Meet the Team

I wanted to be a vet from a young age. The dream turned to reality and for over 24 years I was a partner  and now a Clinical Director, with Dunedin Veterinary Surgeons, now we have teamed up with VetPartners Practices. I love meeting new pets and their owners and feel privileged to be able to provide veterinary attention to all the pets entrusted to my care. I really enjoy the whole spectrum of veterinary care, from medicine through to soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery. I have particular interests in acupuncture and dentistry. Most importantly, apart from preventative care such as vaccinations, it is all about helping to return an ill or injured pet to good health. I share my home with my family, our two Burmese cats, my daughter’s tortoise and we have chickens too.

Margot Hunter graduated as a vet from Glasgow University many years ago. After several years working in mixed practice in England, she set up Dunedin Veterinary Surgeons with colleague Chris Monk. The practice has flourished from a small site in Tranent, to now having branches in Prestonpans, Dunbar and North Berwick. Margot loves all aspects of veterinary work. From meeting & treating clients and their pets in consultations to performing complex surgical operations. Margot also has an interest in homeopathy and is one of the few vets in Scotland who has a Vet MFHom qualification. She is also involved in training veterinary nurses & Dunedin Vets has been a valued training centre for student nurses over the years. Margot has recently turned her writing skills into practice & has a monthly column in the East Lothian Courier, on veterinary stories of local interest. Margot has 1 rescue cat, a beautiful Maine coon called Fiona. Out of work, her interests include, gardening, crafting anything to do with sport and travel.

I qualified from the ‘Dick’ Vet in Edinburgh in 1997 after initially completing a degree in Applied Biology.
An initial spell in mixed practice kick started my small animal career which I have focused on since. After working overseas in New Zealand for a brief period, I then travelled north to Aberdeen for several years before settling in East Lothian. My main interests are general medicine and surgery.
My outside of work interests are mostly sport based – being a keen cricketer (fanatic!) and golfer and an armchair rugby fan. I have a wee chilled cat named Sugar and a slightly neurotic dog named Scout

I joined Dunedin Vets in 2005 on placement as a student veterinary nurse. I was made a permanent member of the team in December 2007 and qualified as a registered veterinary nurse in 2008.  I have since worked my way up to head veterinary nurse and most recently become the practice manager.   I am cat crazy and have an advanced award in feline medicine.  You will constantly find me sneaking into the consult room for a cat cuddle.  I love meeting new clients and their pets and developing a bond throughout the years together.

I joined Duendin Vets in 2022. In 2018, I achieved a diploma as a veterinary assistant and worked for a year in this position. Now I am in my third and final year of veterinary nurse training! I really enjoy providing inpatient care and helping sick patients recover. I do have a soft spot  for the elderly patients.

At home, I am kept busy with my husband, two dogs, a guinea pig and a tortoise.

I have been around animals since I could walk, growing up on the farm with the livestock and my ponies.
I have been working in the veterinary world for five years now after retiring from horses full time.
In my spare time you will usually find me either walking my two Jack Russells or training on a horse for my next dressage competition.