Dr. Candice Carden was born and raised in Afton, Wyoming. She received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Wyoming in 2001, and completed veterinary school at Colorado State University in 2005. She began her career first as an intern and then as an associate at Elgin Veterinary Hospital, a large equine referral and surgery facility in Elgin, Texas. She then started her own mobile equine practice, working at various quarter horse and thoroughbred racetracks in the United States and Canada, as well as providing medical and surgical care to equine athletes of all disciplines. While she enjoys all aspects of veterinary practice, she has special interests in ophthalmology, lameness, and surgery cases. She is a certified acupuncture practitioner, and enjoys integrating acupuncture into treatment protocols for equine, bovine, and small animal patients. Since 2013, she has cared for some of professional rodeo’s top equine athletes each year at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Carden enjoys spending time with her daughter, as well as a trio of french bulldogs, various barn cats, and several horses.