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( MILO VENTIMIGLIA + CISMALE ) — Have you seen WAGNER ‘WOODY’ LAWSON ? This FORTY-ONE year old is a/an BARN MANAGER who resides in STATEN ISLAND. HE/HIM has/have been living in NYC for FOUR YEARS, and is/are known to be STEADY and HUMBLE, but can also be BLUNT and DISSONANT, if you cross them. People tend to associate them with THE SMELL OF FRESH HAY and AGED WHISKEY

Name: Wagner ‘Woody’ Lawson

Age: Forty-One

Birthday: January 25, 1979

Sign: Aquarius

Neighborhood: East Kingsboro

Home: Quaint two-bedroom home with a small yard

Occupation: Barn Manager

Character Quote: “Sometimes I feel like Jesse James / Still tryin’ to make a name / Knowing nothing’s gonna change what I am” ~Troubadour by George Strait

Pos. Traits: Hard-Working, Steady, Humble

Neg. Traits: Blunt, Firm, Dissonant

Likes: farm work, aged whiskey, loping through the open country

Dislikes: people who push around others, well-done steak, warm beer

Aesthetic: tennessee whiskey, the smell of fresh hay, roping

Born in Tennessee Wagner Lawson was raised along the banks of Mississippi mud, never given a chance to be anything but the down-home country boy, which had always suited Wagner just fine. His daddy was a colt starter and former rodeo champion, having won national titles for roping and reining. From the moment Wagner could waddle he was following his daddy around everywhere, at first just watching as his father worked and as he got older helping with the chores himself. He found that spending time tending to the many horses cathartic and volunteered for just about any chore that would get him around them. Never once did he need to be asked to pitch in to do what was needed at the family ranch, from picking vegetables in the garden for his mama to helping his daddy check the cattle fences. As far as most childhoods go, his was pretty perfect. Sure, sometimes his dad drank too much and sometimes his mom just would not stop fussing over him, but he had no cause to complain.

His father, seeing his boy take an interest in horses at such a young age decided to help Wagner begin to follow in his footsteps. As a kid he enrolled Wagner in the pee-wee portion of rodeos where his wife would take pictures of the young boy struggling to stay on the back of a wildly running sheep, but in the end, he stayed on. He almost always did. With natural talent like that his father was quick to get his son started on the path to becoming a bull-rider. His mama threw fits and got into fights with his daddy, it was too dangerous, he could be hurt, killed even, but as he got older and started to have a mind of his own there was nothing that he wanted to do more. So he practiced, and practiced. By sixteen he was competing on broncs, a safer alternative to the bull, and was cleaning up at junior rodeos, his room becoming full of belt buckles, the tack room full of all the special made trophy tack he had won. But being bucked was far from his only talent. At age ten he had broke his very first colt and at twelve he was winning local roping competitions. He even became adept at helping his dad sort and catch cattle, something he was never fond of but did anyways as it was expected of him. Despite how it sounds, his childhood wasn’t all work. While never the best in school he managed to get passing marks and had a group of boys he roughhoused and fucked around with who were constantly getting him into trouble as a teenager.

Fast forward a few years and he was one of the hottest young bull riders to hit the circuit. But his career as a rider didn’t last as long as anyone would have hoped. The reason? He fell in love. Some would have called the pretty woman he fell in love with a buckle bunny, what with her affinity of dating all the big rodeo stars, but when him and her spent one night together the rest was history. Now twenty-two and married with a baby on the way, Wagner knew he could not be as hell mell as he had been for the past few years. He now had a family to think about; and so, he quit bull riding and switched exclusively to broncs. It was still dangerous, but the risks less than if he was on the back of a bull. Life went on and for the most part the little family was happy, until tragedy struck. On the night of his twenty-eighth birthday, with his wife and little girl in the stands, he overtightened the strap around his hand. At first everything seemed to be going well, he had one of his best times, but as he threw himself off the bucking bronco his hand caught. It was an instant disaster. The animal began to panic, bucking harder and higher, with Wagner hanging on for dear life. His only blessing was that the first hoof to his head knocked him out cold. He was rammed into the side of the fence and drug for minutes before those in charge of wrangling the horse were finally able to calm it down. In the midst of the chaos, his wife, fretting over her husband, had not noticed her daughter slip down through the stands calling out for her daddy. No one noticed her presence in the ring until it was too late. All it took was one wrong move from the frightened animal and the sunshine of Wagner’s life was no more.

