BIO ~ Dr. Douglass B. Hutchins
Specialist Equine Veterinary Medicine
After obtaining his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Maine, Dr. Hutchins went on to graduate from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in 1970. After a year working in Long Island, New York, Dr. he purchased a mixed animal practice in Maine. This practice expanded to four veterinarians and was later sold as Dr. Hutchins began his own consulting and equine practice specializing in lameness and reproduction. Dr. Hutchins has served as president of the Maine Veterinary Medical Association, a director of the Maine Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association, as well as its vice-president. He has also served as an advisor to the Kennebunk Animal Shelter and York County Community College’s animal technician program. Dr. Hutchins has won many awards, including the Maine Veterinary Medical Association’s Annual Service award while spending time working with the Maine State Police and the York County Sheriff’s canines. Currently, he resides at his horse farm, Cricket Hill, in Lyman, Maine, with his wife, Shirley. Together they have three daughters, seven grandchildren, boxer dogs and two cats. Dr. Hutchins continues to be active in the owning, breeding, and racing of Standardbred trotters.
Dr. Doug’s Animal Answers, ISBN 979-8891274075, $9.99 eBook, 214 Pages, Dorrance Publishing Company, 2025. Available on Amazon.
