Kristine LaFever began her interest in veterinary medicine as a very young child when she would come to work with her father Dr. Donald Kaeser. She has been a veterinarian with her father's clinic since graduating from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in June of 1996. Although she began working at the office as a young child cleaning cages and taking care of the animals and helping her father because she loved the profession of veterinary medicine and interacting with the clients and animals. She has three children and many pets including horses, cattle, pigs, dogs, and cats. She loves what she does and knew that she wanted to be a veterinarian from a very young age while going to work with her dad. She enjoys working on a variety of animals. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her children, riding horses, spending time with her pets, planting and tending to her flowers, going to church, and getting together with family [citation].