The blow to Wagner’s own head had been so severe that he was kept in a medically induced coma for two-weeks, giving the wounded flesh time to heal. When he awoke, his whole world was shattered. He grieved, and as he did his grief turned to anger. Anger at the situation, anger at the long arduous healing process, and anger at himself. But all that anger had to go somewhere, and with the only person around during his recovery being his wife, she took the brunt of it. It took him a little over a year to fully heal physically, and during that time he began to develop a dependency on his pain medication. He spent his days sitting in front of the tv drinking beer after beer on top of the opiates as his wife worked in a small diner to try and keep the roof over their heads. One day, a year and half after the tragic accident, the woman had decided that she had had enough. She gave Wagner an ultimatum, get help or she was gone. It led to largest fight yet, a massive blowout that made it clear where Wagner stood.

At that point he was nearing thirty and with nowhere else to go moved back in with his parents. His father though older now was still tough as nails and no patience for his son’s pansiness as he called it. He put Wagner to work. Sober or not he was expected to help, and if he didn’t, God help him. At first he railed, his rage boiling over and eclipsing everything. Rather than argue with his son, the elder Lawson simply gave him a new task. It would be his only job- start the colts. It was something Wagner had used to excel at, but his anger and rage at the horse’s mis compliance made things difficult. The gentle animals became scared of him and began to lash out. One colt in particular, a beautiful bay, resented Wagner more than any of the others, and he let him know it. That was Wagner’s wake up call. He ended up forming a bond with that colt that pulled him out of his stupor and set him back on track. His special relationship with that animal also earned him a nickname, Woody, because wherever Woody went, Buzz followed. Buzz and Woody quickly began racking up wins in roping and reining competitions, and for the next years, Woody allowed himself to feel the happiness that had come into his life. The two traveled all over the countryside, with Woody picking up odd jobs such as stable hand or working cowboy. Until one competition where in the middle Buzz came up lame with an injury too bad to fix, leaving Woody the tough choice of having to put his beloved companion down.

That was four years ago. Woody now resides in Staten Island, working at the local equine therapy and riding lesson program center. He’s the barn manager, the one in charge of making sure the stable hands are doing their job and that the horses are receiving the correct care. It’s a big job, and one he takes seriously. Being around the majestic animals once more is helping him slowly heal, correctly this time, from all the bad that has happened to him. It is a hard road to hoe, but step by step he’s doing it. Perhaps one day he’ll once more be ready for a horse of his own.

#bio #about || woody lawson #tw death #tw drugs #tw alcohol

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horsenews12 · 4 years

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Invoice To Prevent Mistreatment Of Tennessee Strolling Horses Passes

A good house to me means homeowners who correctly care for the horse whereas it’s theirs; then if or when they need to promote it, they take the time to search out it one other good residence.

My Three Kids died Sunday, according to the racing board. She had one win in 14 career starts and earnings of $14,908. She finished second in her final race on Feb. 6 at Golden Gate. NIANTIC -- It is a horrible story of animal abuse, however now, there is hope for a gaggle of uncared for horses.

A North Dakota man accused of feeding moldy hay and denying water to numerous horses that wound up dead or sick has been charged with felony animal cruelty.

Mercer County deputies found 15 lifeless horses and 11 lifeless foals and fetuses over the weekend on the property of Shanan Weigum, of Zap, They additionally discovered a donkey and 39 horses in poor condition, as well as four dead lambs.

The Bismarck Tribune stories that two of the sick horses needed to be euthanized and two were transported for therapy of infections. Zap is positioned about 60 miles (ninety six.5 kilometers) northwest of Bismarck.

CARLTON, Ore. — The proprietor of a horse farm southwest of Portland is dealing with a felony charge for animal neglect, after investigators discovered almost 50 horses there weren't being given sufficient food or water.

