Dr. Donal McKeown

Born and raised on a farm in Simcoe County, Ontario.

Education:

1957 – 1958 Dairy and Small Animal Practice at Buck Animal Hospital with Dr. Robert C. Buck, Waterloo Ontario.
1958 – 1974 Small Animal Practice, Friendship Animal Hospital Washington D.C., U.S.A. Co- owner and partner of Dr. William C. Ready, O.V.C. 1939 and Dr. R. Harvey Cowan O.V.C. 1949.
1974 – 1984 Associate Professor of Small Animal Surgery, Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
1979 – 2010 Owner and founder of the Fergus Veterinary Hospital, Fergus, Ontario
1984 – 1994 Associate Professor and Director of Ethology in the Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, U. of G.
1990 – 1995 One of the founders and Vice President of Veterinary Medical Diets, Guelph, Ontario.
1992 – 2001 Co-founder of International Bio Institute Inc., Fergus, Ontario. (I.B.I. is a company, which tests Veterinary Drugs for Pharmaceutical Companies to obtain U.S. and Canadian Government approval).
1993 – 2006 Co-founder of Professional Animal Behavioral Associates. A company, which promotes advanced training methods for dogs and provides an annual three day course in Animal Behavior at the University of Guelph and manufactures and distributes the Gentle Leader® line of products in Canada.
1997 – 2001 Co – founder of Ontario Nutri Labs, Fergus Ont. A company, which tests dog and cat food for the Pet Food Industry. The O.N.L. facility is one the largest in North America.

Lectured on Small Animal Surgery and Ethology, both national and internationally
Lectured on Equine behavior and learning within Canada.
Appeared on many local and national Radio and T.V programs
Made presentations to the Annual British Veterinary Association in 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1989.
Lectured on Ethology at all of the Veterinary Colleges in the U.K.
Lecturer on Canine Ethology – Canadian Customs College, Quebec, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.
Made presentations to many Veterinary Colleges in the USA.
Made presentations to the North American Veterinary Conference and the American Animal Hospital Associations Annual meetings.
Made presentations to numerous Veterinary and lay organizations in all Provinces of Canada.
Contributed to four Veterinary texts, four non- scientific Veterinary books and authored numerous Veterinary journal articles.

Past President of the Washington D.C. Veterinary Academy. The D.C. Academy serves Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. and is one of the largest Veterinary Academy in North America.
Past President Of The Ontario Veterinary Medical Association
Director of the Human Animal Bond Association Of Canada
Co-Chairman of the World Conference Human Animal Bond held in Montreal in 1992.
Past President of the Fergus / Elora Rotary Club
Consultant to: Canadian Customs – “Canine Detector Service”, Canadian Rescue Dogs Service, Several Canadian Police Forces, “Canine Unit
Co-founder and past member of the board of the “Probus Club of Center Wellington”.

Teaching Excellence Awards 1977, and 1984. Ontario Veterinary College
Distinguished Teaching Award 1978 –Ontario Veterinary College
Veterinary of the Year for Ontario 1989. Presented by the Ontario Veterinary Association
Honorary Member of the Washington D.C. Academy of Veterinary Medicine.
Recipient of the Paul Harris Fellowship, Rotary’s highest award.
The Alumnus of Honour, University of Guelph, 2004
The Canadian Animal Health Institute Award for Industrial Innovation and Leadership The award recognizing and honoring outstanding accomplishments in the field of Canadian animal health. July 2010.

Married to Marion and have 4 children, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild.