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Kelle Kearney moved to the San Geronimo Valley at age 7 after she won a pony as a raffle prize. Her love of animals led her to veterinary medicine.   David Briggs

Inside the San Geronimo Valley Veterinary Clinic last Tuesday, an Australian shepherd named Teddy lay stoically on a stainless steel treatment tub as his teeth were cleaned. The six-year-old dog has been coming to Dr. Kelle Kearney for his entire life, and this time the veterinarian noticed an irregular bump near one tooth—of all 52 teeth, on the canine tooth. Stable monitors announced Teddy’s heart beat with a casual rhythm while a heat blanket (called…