Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM, MS graduated from the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine, a top ten veterinary school in the nation. After graduation, she spent several happy years in an ambulatory equine practice before joining All Creatures Animal Hospital first as an associate veterinarian, and then practice owner. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association, the California Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Susan has authored numerous research studies and articles on animal nutrition and physiology, has been cited in over a dozen textbooks, and is frequently sought as a speaker both nationally and internationally on these subjects. Susan is also one of the few certified veterinary acupuncturists in the area, and is an adjunct professor of animal science at Cal Poly University and UC Davis through the distance-learning program. Her pets include four dogs (two Border Collies, a Belgian Tervuren, and a Siberian Husky, three of which are rescues), four cats, four horses, a mule and a dozen chickens. She competes in and is a certified head veterinarian in endurance riding with her horses, and is also an advanced EAN scuba diver. Her husband is our Hospital Administrator and together they enjoy traveling and taking ocean cruises whenever possible.