Ben Fox always knew he wanted to own his own veterinarian clinic. He grew up in Seguin and met his wife, Alyssa, in his final months of vet school at Texas A&M. He practiced in Lockhart and the couple married and moved to Uvalde, where they had their first child, Hadley.
They thought it would be their forever home. However, Alyssa’s parents lived in Dripping Springs. “Whenever I had a weekend off of work, we would drive to Dripping and spend the weekend there,” says Ben. “We enjoyed the scenery, the people, the breweries, and wanted to be closer to family. We gradually came to the realization that this is where we wanted to raise our family.”
The family added a daughter, Birdie, and they moved to Southwest Austin in 2018. Ben started picking up relief shifts at various clinics throughout the city. All the while, he planned to start Fox Veterinary Services. He traveled the area doing mobile visits out of his truck until he acquired his own space in December 2021.
“It wasn’t easy, but fortunately, throughout this process, Alyssa was able to carry more of the weight of the finances while I got the clinic rolling,” he says.
Along with dogs, Rocky and George, and cat, Sully, the Fox family grew again in 2022 with the birth of their second son, Nolan.
“We are a family-owned small business. You will likely see one of our kids at the clinic helping out,” he says. “Hadley often sits in the surgery suite, and when Birdie comes by, she basically becomes our office manager.”
Fox Veterinary Services stands apart by serving the community at the clinic and going wherever animals need help. “We’ll do house calls, and we make it our goal to communicate exceptionally well with clients,” Ben says.
“We love that Dripping feels like a tight-knit community where we can raise our three kids on some land. We meet people all over, from Mazama Coffee to Stoic Jiu Jitsu, and they trust their animals to us.”
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Dr. Fox’s journey with veterinary services started with a childhood love for animals. Attending Texas A&M, Dr. Fox received his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science then continued his education graduating from A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine.