OUR STORY
F9 Equine Clinic was established in May of 2009. The “F9” comes from an old family brand. Although Dr. Fitzgerald grew up in the Houston area, his ancestors have deep roots in Colorado County. In 1824, his grandfather’s great-grandfather, Abraham Alley, came to Texas from Missouri with Stephen F. Austin and settled near the present day town of Columbus, TX. Part of the original Alley homestead has survived the generations and marriages and is today known as the Fitzgerald Ranch. It is the time spent on this land that helped to shape Dr. Fitzgerald’s career goals. He has always wanted to return the family to the Columbus area so he could raise his children on or near the ranch. The F9 brand was first registered in Colorado County in 1860.
OUR VETERINARIANS

Brian W. Fitzgerald, DVM

Dr. Fitzgerald grew up in northwest Houston. His passion for horses began early while working with the ranch horses on his family's cow/calf operation in Columbus. He graduated with honors from Texas A&M University with a degree in Animal Science in 2000.  In 2002, Dr. Fitzgerald completed farrier training in Sacramento, CA at the Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School. He shod horses while attending veterinary school at Texas A&M, where he graduated with honors in 2005. After graduation, he completed a one year internship at Steinbeck Country Equine Clinic in Salinas, CA before moving to the 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, TX where he worked as a resident veterinarian at one of the world's largest equine breeding operations.  He moved back to southeast Texas and started F9 Equine Clinic in Spring of 2009.

Dr. Fitzgerald's professional interests include equine lameness, reproduction, podiatry, and general equine medicine. Dr. Fitzgerald is a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the Texas Equine Veterinary Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Texas Veterinary Medical Association.  Dr. Fitzgerald has previously served on the equine practice committee for the Texas Veterinary Medical Association and the owner education committee for the American Association of Equine Practitioners.   He and his wife, Rashelle, have 8 children.
Katie Cain

Katelyn grew up right here in Columbus, Texas, where her love of horses grew. She was an active member of the Columbus FFA, Junior Fair Board, and the 4-H Horse Club.  After graduating from Columbus High School, Katelyn attended college at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Tx. There she earned a Bachelors Degree in Animal Science, her Equine Science Certificate and completed the Honors Degree Program at TSU. While in school Katelyn was a member of the Collegiate FFA, Stock Horse Team and completed an Internship at Alpha Equine in Granbury, TX.

Upon graduating from Tarleton, Katelyn moved back home to Columbus and joined the F9 team!  She currently lives in Columbus with her husband Dakota, their 2 horses, 1 donkey, 2 dogs and cat!
In their free time they enjoy horseback riding, 4-wheeling and spending time with family!
   
Lorretta Greenwood

Lorretta was born and raised in Gettysburg, Pa on a Thoroughbred/Standardbred horse farm where her love for horses began. During this time, Lorretta learned a lot about horses as she followed alongside the farm’s owner, John Egloff, DVM.  Her love of horses continued to grow as she worked alongside her parents on a dude ranch in the mountains of Montana. Eventually, Lorretta had to leave all that behind as her parents took on new ventures in Pennsylvania. That is when Lorretta started to change her attention from horses to the world of art. Lorretta excelled in many mediums; including: pencil sketching, painting, photography, and silversmithing.

After high school, Lorretta met her soon to be husband, Dustin, while he was stationed as a Marine in Maryland. She followed Dustin to his home state of Texas and married in 2005. Lorretta’s love of animals brought her back into the world of veterinary medicine as she pursued her career a small animal vet tech in Boerne, Tx. Lorretta remained as a vet tech until becoming a stay at home mom in 2011. Lorretta and Dustin have 3 children and reside in La Grange. Now that the children are all in school, Lorretta is happy to be back to helping the animals she loves! Lorretta is pleased to have joined the F9 Equine family in August 2019. While not at work, Lorretta still loves to get creative through various mediums of art and passing her love of art onto her children. Lorretta has a great love for: God, Family, Country, Military, Horses, and Art. 
 
   
Jana Miller

Jana grew up in the small town of Jacksonville, TX. She belonged to the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas horseback riding group called the Tejas Riders from the age of 11 to 18. She first started working as a veterinary technician while in high school. After high school, Jana attended Panola Junior College receiving an associate degree, then attended Sam Houston State University (SHSU) where she graduated with a Bachelor degree in Animal Science and a minor in Biology. While attending SHSU, she worked as a veterinary technician for a small and equine veterinary clinic in New Wavery, TX. After SHSU, Jana headed off to Colorado State University where she received her masters degree in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). She worked for a company called OvaGenix in College Station, TX where she was able to apply her knowledge in cattle reproduction.

Jana enjoys spending time with her family back home in Jacksonville. She also enjoys reading a good book, watching movies, and sitting around a fire with family and friends.
 
   



Sabra Johnson, LVT

Sabra is from La Grange, Texas where she grew up showing quarter horses in multiple disciplines including numerous western performance classes, team roping, english and cutting.  She has worked exclusively in equine medicine since earning her degree as a Licensed Veterinary Technician in 2000. Sabra was most recently the lameness technician for the Texas A&M Large Animal Hospital where she earned multiple awards and honors for her work in both teaching fourth year veterinary students and treating her patients.  Sabra and her husband Jeff have two daughters, Gracie and Madyson, and live on a very active farm outside of New Ulm.  


 
   
OUR OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF

  

Katie Frankum Carl

Katie grew up with horses in Wharton, Tx. She raised and trained colts throughout school, and attended Wharton County Junior College and Texas A&M University. Katie has experience working at several mixed-animal practices and is excited to be back in the equine industry. She and her husband Matthew, a mechanical engineer and fellow Aggie, live in Sealy with their animals. Katie enjoys cooking and spending time with family at ranch rodeos and horse pack trips in the mountains.
 

Tiffany Baxter

Tiffany is happily married and lives in Wallis, Tx. She has had horses since she was 11 years old and has been hooked ever since. She currently breeds barrel racing prospects and is working to get back in the barrel racing community. Tiffany is an animal lover and has 6 horses, 2 Great Danes, 1 French Bulldog and 4 cats to name a few. She graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Merchandising. After working in Corporate America for the past two years she decided it was time to do something she loved and made her way to F9 Equine. She and her husband Travis have a son, Tipton Edward.