Our new hospital is located on 71st street near Garnett, easily accessible from Highway 169. We are proud to serve the families of Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Bixby, and surrounding areas. We offer state-of-the-art diagnostics, including digital x-ray, in-house blood machines, and high speed dentistry with dental x-rays. Our staff is dedicated to providing the highest level of care and compassion for your family: we treat our patients as we would treat our own pets.
Dr. Karen and Dustin Nickle
Dr. Nickle was born in a suburb of Seattle. She knew that she wanted to be a veterinarian since she was seven. She has a distinct memory of telling her dad's friends that "I don't want to be a veterinarian....
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Dr. Karen and Dustin Nickle
Dr. Nickle was born in a suburb of Seattle. She knew that she wanted to be a veterinarian since she was seven. She has a distinct memory of telling her dad’s friends that “I don’t want to be a veterinarian. I’m going to be a veterinarian. It’s why I’m here.”
That childhood drive that fueled her passion for learning. In December of 2004, she graduated from Washington State University with her Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences. In May 2005, she started Veterinary School on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. Her clinical year assignment was at Oklahoma State University, despite never having been to Oklahoma before! Dr. Nickle met her husband, Dustin, at that time.
Dustin grew up in Broken Arrow. He attended Oklahoma State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing. Dr. Nickle graduated from Ross University with her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in September 2008, and Dustin began working locally in sales before he rejoined his family business.
Dr. Nickle and Dustin have resided in the Tulsa area since 2010. After starting at a corporate practice in Texas in 2009, then transferring to Tulsa, Dr. Nickle decided in 2011 that she was better suited to private practice, and she practiced medicine in the same hospital until in late 2019, she and Dustin decided that it was time to open Animal House.
Dr. Nickle and Dustin have two children (Allison and Parker) that keep them laughing every day. They are bossed around by three cats (Chevy, Angus, and Smudge), and are kept safe by Sprinkles (see below). They have several pets waiting for them at the Rainbow Bridge: their kitten Quinn, Great Dane Lexi, retired racing Greyhound OddMoe, and the world’s best wonderdog, Ace.
Meet Sprinkles
Sprinkles is a female Harlequin Great Dane. She was brought home with the Nickle family on July 1, 2017. She enjoys cuddling with humans of all ages and following cats around, and she takes pride in her...
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Meet Sprinkles
Sprinkles is a female Harlequin Great Dane. She was brought home with the Nickle family on July 1, 2017. She enjoys cuddling with humans of all ages and following cats around, and she takes pride in her job of cleaning all of the other pets’ food bowls if they haven’t eaten fast enough.
Sprinkles joins the team of Animal House as the resident Happiness Coordinator. She looks forward to filling this new position with the continued vigor that only her wagging tail can provide.
Hayley - Assistant
Born in Tulsa, OK, Hayley spend many summers on her Nana's farm in Skiatook where she found her love of animals big and small. Hayley spent four years as a stay at home mom while fostering guinea pigs...
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Hayley - Assistant
Born in Tulsa, OK, Hayley spend many summers on her Nana’s farm in Skiatook where she found her love of animals big and small. Hayley spent four years as a stay at home mom while fostering guinea pigs until she decided to pursue her dream of becoming a veterinary assistant. She attended Penn Foster College graduating in 2022.
At home Hayley is the leader of the pack of her two sons, Connor and Delsin, two dogs, Sora and Cooper and her husband Tyler.
Abby
Born and raised in Tulsa Oklahoma, Abby has always had a passion for animals big and small. She would spend most of her free weekends in high school volunteering at wildlife sanctuaries. Abby has been...
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Abby
Born and raised in Tulsa Oklahoma, Abby has always had a passion for animals big and small. She would spend most of her free weekends in high school volunteering at wildlife sanctuaries. Abby has been working with animals since she was 16 but has been a veterinary assistant since 2019.
In her free time, Abby likes to read and spend time with her boys in her house full of pets.
