Bonny gained a Veterinary Technology Degree from Harcum College, Pennsylvania (USA) and advanced her career as an equine medicine charge nurse at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center.

Bonny moved to Britain in 1991, settling in Newmarket, where she was head nurse at Rossdale and Partners in Newmarket for 12 years, then the senior clinical nurse specialising in equine critical care nursing at their hospital until 2019.  Bonny regularly taught and mentored equine veterinary nursing students while focusing on equine critical care, wound management and neonatology

Bonny was instrumental in establishing the first equine nursing qualification along with like-minded colleagues in 2000.  She was a BVNA council member for a number of years and subsequently became president in 2009 alongside her clinical role.  She also served as a Vet Tech in the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics.

Bonny has published many articles and has lectured at veterinary conferences around Europe and North America. At present, she carries out consulting roles for EVN awarding bodies and is a lecturer for The Open College of Equine Studies.