Ten years ago this month, Tyson and Anna Strickland walked down the aisle. A week later, he walked across the stage to accept his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. By the time May 2016 ended, he was a husband, a veterinarian and a business owner, plowing ahead on not much more than ambition and prayer. Starting a large animal-only vet clinic, fresh out of school? People told him he was crazy. But a decade later, Dr. Tyson Strickland, DVM, is a husband, father, veterinaria

Both Iron Pin Ranch and CLS turn 10 this year, and both the Harvins and Strickland say they’ve learned a lot from one another in this first decade together.