Dr Bartley graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1999 with a Zoology Honors Degree. She then went on to Saskatoon to complete her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003. She joined Dakota Veterinary Hospital in June 2003 and enjoyed it so much she attained ownership in November 2008. Corey lives with her husband Ed, their son Samuel, her blind, one-eyed Siamese cat, Jack and Frankie, a French bulldog and her newest addition, Bosley, an American Bulldog mix they adopted through Manitoba Underdogs Rescue in August 2021.