Dr. Dally graduated from UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in 1992 and has practiced in the River Valley area ever since. He has truly enjoyed getting to know all the pets and their "human companions" over the years. He has found that watching and helping the puppies and kittens grow up happy and healthy with their families to be a great pleasure and satisfaction. His goal as a Companion Animal Veterinarian has always been to get to know each pet and owner well enough to give effective as well as practical recommendations. He strongly feels that to be successful as "Your other Family Doctor" it is critical to recognize:

1. Every pet has a different personality, disease exposure risk, and breed predispositions.
2. Every pet owner is different in their knowledge of pet care and pet training, time and financial constraints, and level of human-animal bond.

He has always believed that "Veterinary care should never be a 'one size fits all' approach and should always be tailored to the individual pet, owner, and situation."

While in Veterinary school in 1990, Dr. Dally was fortunate to have met and married Ann Vetter. Dr. Vetter is also a veterinarian who has been an integral part over the last 4 years, joining and helping Spring Green Animal and Mazomanie Animal Hospital to become Cooperative Veterinary Care, helping to fulfill Dr. Dally's vision to make the practice better and sustainable for future River Valley pet owners and the doctors and staff that care for them.

Drs Vetter and Dally are the proud owners of an aging, but still "intense" Border Collie named Floss and 2 curious cats, Steve and Coal. As their 3 children have "flown the coop" into adulthood, they are slowly transitioning into semi-retirement and are working together to transform 40 acres of devitalized land using regenerative agriculture techniques employing a menagerie of farm animals that currently include 20 goats, 10 sheep, 2 cows, 2 kuni kuni pigs, a guard donkey, guinea fowl, ducks, and chickens. They are also in the process of rescuing 2 wild mustangs to hone and challenge their skills in animal training and behavior.

     Dr. Kara Hutter started working for us in May of 2023. She is a 2023 Graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine.  During her time at the UW, Dr. Hutter enjoyed working in emergency medicine and spent two years working at Veterinary Emergency Services in Madison.  In addition to ER and urgent care, Dr. Hutter enjoys surgery and shelter medicine.  She is excited to bring new techniques and ideas to our practice. 

Dr. Hutter is a 2016 Graduate of River Valley High School and grew up in the Spring Green area on her family farm.  This is where her love of animals first started!  Her parents, Will & Tracie, allowed her to have a menagerie of animals from rabbits to pigs all of which she supported on her sweetcorn sales!

These days you can find Dr. Hutter roaming around with her four dogs- Addie (Chocolate Lab), GiGi (Chocolate Lab), Blanche (French Bulldog), and Bascom (Dalmatian), caring for her 16-year-old cat, Benny, or yelling at her deaf cat-Stu, to get off the counter. When she's not hanging out with her zoo/circus, she and her husband, Matthew, enjoy going to local restaurants and catching up on bad TV.