Speaking & Media
Veterinarian · Author · Speaker
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Meet Dr. Jen Cole
Dr. Jen Cole spent more than 25 years in small-animal medicine and built two veterinary practices with her husband, Wil, before stepping away from the clinic in 2022. Today she writes the Rooster & Squid chapter-book series, using stories to teach kids about animals, veterinary medicine, and how to speak up for their own pets.
A Texas A&M graduate and former Division I tennis player, Jen lives in The Woodlands, Texas.
What Dr. Jen Talks About
- From the clinic to chapter books: reinventing a veterinary career
- Why kids make powerful advocates for their pets
- Teaching animal care and veterinary medicine through stories
- Writing and publishing a children’s book series
- Life outside the clinic: identity, family and knowing when to move on
As heard on
Dr. Jen in the Media
Podcasts, interviews and features where Dr. Jen shares the story behind Rooster & Squid.
Podcast
Choose People Love Pets
Dr. Jen on stepping away from practice after 25 years, building a career alongside a family, and why kids can be some of the best advocates for their pets.
Podcast
Irreplaceable Truths
“Finding Yourself Outside the Clinic” with host Dr. Gershon Alaluf: non-clinical paths, empathy, and how a dog and cat’s point of view helps families understand veterinary medicine.
Magazine
dvm360
“Dream team creates their ideal veterinary clinic”: the hospital Jen and Wil Cole built, Cole Veterinary Hospital at Harmony, was named grand prize winner of the 2022 dvm360 Hospital Design Competition.
Magazine feature · August 2025
Featured in Texas Veterinarian
Texas Veterinarian, the magazine of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association, featured Dr. Jen in its “Outside the Box” series, which spotlights veterinarians who make art outside the clinic.
In the interview she talks about 28 years in practice, where the idea for Rooster & Squid came from, and why a creative outlet matters.
“I have found that writing is my great escape.”
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