CARLTON — The owner of a horse farm southwest of Portland is facing a felony cost for animal neglect, after investigators discovered nearly 50 horses there were not being given sufficient food or water.

This can also be true if you have calves in your possession too. Their stables must be cleaned twice day by day and should be strengthened enough to have the ability to cease the elements from posing a risk to your horses. Remember that a proper environment applies to both the indoors and outside.

In 2020, Stetson began 149 horses at Fon and completed fifth within the standings with 22 wins and a 15 p.c win rate. He then went west to claim leading coach honors at Arapahoe Park last summer with 22 wins from a hundred and fifty starts – he's consistent.

Stetson trains to race; watch for his runners at the entry field and winners circle. Vaughan feels that almost all of her rescue horses originally got here from houses with a properly-meaning person who lacked the experience wanted to take on a horse, particularly one that turned out to have behavioral issues.

Instead of taking the time, assets and energy needed to work by way of those problems, people gave up and returned the horse. I APPLAUD PROFESSIONAL trainers who often absorb abandoned, neglected and/or rescued horses to properly train and put together for a hopefully long-term and good house.

The group has repeatedly demonstrated the facility of partnering with horses—in non-driving interactions—to successfully obtain private progress and therapeutic.

Horses stay in herds, which implies they can get anxious if they’re the one ones round. Older horses are particularly prone to this, and so they usually require a bit extra care than the youthful ones.

When she went to feed her horses the subsequent morning, she knew one thing was incorrect. They say SCRAPS simply showed up and took their animals. SCRAPS says they were investigating expenses of Animal Cruelty, Transporting or Confining Animals in an Unsafe Manner and operating an illegal commercial kennel.

Hollingsworth’s lawyer Steve Greenberg objected to that request, saying he’d seen no evidence that his consumer presents any hazard to his animals. While he acknowledged Hollingsworth could have had a lapse in judgment in using NuNu onto the busy expressway, Greenberg said his client did not intend to seriously injure the horse.

Weeks after he pleaded not responsible to a felony animal abuse charge, the person often known as the “Dreadhead Cowboy” has been ordered to have no contact with any of the horses he owns while his criminal case performs out.

The horse gained that race and another contest in February of final year in Florida after receiving adulterated and misbranded PEDs earlier than each races, according to the indictment.

Cable news show Spectrum News 1 aired a characteristic on Cal Poly Pomona’s Horses for Heroes program on multiple newscasts on Feb. 12. Through this system, 10 scholar veterans had been matched with horses at the W.K.

Kellogg Arabian Horse Center for the mutual advantage of the horses and the veterans. One recent morning, he drove down a dusty non-public drive lined with orange groves.

A few weeks earlier, a resident had called him on his cell phone to report a suspicious van there. The people inside appeared to be taking footage of horses.

So far, that is the only case that the Animal Hospital has seen this year. If you could have any questions about this case or the plant itself, contact your native veterinarian. It is also crucial to contact your veterinarian should you suspect that your animal has consumed the plant.

It is not only toxic to horses, but in addition to cows, sheep and goats. Project Horse is one of the solely equine therapy centers within the United States targeted exclusively on mental well being and wellness.

Posted on-line this month, the coverage replaces one that limited consumers to purchasing 4 wild horses every six months until granted particular permission. Senate and House leaders will now meet to type out the differences between the bills in what is known as a Conference Committee.

We want the Senate to hold the line on each wild horses protections and horse slaughter. Senate handed a win to wild and home horses on Wednesday by approving a Fiscal Year 2019 “mini-bus” appropriations package deal that included protecting language for wild horses and burros as well as an anti-slaughter provision.

Orlando and Willerslev's paper hints at the other kinds of discovery that these applied sciences can allow. X Y Jet received the celebrated Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai in March 2019, which paid $1.5 million to the winner, highlighting a career of 12 victories and more than $3 million in earnings about horses .

Furthermore, you’ll wish to make sure to supply your horse with adequate blanketing and shelter. No matter in case your shelter is a run-in shed or a stable, having a spot for the horse to go is essential for proper care, as horses will need to get out of the wind and rain.

