Welcome to Countryside Animal Hospital

We are a small animal exclusive hospital, welcoming both emergency treatment cases and patients in need of routine medical, surgical, and dental care.

Dr. Thad Bamberg has over 18 years of experience treating serious conditions and providing regular pet wellness care. We deliver first-rate pet care at our comfortable, kid-friendly, and calm clinic, so your pet can relax in the waiting room and look forward to meeting Dr. Bamberg and his outstanding professional staff.

Meet Dr. Bamberg

Dr. Bamberg is originally from Centreville, Alabama, where he grew up working on his family's cattle farm and feed, seed, and fertilizer business called the Centreville Gin. After high school, he joined the US Army NG 20th SFG (Abn). A car accident essentially ended his military career and lead to Dr. Bamberg's decision to become a veterinarian. During recovery from the accident, a stray dog named Gypsy watched over him. He believes that God used Gypsy and the car accident to guide him towards veterinary medicine.

Dr. Bamberg completed his Bachelors Degree in Biology at UAB while working there in the research department. During that time he co-authored three papers. He also pursued music as a drummer for a couple of popular rock bands in the area and hiked/backpacked throughout the western United States.

Dr. Bamberg graduated from Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004 and has been practicing veterinary medicine ever since. He has a beautiful wife, Rebecca, and daughter, Catherine. They have two dogs, Pete and Gus, and three cats, Osca, Olive and Ella.

Meet Dr. Long

Dr. June Long is originally from the Birmingham area and graduated from Pelham High School, where she met her high school sweetheart and now husband. Always interested in science, she attended Mississippi State University and earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology. Afterwards she returned to Alabama and graduated from Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2014.

After graduation she worked as a veterinarian at the Birmingham Zoo for two years and enjoyed caring for the entire zoo collection. She then entered the world of High Quality, High Volume Spay Neuter and worked at the Alabama Spay and Neuter clinic for about 6 years. She loves to teach veterinary students and veterinarians how to perform safe and efficient spay and neuter surgeries. She has performed over 35,000 spay and neuter procedures!

Dr. Long joined Countryside Animal Hospital in 2022 and is the primary surgeon for all surgical procedures at Countryside. She also travels to underserved areas around the world to provide veterinary care and spay/neuter services to animals in need. She is very passionate about working to reduce the animal overpopulation crisis.

Dr. Long and her husband Henry live in Shelby county with their four children, Olivia, Hannah, Henry, and Caroline. They have one dog, Nimbus. Dr. Long enjoys spending time with family, being active in her church, reading, and traveling!

Meet the Team