We are TLC
Dr. Mike Lemmon, DVM
Dr. Mike Lemmon was born in Ogden, Utah and spent some of his childhood in Colorado while his father went to veterinary school.
Dr. Mike developed a love for the profession while he followed his father on emergency calls and around various veterinary clinics.
His favorite parts of this amazing career are saving lives, surgery, dentistry, and watching patients and their families grow and change. Mike’s goal is to make a difference by helping the pets of Ogden and beyond live the healthiest and happiest lives possible with their best friends and families.
Dr. Mike’s hobbies include family time, motorcycles, mountain biking, hiking, fast cars, fishing, drawing, and many more. He is also teaching his daughter to love all the same things.
Traveling has helped Dr. Mike appreciate the splendors of Utah and how lucky we are to live in the United States of America.
(His wife thinks he should be in commercials because he is handsome and has great hair.)
Dr. Kara Tassone, DVM
Dr. Kara Tassone was born here on the Wasatch front and enjoyed growing up near the mountains where she learned to love hiking and enjoying the outdoors.
She attended Weber State University where she graduated with Bachelors degrees in Psychology and Zoology. After graduation she then took a few years away from academia to enjoy the outdoors and to fall in love with motorcycle riding and her husband.
Dr. Kara attended St George’s University on the island of Grenada where she and her husband enjoyed the island life (between studying) and being able to learn about medicine in a very practical manner. They completed their 4th year of Veterinary education at the University of Illinois.
Following completion of her DVM, Dr. Kara did an internship in small animal medicine, emergency, and surgery at the Animal Referral and Emergency Center in Mesa, Arizona. After completing her internship she worked doing relief medicine at multiple emergency facilities while living in AZ. Later she and her husband moved back to Utah where she joined the team at Animal Care Center and K-9 Rehabilitation. There she learned to appreciate amazing staff, clients and patients. She also developed a passion for end of life care and acupuncture.
Ultimately, she missed being able to help patients and families in their most stressful moments- so she decided to return to emergency medicine.
Dr. Kara has served on many committees, both national and local. She is the former President of the Utah Veterinary Medical Association and believes veterinarians have to speak to be heard. Her motto is “lead to inspire.” We all have something we are passionate about- SO LETS CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND US!
She loves living on the Wasatch front with her husband, daughter, their dogs Bob and Goblin, and their cats Ice Cream and Stubart.
Dr. Ethan Porter, DVM
Dr. Ethan Porter grew up in Morgan Utah. Through his interactions on the family farm and the many days horseback helping the Diamond D Ranch, Dr. Porter quickly found a love for animals. At the age of 8, Dr. Porter started raising show steers for the Morgan County Fair. At 13, he started taking classes to learn how to improve the genetics within their show cattle herd. From this point onward, he knew he wanted to spend every day working with animals.
After graduating from Morgan High School in 2011, he attended Utah State University, graduating with a Bachelors of Veterinary Science and a Minor in Chemistry in 2017. In the fall of 2017, Dr. Porter applied to St. George’s University (SGU), located on the island of Grenada and subsequently started January of 2018. During his time on the island, Dr. Porter found a love for the people of Grenada and his island home. He is very proud to be an SGU Alumni and hopes to become a visiting professor someday.
During his final year on the island, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the SGU students were emergency evacuated off the island. The remainder of that year was taught online until Dr Porter moved to Columbia, Missouri to finish his clinical training at the University of Missouri with three of his closest classmates. He graduated the following year in the Spring of 2022.
Once finished with his education, Dr Porter, his fiancé Mitch, three dogs (Jack, Mango, and Frank), a cat (Helmi Doja Cat), and a horse (Uni) moved back to his hometown of Morgan Utah. When Dr Porter is not helping his patients at TLC Pet Care, he can be found traveling/camping with his fiancé, hiking with his dogs, riding horses, gathering cows, paddle boarding, or snowboarding.
Dr Porter’s special interests in veterinary medicine include surgery, preventative medicine, ultrasound, and client communication. He is thrilled to be joining the amazing team at TLC Pet Care and looks forward to learning alongside Dr. Kara, Dr. Mike, and the extraordinary staff members.
Tyler - Practice Manager
Tyler was born and raised here along the Wasatch Front and began his path in veterinary medicine in 2016. During that time he has worked in many facets of vet med, however, being manager of a clinic is his most exciting challenge yet.
He also has a passion for aviation and has his private pilot license so when he is not working, you can find him and his husband flying to exciting places or studying to become an airline pilot.
Tyler is a dog-dad to a black lab named Skyy and a yellow lab named Bailey, both of whom test his patience daily but whose quirks he adores (even if he won’t tell you).