Make certain you are always on the lookout for indicators of sicknesses similar to runny eyes and noses, coughing, or wheezing to maintain on high of your horse’s well-being. Visual checkups must be carried out every day, so you don’t miss something that’s preventable by mistake.

The Southwest, the final of three stakes set for today, was originally scheduled for Feb. 15, along with the Grade III, $600,000 Razorback Handicap for horses 4 years old and up. Both had been twice postponed because of ice and record snowfall. Each joins the $200,000 Spring Fever Stakes for fillies and mares 4 years old and up as right now's feature races.

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savstaroth · 3 years

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Info about Harvey’s ranch White Maple Ranch - rescue and rehab Harvey bought the ranch with the intentions of bringing down quarter horses from his parents’ ranch and breed them in a small scale. The ranch used to be a small, private center for equine-assisted therapy, but the owner was retiring and decided to sell. After Harvey bought the ranch, he was contacted by therapists who used to work on the ranch, and they talked him into letting them continue with their operation.

Harvey, who by then knew nothing about equine assisted therapy, got excited once he learned what it entailed. He even bought back some of the therapy horses which had been sold off. He pitched in funding and over the years he expanded the facilities so the ranch now consists of his private stables and fields, and the stables, fields, arenas, dorms and other facilities belonging to the center. The center has several horses of various breeds, ranging from tiny ponies to large drafts. Harvey is in charge of the horses of the center and helps with the administrative work. Sometimes he assists with the therapy in his horse form. Only a chosen few of the therapists knows that he is a werehorse. The rehab center has a standing contract with Tectus to offer therapy to any Tectus employee who might need it due to mental issues and/or injury they got in their line of work.

On top of his quarter horse breeding, Harvey eventually started to rescue mistreated and abused horses. He helps them to trust people again, trains them and then he makes sure that they end up in a good home. Those with the right temperament are often kept as therapy horses until they find their forever home. Really old horses are kept on the ranch for the remainder of their lives.

Harvey also accepts boarders in his private stables and offers lessons in western riding to help make ends meet, especially raining and trail.

The large, ginger, hot tempered farrier with crazy eyes who frequently comes to the ranch to shoe horses and trim hooves is no other than the thunder god, Thor.

The young, Swedish guy Måns, who sometimes helps out as a stable hand in his spare time, is an almost 400 year old vampire.

#s.harvey #s.white maple ranch #hmu if your muse wants to hang on the ranch

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your-dietician · 3 years

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A tale of two surgeries

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A tale of two surgeries

Some advice is best ignored. Like the warning Kyla Ortved received while volunteering in a small animal clinic as a teenager. One of the clinicians told her vet school was too hard to get into. The woman recommended Ortved do something else.

Fortunately for horse owners, students, and veterinary science in general, Ortved paid little attention. Twice board-certified—by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation—today Ortved is a rising star in equine sports medicine and large animal surgery. And she runs the Ortved Laboratory at the School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center, which studies post-traumatic osteoarthritis and explores regenerative medicine therapies to benefit horses and humans.

“I have a very specific memory of when I decided to specialize in surgery,” says Ortved, the Jacques Jenny Endowed Term Chair in Orthopedic Surgery. “During one of my externships, a resident invited me to participate in a procedure. The horse was under anesthesia for a check ligament desmotomy, a surgery to cut the check ligament for club feet. I helped with the surgery and realized: ‘This is it.’ And it still is. When I am doing surgery, I lose track of time. I’m where I’m meant to be.”

Up for a challenge

Recently, this place was with Osada, a two-month-old Friesian with a left tibial fracture.

Osada, a young Friesian, received a kick from another horse and wound up with a left tibial fracture. Kyla Ortved and other veterinarians at New Bolton Center repaired the bone with a surgical approach involving locking plates and screws that is typically used in humans.

“She was kicked by another horse,” says Daniel Lapp, owner of Red Crest Stables and breeders in Gordonville, Pennsylvania. “Our vet came to the farm to check her and asked if we’d want to pursue surgery, although she said it was a long shot.”

Lapp thought a long shot better than no shot, and the referring vet sent Osada’s X-rays to Ortved for an opinion.

