David Horan

Dr David Horan – BVSc, MRCVS, BSc, PGDipEd, TAE40110 (LLN)
Veterinary Surgeon, App Developer, Educator & Trainer/Assessor
Principal – Animal Care Academy
Phone: 0409 747 212
Email: Learnspace@bigpond.com

Your Instructor and Teacher, Dr David Horan, “Dr Dave”, is a qualified veterinary surgeon with over 30 years clinical veterinary experience and is currently the Director and Founder of vet2u.net,
CaringVet.com.au. and infoVet.com.au /AnimalCareAcademy.com.au. Dr Dave has recently retired from full-time lecturing and teaching pet Care in TAFE NSW (Richmond College) for over 25 years.

Professional Background

• A veterinary surgeon with over 30 years clinical Veterinary & Animal Care experience gained all around Australia and on 3 Continents – working for 3 Governments.
• Academic qualifications – BVSc, MRCVS, BSc, PGDipEd, TAE40110
• Not just Veterinary Quals – but also Science (Genetics, Zoology & Marine Science), Teaching / Education / Trainer/ Assessor /
• Teacher of Maths / Science / Animal Science & Veterinary Nursing
• 25 years Full Time lecturing & training experience in TAFE NSW.

I am a generalist in delivering courses across the whole Animal Care Suite including: Pet First Aid, Animal Behaviour, Captive Animals, Animal Technology, Companion Animal Services, Animal Studies & Vet Nursing courses.

• 40 years general teaching experience to all educational levels from junior High School to University in Maths, Statistics, Maths for Business, Biology and Science (UTS, QUT, Sydney Uni)
• Retired from TAFE after 25 years permanent full-time work.
• TAFE medal for "service to students"

Current Business Interests

• Left TAFE to set up AnimalCareAcademy.com.au – Animal Care / Pet Training courses – the only dedicated Pet Courses in Australia
• I have been developing Veterinary / Animal Care Training smartphone Apps infoVet.com.au for smart devices since 2011. We now have a WebApp platform available.
• Operated Mobile Veterinary Service vet2u.net across Sydney for more than 20 years – now expanding services
• Introduced CaringVet.com.au this year, the first and only pet end of life Consultancy on the Sydney market.