Hi, my name is Sandy McCallister, and I am the proud wife of Dr. Mike McCallister. I am also the Practice Manager of Village Veterinary Hospital. We have had a great adventure in the past 30+ years with this wonderful business.
I have an associate’s degree in Business from New Mexico State University. We started this business in 1987 when our children were very young. At that time, I was the receptionist, assistant, and bookkeeper. When necessary, my mother would come in and help answer phones or babysit the kids while we worked long hours. Through the years, we have added to our staff and have been very fortunate to put a great team together.
We are very proud of our children, Dianne, Robert, and David. Our daughter graduated from New Mexico State University with two degrees in four years in 2005 and moved to Arizona. She is now working with a great firm and continues to broaden her future. Robert has been fortunate to have traveled and lived all over the United States as well as Africa. He has his own business now and buries fiber like all over New Mexico. He is now settled down with a beautiful wife and a baby girl, Macee, born in 2022. David also has his own business in agriculture and also has a beautiful wife. They have 3 wonderful kids, Daxden, Brieley and Ryder. We are so blessed to have a close relationship with all our kids and grandkids.
Our family has raised several animals through the years and had great fun doing so. Our children show pigs and lambs through the 4-H and FFA programs. If you have never raised pigs before, you would be extremely surprised at how much personality they really have. We have great memories from that time.
We currently have one Australian Shepherd and cattle. We have put together such a wonderful staff that I am very proud of. They are also our family (Village Veterinary Family). They take pride in what they do and enjoy there relations with our clients.