“It was a really severe fracture that was complicated by a second fracture at the growth plate at the top of the bone,” says Ortved. “In foals we usually see one or the other but rarely both. I knew it would be a bit more challenging to repair.”

She put Osada’s prognosis at 50%.

“I said go for it,” recalls Lapp.

Going for it

The New Bolton Center surgical team, which included radiology and anesthesia specialists and surgical nurses, prepped the horse. Dean Richardson, the Charles W. Raker Professor of Equine Surgery, also scrubbed in.

Osada was placed under general anesthesia. Two long, locking compression plates were carefully screwed into the bone in two places, a fracture repair approach for humans that Richardson adopted for equines early in his career.

After a lengthy, complex procedure—“the tibia is a hard bone to work with because access is difficult,” explains Ortved—they closed the incision in several layers, covering it with a light bandage.

The filly sailed through the surgery and subsequent recovery, but she wasn’t out of the woods. “The thing we’re most worried about in these cases is the implant becoming infected and the repair staying together,” Ortved says.

To mitigate the risk of infection, Osada received antibiotics, as well as anti-inflammatory medication and morphine for pain.

Over the past several decades, there have been so many advances in nursing care materials, in anesthesia, in surgical approaches that fractures don’t have to mean death. There are more options today.

Kyla Ortved, assistant professor of large animal urgery, School of Veterinary Medicine

A few days post-op, Ortved’s fears came true. The wound opened and fluid leaked from Osada’s leg. The team cleaned the incision and performed a vacuum-assisted closure therapy to encourage drainage and healing. A bacterial culture found infection, so Ortved changed the horse’s antibiotics.

When Osada’s comfort didn’t improve, Ortved took her back to the operating room to lavage the wound. “She had an infection in the joint. We flushed the joint and placed antibiotic-impregnated bone cement in the wound to help with healing.”

The treatment worked. The wound started to close, and Osada slowly improved. She was discharged a few weeks after her last procedure.

21st-century surgery

“In the horse world, many people still think that fractures mean euthanasia,” Ortved says. “One of the takeaways from Osada’s case is that over the past several decades there have been so many advances in nursing care materials, in anesthesia, in surgical approaches that fractures don’t have to mean death. There are more options today.”

Veterinarians Amanda Watkins, Alycia Crandall, and Angela Gaesser were part of Osada’s care team, which included not only surgeons but also radiology and anesthesia specialists and surgical nurses.

Cases like this one and legends like Richardson are among the top reasons Ortved joined New Bolton Center’s clinical team and faculty in 2016. A world-renowned surgeon, Richardson recently received the American College of Veterinary Surgeons ACVS Founders’ Award for Career Achievement for “contributions over the last 30+ years [that] have greatly impacted the art and science of veterinary surgery.”

Ortved says, “Working with Dean is an incredible opportunity and has vastly outweighed my expectation. I am unable to even come close to quantifying what I have learned at New Bolton Center and from him in the last five years.”

Raised on surgery

Ryan Hospital surgical resident Chiara Curcillo has conducted fewer surgeries than Ortved. But she has been around the specialty for many years, in a sense having grown up at Penn Vet.

Curcillo’s physician parents pioneered a single incision, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical technique for humans. Jeffrey Runge brought it to animals when he was an assistant professor of surgery at Ryan Hospital.

“My parents would help Dr. Runge with the early procedures and take me along for the ride, knowing I wanted to be a veterinarian,” says Curcillo. “Dr. Runge guided me to where I am today. I spent several years shadowing him in the operating room [OR] and on the clinic floor. Having two surgeons raise me and a surgeon as my mentor made me want to be a surgeon and spend my days in the OR just like them.”

Quills, quills, and more quills

Curcillo had one of her trickiest surgeries yet with Daisy, an American Staffordshire Terrier who had an altercation with a porcupine right after Thanksgiving. The run-in resulted in what seemed like an endless number of quills stabbing the dog’s face and traveling throughout her body.

Daisy’s face and body were riddled with quills following her porcupine encounter, some of which compromised internal organs.

“We were visiting rural New York State and took her to an ER immediately, where they removed quills from all over her face and body,” says Katie Leonard, who, along with her husband, Franklin Donn, adopted Daisy in 2019. “As soon as we picked her up, we noticed more quills poking from her chin and pulled them.”

