioner under Dr. S.P. Dey of Allentown, New Jersey. It was after this that he decided to start his own race track practice in New Jersey which he continued for over 22 years working at several racetracks (primarily Standardbred tracks) including Freehold Raceway and Meadowlands (New Jersey), Yonkers Raceway, Roosevelt Raceway, Monticello (New York), and Pompano Park (Florida).

His racetrack patients included several champion Standardbreds such as Cam Fella (winner of 28 straight races as a 4 yr. old), Immortality and Miss Easy (winners of Mare of the Year in their age classes), Woodrow Wilson, Pace winners – Cullin Hanover, Land Grant, and American Winner (winner of the Hambletonian).

In 1995, he left the East Coast to join the Wisconsin Equine Clinic in Oconomowoc as the third veterinarian in the new practice. He spent 11 years there before leaving to join the Food Safety Inspection Service of the USDA as a Relief Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer. This career had him spending time in various parts of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin before returning to Southeastern Wisconsin full-time to start up a private equine practice in his spare time from the USDA. In May of 2014, Dr. Jack retired from his USDA job in order to dedicated his time fully to his equine practice. In July, 2013, he hired on Dr. Julie Gauthier and shortly after Johnson Equine Veterinary Service, Ltd. was born.

Outside of work, Dr. Jack enjoys hunting, fishing, hockey, golf, and curling. After all of this time, he has come to realize he is most content when working with horses, their owners, and trainers. He plans to continue working as long as he is able because even after 44 years of equine practice, Dr. Jack still enjoys the challenge. (Source)

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