Julie - Care Coordinator
Julie is a Montana native who moved to Utah as a first grader. She lives in a very old Ogden Railroad house with her husband and two dogs, Ruger and Arie, who are sassy little Aussiedoodles. She has 3 adult daughters, two grandsons, 2 grand dogs and 3 grand horses. While she spends most of her time working behind the scenes so your pets all come into a clean and welcoming environment, she loves the opportunity to greet our clients and their pets upon arrival to TLC.
When Julie is not working, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing games, barbecuing, camping, riding horses and vacationing in Montana. Her hobbies include: creating art quilts, charity quilts, painting Santa/Easter eggs and collecting antiques/Coca-Cola items.
Graham - Care Coordinator
Originally from south Florida, Graham has spent all of his life caring for, and learning from, animals domestic, agricultural, and exotic. In his free time he enjoys movies, video games, and theatre. He currently lives with two beautiful kitties, Jasmine and Maple.
Kade - Care Coordinator
Kade has been a part of our team since July 2023. He was born in Arizona and raised in Utah. Besides working with animals his other passions include watching and playing the sport soccer which has taken him to Spain to compete in the amateur leagues. In his free time he enjoys assistant coaching a youth soccer group and also enjoys hiking and being outdoors.
Lynda - Care Coordinator
Originally born in Illinois, Lynda moved to Utah and never looked back. She joined TLC in October of 2022 after 15 years in the human medical field and is one of our amazing care coordinators. Four humans call her mom and three call her grandma. She also has a cat named Sasha and a Bichon named Peanut whom she dotes upon and spoils rotten.
Noemi - Technician
Noemi is originally from Argentina and has been in the United States for the past 23 years, receiving her citizenship in 2014. She is currently a nationally Certified Veterinary Technician and is licensed in the state of Utah. For the past few years, she has been volunteering her skill and time at a cat rescue in Ogden, emphasizing on FIP treatments. She has also volunteered at the Utah Hogle Zoo and WLRNU and enjoys spending her free time with her hubby, cats, and dogs.
Brittany - Technician
Brittany was born in California but grew up here in Ogden. She has been in the veterinary field since 2013 and graduated from Broadview university with her degree in veterinary medicine. She has a dog named Maverick and two rats named Poppy and Rosie.
While not working, she enjoys going swimming, camping and spending her time with her family and two wonderful kids Sammi and Logan.
Carolina - Care Coordinator
Carolina is one of our outstanding care coordinators who has been with TLC since opening. She is originally from California and has been living in Utah for the past 17 years. She loves animals, especially pugs, and currently owns a rescued mini schnauzer! Being bilingual gives her the opportunity to help with our Spanish speaking clients which she greatly enjoys.
Genesis - Technician
Genesis was raised in California before moving to Ogden with her family. She has had a love for animals since she was young and so decided to build her career around that. She attended Broadview University where she graduated with her associates degree in veterinary medicine. She enjoys going to zoos and aquariums with her daughter and runs a zoo herself at home with two funny bulldogs, a cat, snake, a couple tarantulas and a salt water fish tank. Gen has a passion for exotics and has plans to become a certified zoo technician in the future.
JT - Technician
JT was born and raised in Utah. She has always had a passion for animals and has been in the Veterinary field since 2016. She has 4 dogs named Prieta, Tito, Rosie, Ryn and a cat named Tonchi.Her hobbies include riding her motorcycle through Ogden and the canyon, playing video games, loves to draw, craft and hike. Also, don't tell anyone but she is secretly a ninja.
Katelyn - Technician
Katelyn was born and raised in Hooper Utah on her family farm. She is a pre-vet student at Weber State, and has future plans to hopefully attend vet school in 2025 with her fiance whom she married in the summer of 2024. When she is not working or going to school she is probably hanging out with all her animals and her family on her funny farm. She used to rodeo and owns horses and foals. She is also a dog mom to five fur babies, along with about any other animal you can think of from dogs, cats, miniature horses, goats, chameleons, and parrots.
Mary - Technician
Mary joined TLC in 2023 and is very excited to begin her career in veterinary medicine. She is very passionate about animals, so much so that she has seven of her own! In her free time she loves to go hiking and take her dogs out to enjoy nature.
Brooke - Lead Technician
Brooke was born and raised in Utah. She grew up loving animals and wanted to be in the veterinary field since she was a little girl. As she grew, she was able to convince her parents to allow her get quite a few animals, including dogs, cats, horses, chickens, goats, rabbits, turtles, hamsters, and bearded dragons.
She loved spending her time taking care of all the different creatures. Upon graduating high school, she became a CVA by taking an online course offered through a local veterinarian. After completing her CVA externship, she got hired to work for a mixed animal veterinary practice.
Brooke was promoted to lead technician at a small animal veterinary hospital after 7 years in the field. Eventually, her desire to grown and learn new things lead her to work at a Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital, where she met Dr. Kara.
Brooke knew that she wanted to work with Dr. Kara, which lead her to TLC Pet Care. Brooke’s passion truly is caring for the sweet creatures that we get to enjoy in our lives.