Additional quills surfaced when the couple, along with Daisy and Daisy’s canine brother Dexter, returned home to Baltimore.

But more worrisome symptoms overshadowed the quill appearances. Daisy’s breathing was labored, and she had lost interest in food and water.

At an ER in Baltimore, she was diagnosed with a pneumothorax, a dangerous condition of air in the chest cavity that can cause the lungs to collapse if untreated. Using a minimally invasive procedure called thoracocentesis, the ER vet placed a needle through Daisy’s chest wall into her chest cavity to remove air. Daisy was referred to a specialty practice, the third vet stop at this point.

Fourth and final stop

“Given the complexity of Daisy’s case, this last veterinarian then referred Daisy to us for further imaging and surgery,” Curcillo says.

This was the hope the family needed. “We weren’t feeling confident until we got to Ryan,” says Leonard. “Dr. Curcillo was very clear about the severity of Daisy’s situation but optimistic that all was not yet lost.”

After sedating the canine under general anesthesia and conducting a CT scan, Curcillo and Lillian Aronson, professor of surgery, opened Daisy’s chest and abdominal area. David Holt, professor of surgery, offered a hand.

Inside, the surgeons found a body riddled with quills—they were in the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidney, diaphragm, and body wall.

“We removed each gingerly,” says Aronson. “We identified penetrating wounds in one of her lung lobes and performed a lung lobectomy. And we leak tested the other lobes, repairing a defect in one.” Before finishing the procedure, they placed a chest tube to help expel air.

Curcillo was working alongside the best: Aronson is a pioneer in small animal surgery and one of the first veterinarians in the world to perform renal transplants in dogs and cats—she’d conducted hundreds long before other surgical practices did any.

Also a noted small animal surgeon, Holt made news recently for charting an innovative approach to cancer surgery that helps surgeons clearly see whether they’ve left any diseased tissue behind in cancer excision surgery.

An ordeal continued

Post-op, Daisy woke up from anesthesia uneventfully and was transferred to the intensive care unit for monitoring. But, as with Osada, another hurdle was soon to come.

Day three after surgery, she developed abdominal discomfort and had fluid in her abdomen, as well as a suspected second pneumothorax.

It was back to surgery. Curcillo and Aronson opened her chest and abdomen again to evaluate the situation. After removing a few migrated quills, they examined her lungs, which had no apparent leaks, and replaced the old tube with a new one.

Curcillo and Lillian Aronson, another of Daisy’s surgeons, pose with their special patient.

But air continued to escape post-surgery. In a minimally invasive procedure, “We then inserted an autologous blood patch to seal the sites in her lungs that were possibly leaking,” says Curcillo.

This did the trick. The rest of Daisy’s hospitalization progressed smoothly, and she was discharged a few days later.

A long and loving journey

“It’s been a long road for this sweet, outgoing dog,” says Curcillo. “But given her young age and that she is otherwise healthy, we believed this was a well-considered journey to take.”

Quills continue to surface even months after Daisy’s face-off with the spiky rodent—her owners estimate well more than 100 quills have been removed in total since November. And she has been back to Penn Vet several times for follow-ups and removal of aberrant spikes.

I don’t know if I’ll ever see another case like this. It was intense, challenging, and pretty cool—a perfect example of the type of surgery I’d hoped to experience at Penn Vet.

Chiara Curcillo, Ryan Veterinary Hospital surgical resident

“Penn Vet is the only place we’ll go for our girl,” says Leonard. “We have wonderful pet insurance, thankfully. And Drs. Curcillo and Aronson and all of the clinicians who have worked so hard for Daisy are our ‘Team Daisy.’ We adore them.”

For Curcillo, Daisy is an unforgettable pup.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever see another case like this,” she says. “It was intense, challenging, and pretty cool—a perfect example of the type of surgery I’d hoped to experience at Penn Vet. Working next to Dr. Aronson and Dr. Holt is amazing—I am frequently in awe of them during a procedure. They teach me to be a great surgeon and a great educator. I aspire to be half the surgeons and teachers they are.”

