As a young girl growing up in New England, Dr. Penny Farmer fell in love with animals and developed a passion for caring for them. Between her own pet guinea pigs and lizards, to the horses on her collegiate equestrian team, to training medical alert service dogs, Dr. Farmer was always finding a way to be near wonderful creatures of all different species. After her undergraduate years at the University of Massachusetts, Dr. Farmer worked for the Animal Rescue League of Boston and was on the front-lines of rescuing and rehabilitating both the domestic and wildlife species of the Cape Cod area. Completing her graduate studies in the Caribbean island of Grenada and Oklahoma State University exposed Dr. Farmer to an even wider range of species and their needs. After graduation from St. George's University in 2013, Dr. Farmer enjoyed time at a mixed animal clinic before answering the call to serve overseas as a Combat Veterinarian in Iraq. Recently, Dr. Farmer has successfully qualified as a Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Practitioner using herbs and acupuncture through Chi University in Florida. Dr. Farmer has been blessed to be serving the local communities of Ohio where she happily lives with her husband Chadwick, who is a blacksmith and farrier. They have a small farm and homestead in Guernsey County.