Troy Hexter

Dr. Hexter has been practicing companion animal medicine for more than 25 years, and most of those years have been at the Old Canal Veterinary Hospital in Plainville, CT. Troy grew up around animals and always knew he wanted to be a veterinarian from the time he was in grade school.

He has a passion for animals that drove him to volunteer for a local veterinarian in his hometown of Columbus, OH during high school and where he continued to work through college at The Ohio State University. It was there where he earned his undergraduate and doctor of veterinary medicine degrees. After moving to Connecticut and spending a few years in private practice, Troy took a position running the Animal Emergency Clinic in West Hartford. It was this role that gave him new challenges and opportunities to improve his skills and experiences.

In practice, Troy routinely sees situations where parents of multiple pets struggled with the daily feeding regimens. But it was a near tragic personal event that became the impetus for his role at Vet Innovations. A multiple-pet parent himself, he almost lost one of his six cats when dramatic diet-related weight loss went unnoticed. Fortunately, he caught this and intervened, and today Daisy is still with the Hexter family and doing well. But it was this experience that prompted him to begin the process of creating the Vet Innovations’ unique access control technology. Dr. Hexter is excited about the potential to solve the challenges of dietary management in the multi-pet home, and deliver on his passion for caring for animals.