Dr. Elizabeth Hardy

Dr. Elizabeth Hardy grew up outside of St. Louis Missouri and completed her undergraduate degree at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. She spent time after graduation working on conservation research on leopards in South Africa and then took a job working with sheep at Colorado State University until applying to veterinary school. She graduated from Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine in California in 2011 and spent some time studying alpacas in Peru.

Dr. Hardy worked as a mixed animal veterinarian at Woodinville Veterinary Hospital from 2011-2017 and currently owns Twin Pines Animal Hospital in Bothell, WA. She has enjoyed working with a wide variety of animals and visiting small local farms in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Hardy’s areas of specific interest in small animal medicine are oncology, dermatology, breed-specific health problems, and working and livestock guardian dogs. She focuses on treating each of her patients as if they were her own and believes communication is the key to all veterinary client relationships. She enjoys working with the community, while providing education and sparking interest in small hobby farms. She particularly enjoys working with small ruminants (goats, sheep), ducks, pigs, and camelids (llamas, alpacas). She has been a member of AASRP (American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners) since veterinary school and has been on the board as a regional director.

Dr. Hardy spends her free time skiing, hiking with her dogs, golfing, gardening, and brewing beer. She has two dogs, one black cat, 5 chickens, and wants to get ducks!