Dr. Howard Asher was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and proceeded through the Norwalk Public School system until graduation of Norwalk High School.   

  Dr. Asher headed north to attend the University of Massachusetts for 4 years as a pre-veterinarian major.  In his 4 years, he joined and became an officer of the Pre-  Veterinarian Animal Science Club.  This club was responsible for bringing guest speakers to introduce students to the veterinarian field.  While at UMass Dr. Asher was very involved in another registered student organization, The Outing Club.  As an officer as well as an employee of the club, Dr. Asher was responsible for thousands of dollars worth of equipment.  While in this club, he learned new activities and lead many large group hiking, camping, canoeing  and caving trips.   He was also co-creator and organizer for the Connecticut River Challenge which involved 6 people canoeing down the entire Connecticut river from Canada to the Long Island sound, totaling over 368 miles of river in just 3 days. This challenge started with only a hand full of participants and to this day it has grown to more than 30 participants with sponsors.

After UMass, Dr. Asher spent the next year working locally and had the great opportunity to travel throughout Europe for 6 weeks. Upon his return Dr. Asher was accepted to Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts West Indies and spent the next two and a half years attending school.  There, he found his best friend Kane, a male Kittician mix breed dog, which he brought back to the States and has been along side of me in every journey that encountered.  After St. Kitts,  Dr. Asher moved to St. Paul, MN to attend the University of Minnesota College of Veterinarian Medicine to finish his veterinarian program. 

Dr. Asher graduated from Ross University with a DVM degree in October of 2004 and headed back to Norwalk, Connecticut.  On January of 2005 he was hired at by a well-established multi-doctor practice in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, NY.   After 2 years in Brooklyn, he decided to move back to Connecticut and in February 2007, was hired as the Chief of Staff for the Animal Wellness Center of East Hartford, which is Corporate owned by HealthyPet Corporation.  As of June 1st, 2007 HealthyPet was purchased by VCA Animal Hospital Corporation and since then our new name has become VCA Animal Hospital of East Hartford.