In September 1985, Dr. Laflin purchased Cardiff Animal Hospital, and began her long association with the Cardiff community. With extensive experience in small animal medicine, soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, dentistry, dermatology, and other facets of western medicine, Dr Laflin then branched out into several aspects of holistic or "complementary" veterinary medical care. Since 1993, Dr. Laflin has been practicing as a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist, a Certified Animal Chiropractor, a Certified Veterinary NAET Practitioner and has completed the required case reports and certification tests for both the basic and advanced courses in Veterinary Homeopathy taught by Dr. Richard Pitcairn.

She has also completed BOTH of the veterinary certification courses in Chinese Herbal Medicine that are currently available: the three year IVAS (International Veterinary Acupuncture Society) in Boulder and the International Institute of Chinese Medicine herbal course in Albuquerque.   

In 2005-2006, she completed the basic human homeopathy course taught in Las Vegas by Dr. Luc de Scheppar.  Note: Dr. Laflin treats dogs and cats exclusively.

Currently, she is continuing her intensive study of homeopathy by attending Dr. Luc de Scheppar's three year advanced course in human homeopathy located in Las Vegas, Boulder and Newark.  In addition, she routinely attends advanced classes in veterinary acupuncture, animal chiropractic, applied kinesiology, muscle releasing techniques, herbology, veterinary NAET/NET, and veterinary homeopathy

Dr. Norell enjoys practicing high quality medicine and surgery, with an emphasis on preventive care. Her areas of special interest are dentistry, geriatrics, and canine and feline internal medicine.

Dr. Norell lives in Cardiff with her husband, Bob, and their three cats: Frank, a brown tabby Maine Coon look-alike, Savannah, a tricolor and white Manx, and Babu, a wild classic dark orange tabby.