About Us
Steven E. Benscheidt, DVM
Steve was born and raised in La Junta, Colorado. He has had a strong interest in veterinary medicine since early childhood. As a boy, he volunteered at the town’s veterinary clinic. As a teen, he was active in 4-H, raised Irish Setters, and kept homing pigeons.
Steve attended CSU as an undergraduate, where he studied pre-veterinary medicine. He graduated in 1980 with a DVM and has been in practice ever since.
Dr. Benscheidt treats almost all species of animals. In addition to his scheduled appointments, he does the emergency work for the clinic.
He enjoys helping others and volunteers with many different community organizations. He and his wife, Ena, share their home with family pets and farm animals. Their children are grown, and they are blessed with grandchildren.
Merri, CVT
Merri, also a Colorado native, grew up on a dairy farm east of Longmont. She was involved in 4-H, exhibiting beef cattle, learning how to cook, and learning to crochet. As a young girl, she enjoyed accompanying her father to the sale barn and returning with orphan lambs, which she raised on a bottle.
She graduated from Skyline High School and earned her Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology degree. Merri has been with the clinic since 1989. Merri and her son still live on the farm on which she was raised. They live in the original farmhouse built in the late 1890s. They share their home with Aldo, the Chihuahua, and Hobo Tom, the cat.
In her spare time, Merri enjoys working the farm, attending auctions, basketball, and baseball games, and supporting her great-nephews and nieces in their extracurricular activities. The number one item on her bucket list is a Harley trike in canary yellow or candy apple red!
Ena, Bookkeeper
Ena was born in the west of Ireland and immigrated to the United States with her family. She became a naturalized citizen when she was a student. She loves living in America, where there are opportunities everywhere. In Ireland, her family still works on a dairy farm in County Cork. She goes home as often as she can.
All of her life, she has had a strong affection for dogs and has only recently fallen in love with cats. She loves springtime and new life, animals, and plants. She is an avid gardener.
Ena enjoys walking, reading, gardening, taking pictures and most of all spending time with her family. She and Dr. Benscheidt share their home with farm and companion animals and some wild ones who fish the pond and alas, on occasion, rob the hen house.
Ena has been with Nelson Road Vet Clinic since 1992.