Dear Loyal clients, I would like to inform everyone that as of Novemeber 14th, 2011, I will no longer be at VCA Animal Hospital of East Hartford.  I have started my own clinic with Dr. Monica Dijanic in Wethersfield, CT.  Please call 860-757-3346 or visit www.beaverbrookah.com for updated information and to download a free exam certificate for all new clients.  Thank you very much for being such great clients.

Dr. Howard Asher graduated Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004.  He is the Medical Director and Owner of Beaver Brook Animal Hospital.  Dr. Asher is a member of the Connecticut and Hartford County, New York and Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Associations.  In 2008, he became a team leader of the Connecticut State Animal Response Team. 

           
Dr. Asher grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, majoring in Pre-Veterinarian studies. At UMASS, he joined and became an officer of the Pre-Veterinarian Animal Science Club.  An important function of this club was to schedule guest speakers so that interested students were introduced to the veterinarian field.  While at UMASS, Dr. Asher was very involved in another registered student organization, The Outing Club.  His participation in this club, helped him experience  many new activities as well as lead many large group hiking, camping, canoeing  and caving trips.   During that time he earned certification in Wilderness First Aid Responder.    He was also a co-creator and organizer for the Connecticut River Challenge which involved a six member team 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 sponsorships. 

After graduation, Dr. Asher spent the next year working locally and had the great opportunity to travel through Europe. Upon his return, Dr. Asher was accepted to Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine , 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. Kane has been his trusted friend in all new experiences..  After St. Kitts, Dr. Asher moved to St. Paul, MN to attend the University of Minnesota College of Veterinarian Medicine to complete his veterinarian program. 

Dr. Asher graduated from Ross University with a DVM degree in October, 2004 and headed back to Norwalk, Connecticut.  January, 2005, Dr. Asher joined a well-established multi-doctor practice in the Brooklyn, New York area.   In February 2007, Dr. Asher joined the staff of the Animal Wellness Center of East Hartford, as Chief of Staff.  At that time, AWC of East Hartford   was corporate owned by Healthy Pet Corporation.  As of June, 2007 Healthy Pet was purchased by VCA Animal Hospital Corporation and became the new Medical Director of the hospital.  Since the acquisition, the hospital changed its name to VCA Animal Hospital of East Hartford.

Dr. Asher currently lives in Vernon, CT with his two “rescued” dogs.  Joining Kane is Sugar, a puppy from Louisiana. In his leisure time he enjoys hiking, spelunking and renovating his home.