Dr. Hiatt graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1974. He has practiced small animal medicine and surgery in California for the past thirty years. He was a diplomat of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners from 1983 to 2003. Dr. Hiatt is certified by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society and has been treating pets with acupuncture for over twenty-five years. Dr. Hiatt received the Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner credential through the University of Tennessee.

Rebecca Hiatt has ten years of experience in small animal, exotic, wildlife, and emergency medicine. She graduated with her R.V.T. license in 2000, and became interested in physical rehabilitation while working with trauma patients in the field of emergency and critical care nursing. She earned her canine massage certification from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy in 2004, and her Canine Rehabilitation credential from the University of Tennessee in 2005.