Dr. Carey Bonds

Dr. Carey Lea Bonds is native to the Stillwater area, growing up and now living in her home town of Morrison, OK. Her love of animals started at a young age which motivated her to work hard in school where she graduated as Morrison High School Valedictorian with many honors and awards. From there she went on to receive her Bachelors of Science in Animal Science Biotechnology from Oklahoma State University. After this she gained experience in the veterinary field by working in a boarding facility and as a surgical technician before applying for veterinary school. During this time she confirmed that veterinary medicine was not only a choice, but a lifelong commitment that she would love. She applied and was accepted to the Oklahoma State University School of Veterinary Medicine that following year.

Through veterinary school Dr. Bonds excelled in many areas and received numberous awards. Some of her achievements were: President of SVECCS, Student Chairperson over the 2000 School of Veterinary Medicine Open House, Ambassador for her class, and many other responsibilities. Because of her involvement and her studies, she also won many awards throughout her 4 years. Her biggest accomplishment was during her third year of veterinary school when she had her first son - Clayton.

Her first employment after receiving her D.V.M. took her to Texas, where she worked for 4 years. There she gained valuable experience in the practice of veterinary medicine, but consistently felt the need to move back to the Stillwater area where family and friends could be more active in her children's lives. She has been working in Stillwater since 2007 and was recently led to begin the next adventure in her life by starting Trinity Veterinary Hospital and Pet Resort. This accomplishment has only been achieved thru the glory of God, the support of her family, husband - Steve, children - Clayton, Brady, and Grant, parents - Jasper and Carolyn Christensen, and sister - Cathryn Christensen. You will see most of these people assisting at times as well as a big golden retriever named Murphy!

Hobbies

Watching movies with my boys
Crosswords
Gardening

Favorite Book

(I am not ashamed to say) the Harry Potter Series

Favorite Quote

Any quote from "Austin Powers"

Favorite Song

Best Day of My Life by American Authors

Top 5 Movie List

Indiana Jones Series
The new Star Trek movies (actually all the Star Trek movies makes the list)
All the Star Wars Movies
Guardians of the Galaxy
Forrest Gump

Pets

Dexter is the newest addition to our family. It was Brady's (the middle brother) turn to pick out a pet which was supposed to be his Christmas present. Unfortunately with opening the clinic we felt like it was not the right time. Brady waited patiently and one morning asked sincerely when it was going to be time for him to pick out a pet. We were going to take him to the shelter and give a needy dog a new home. I told him that I was SO SORRY but just didn't know when we were going to have time. That same morning, after Brady had gone to school, I was getting ready for work and walked by our front glass door and saw a thin, wiry hair, mess of a dog looking in at me. God brought us a true companion for Brady and a wonderful addition to our clinic. Dexter now comes every day and plays in our daycare and as you can see is quite the "Ladies Man".

Murphy is a gentle old soul that came to me several years ago thru a good friend. I have always been a devoted Golden Retriever lover but when I lost my beloved Austin in 2005 it took me a long time before I was ready to get another. Then one day I got a call that a Golden Retriever had been found on the west side of Stillwater and needed a good home. All measures had been taken to find his owner but no one had come forward to claim him. He has been a companion to me and my oldest son Clayton who deeply adores him. Over the years he has showed his age and I suspect he is close to 10 years old now. He has developed a heart condition that we are managing with medication. Hopefully we will have him around for many years to come - daycare wouldn't be the same without him!!

Forrest Gump - our friendly feline
June - another friendly feline just adopted recently
Lt. Dan and Jenna - two cute curious kittens also recently adopted