Every member of our veterinary team is a lifelong horse owner.  It is a pretty simple concept that is often overlooked.  Collectively we have experience in showing, reproduction and pleasure riding with our own horses.  Every one of our team owns a horse for the same reason that our clients do.

Our services are designed to provide our clients with:

• The best possible progressive care plan which includes owner education. 
• The maximum compassionate service that clients will recommend.
• The optimum time response to our clients calls and needs.

Our goal is to take our clients horses from lame to sound, from sick to well or simply from good to better with a compassionate service that clients will recommend to other horse owners. We are all dedicated to providing our clients with top quality service and our equine patients with the care that they deserve.  Between us all, we bring considerable depth of expertise and years of experience.

Dr. Fernando Cardenas

Fernando Cardenas came to the United States from Colombia, South America in 1987.  He has lived and worked on a horse farm all his life and still maintains a strong connection to his family breeding and training operation in Florida.  He and his wife, Meredith, have their own equine farm in New Hill, N.C.  Always having an intense interest in sport horse performance he and his wife show competitively, in addition to maintaining a full scale equine veterinary practice. 

He received his doctoral degree from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1997 and has a special interest in lameness and podiatry with certification in acupuncture.

Dr. Elaine Means

Elaine Means joined 3H Veterinary Services in 2002 upon her graduation from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.  She received her B.S. in Animal Science from Colorado State University in 1998.  

She has always been interested in sport horse performance, growing up and continuing to compete in the hunters.  Elaine has a special interest in horse dentistry and is certified in Equine Vertibral Manipulation.

She and her husband, Gary, live in Sanford, N.C.

Dr. Shanna Baker

Shanna Baker grew up in Greenville, North Carolina and received her B.S. in Biology from East Carolina University in 1993.  She graduated from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1997 and continued her education as a intern resident in equine medicine at Mississippi State from 1997 to 2000.  Upon completion of her intern residency she began working at Deer Creek Equine Clinic in Powhatan, Va., a large equine practice that focuses on performance and sport horse medicine as well as preventive health care. Shanna has been with 3H Veterinary since January 2006.

Shanna has been riding horses since an early age, currently owning 4 horses as well as many other animals.  She resides in Willow Springs, NC.

Dr. Tracy DePuy

Tracy recently joined 3H Vet in July 2007.  She received her B.S. in Equine Science at Colorado State University in 2000.  She graduated from the University Of Illinois College Of Veterinary Medicine in 2004.  Upon graduation she continued her education as an intern at the University Of Missouri College Of Veterinary Medicine.  Upon finishing her internship she began working for a private practice, Safe and Sound Vet Services, in Newnan, Georgia. 

Tracy grew up showing Morgan horses in dressage and eventing. 

She and her fiancé, John, live in Holly Springs.