Dr. Hailey Light joined Paradocs in the summer of 2019. Growing up in a Navy family, she has lived all over the US and abroad. She attended Ross University for vet school, did her clinical year at the University of Illinois, and then completed an equine internship at Mississippi State University and a small animal internship at a major specialty hospital in Houston, TX. Although Dr. Light enjoys seeing patients of all species, her passion has always been horses, with special interests in lameness, imaging, and surgery. She currently shares her home with two cats, two dogs (a coconut retriever and a silken windhound), and two horses (a paint mare and a POA/QH filly). In her spare time, she enjoys riding, painting, and dog sports.

Shauna (Prasse) Riggs, DVM graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Tech and Virginia/Maryland School of Veterinary Medicine. After literally growing up in a veterinary practice, she brings a wealth of experience and compassion as well as knowledge to the high-tech Paradocs Animal Hospital. Dr. Riggs is married to Joshua Riggs and resides in Locust Grove with their dog, “Gizmo”. An accomplished horsewoman, Dr. Riggs has won numerous awards for showing horses in nearly every discipline. Her special interests include Veterinary Medicine, Surgery, Nutrition, and Dentistry for small animals and equine.

Joan M. Prasse, DVM is a summa cum laude graduate of Marshall University and The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She is the wife of Robert Prasse, II, D.V.M., M.D. Early in their marriage they ran Colonial Animal Clinic, an American Animal Hospital Association accredited hospital in Flatwoods, KY. When Dr. Robert decided to go back to school to “specialize in one species”, that is, humans (He is now “The Country Doctor – –with his office just upstairs!), Dr. Joan became founder and president of Advanced Veterinary Services, PSC, a corporation which owned and operated four veterinary hospitals in Kentucky and Ohio. In 1995, Dr. Prasse sold her veterinary empire and, in 1998, moved with Dr. Robert and their three children to Locust Grove, VA. They established Paradocs Farm, where they raise and train horses. Dr. Prasse has practiced locally for the past 17 years, providing veterinary care for dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, and goats. She has a strong interest in Surgery, Medicine, Canine and Equine Reproduction, and Preventative Health Care.

Designing and building Paradocs Animal Hospital has been a labor of love, enabling Dr. Prasse to once again be in practice with a family member, her daughter, Dr. Shauna Riggs.