Dr. Clay Allred was born and raised in Southern Utah.  Before completing his undergraduate degree, Dr. Allred completed a church mission in Portugal and Cape Verde between 1998 and 2000.  Dr. Allred earned his undergraduate degree at Southern Utah University in Cedar City in 2003, where he completed a double major in Biology and Zoology, as well as a double minor in Chemistry and Foreign Language.  He then went on to study veterinary medicine at the world-renowned Washington State University, and obtained his DVM in 2007.  Dr. Allred worked for one year at a veterinary clinic in Southern Utah before moving to the Arenas Valley Animal Clinic in 2008.  Dr. Allred was married in 2001 at St. George in Utah, and has four beautiful children.