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Cassy Postler (formerly Griebel) is the owner of Buffalo Ridge Relief Veterinary Services. She provides relief support to veterinary clinics that need help. Contributed photo
Cassy Postler (formerly Griebel) recently started Buffalo Ridge Relief Veterinary Services through which she will provide relief support to veterinary clinics, similar to a traveling nurse who provides services to multiple locations.
“Instead of helping direct clients, I’m going to actually be helping other vet clinics that are desperate for help,” said the 2010 Pipestone Area Schools graduate.
In addition to veterinary services, Postler is certified in chiropractic work for small animals, horses and even show animals such as sheep and cattle.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “It’s so fun to do.”
Postler said there had been an animal chiropractor in the area before, but she moved, so she saw a need. She said she’s recently been doing chiropractic work on a dog that was injured jumping off a couch and couldn’t move its back legs, and he’s now able to walk again.
Postler said she plans to focus on providing services to veterinary clinics in southwest Minnesota, eastern South Dakota and northern Iowa, but also plans to get licensed in North Dakota and Wisconsin because there aren’t many mixed animal relief veterinarians around. Recently she’s been providing services in Lakeside, Marshall and Luverne.
“Just staying in our rural area has been keeping me busy for the last couple months,” Postler said. “I’m hoping to really fill the need of where I grew up, but I will travel out if people call and ask.”
So far business has come through word of mouth, but eventually she plans to start a website at BRR.Vet, do some marketing and potentially be listed on an online job posting site.
Postler previously worked at Western Veterinary Clinic in Tyler. She decided to start her own business as a way to grow her career and decided to provide relief to veterinary clinics due to a shortage of veterinarians, specifically large animal veterinarians. She said relief veterinary services can help veterinary clinics continue to serve their clients and prevent burnout.
“I can help more practices keep their clients, which makes everybody happier,” Postler said. “Businesses want to keep their clients, clients want to stay with their doctors they trust, and this helps everybody be happier.”
She said people have asked her to fill in while they’re on maternity leave, bridge a gap in coverage and cover while a veterinarian is out for a family event.
Owning her own business also gives her more freedom in her schedule. She said it’s possible that she might serve clients directly at some point in the future, but not any time soon.
“We’ll just see how it grows,” Postler said.
Postler lives on an acreage north of Holland with her husband, Tom, who is a computer engineer for Microsoft. She’s also the Pipestone County Farm Bureau president, a position previously held by her father, Tom Griebel. She also helps with 4-H in Lincoln County and elsewhere.
“I’m really trying to dive back into the 4-H that gave me so much of my start,” she said. “I’m trying to give back to a lot of those things too.”