Kyla Ortved runs the Ortved Laboratory at the School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center. (Image also featured on Homepage)

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tiiescut · 3 years

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verses.

MAIN VERSES.

verse i ( flying under the radar ).

➜ age: 16-18 ➜ this verse takes place during the time just before and after the accident with Ella Reyez. Mateo is in his 11th or 12th year of high school depending on if it’s before or after the accident. Mateo hangs out with the group of bullies during the entirety of his 11th year and in his 12th year he is alone in high school due to the rest of them being incarcerated for their hand in Ella’s accident. Mateo is a member of the basketball and baseball team during his entire high school career.

verse ii ( things change and so do people ).

➜ age: 18-23 ➜ this verse takes place during the summer after graduation right up until the summer after his 2nd year of university. Mateo is off his anxiety medication and puts a focus on his education and hobbies with full force. He’s health and active, he spends a lot of time in practice as he is part of the University’s Basketball team. He’s going to school for a degree in Psychology. At the end of 2nd year he gets the maintenance and farrier job with the Reyez family and reconnects with Ella to try and make amends.

verse iii ( here’s where i leave my mark ).

➜ age: 24-?? ➜ this verse takes place after Mateo graduates from university. During university, his desire to become a professional Basketball player shifts into becoming a counsellor for teens and young adults. He still works at the Reyez farm for the summer until he gets a job offer with a local mental health clinic that’s looking for someone like him to become a counsellor for their Equine-Assisted Programs. Mateo jumps at the chance, spending a year training and shadowing other equine therapists and working towards getting his certification for Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) and Equine Assisted Psychotherpy (EAP). Mateo officially becomes an EAL and EAP therapist, and helps youth and young adults through their struggles through equine therapy.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSES.

alt verse ( celebrity ).

➜ age: 21-26 ➜ Mateo Marconi was always meant for great things. A few hard life lessons had once derailed him from his dream, but now he’s 21 and one of the star players on his state’s NBA basketball team. Playing as the Center, Mateo’s lack of height compared to others in the NBA doesn’t make him any less spectacular on the court. He’s fast, quick thinking, and has a love for the game that’s captured the hearts of millions around the country and the world. Known affectionately by fans and teammates as “Macaroni”, Mateo uses his platform to fight for causes such as anti-bullying and to challenge ableism in sport. He’s a shy guy who will never get used to interviews, fans, and random people talking to him.

alt verse ( the last of us ).

➜ age: 19-25 ➜ Three days after his 19th birthday, all hell breaks loose. The Marconi farm is overrun by runners, a type of infected who’s sole purpose is to bite and kill living people. Johnny Marconi tells his son and wife to grab the horses and go; to not come back for him. So they say their goodbyes in a flurry of tears knowing his father won’t survive the night. As they ride off to escape, they come across Old Man Jenkins, the local farrier. They give him Johnny Marconi’s horse and he comes with them. Not long after, Ella Reyez, a ghost from Mateo’s past, is being hand delivered to them by her boyfriend –– Todd. Without hesitation, Mateo grabs her and they share his saddle as they try to escape the chaos. Together, the group finds safety and solidarity in the wilderness, hoping this will all pass soon... But it doesn’t. ( READ MORE HERE. )

alt verse ( breath of the wild ).

➜ age: 16-23 ➜ son of stable owners, Mateo was born after the calamity that destroyed most of Hyrule and its surrounding lands. He grew up knowing hard work and spending most of his time outside with animals and nature. His father works on carriage and saddle repairs while his mother takes care of the horses that come into the stable. Mateo learns the art of trimming a horse’s feet and providing them shoes. He’s good and gentle with the horses, shy and timid with people –– but very friendly. He’s close friends with another stable owner’s daughter thats a half a day’s ride away. Their past is complicated, but he does the farrier work for them and helps around their stable when he can. He meets many people through his work, and never forgets a face, no matter how long since their last meeting.

#( i finally wrote this shit out slkdfhjghs goD )#verses.#verse i ( flying under the radar ).#verse ii ( things change and so do people ).#verse iii ( here’s where i leave my mark ).#alt verse ( celebrity ).#alt verse ( the last of us ).#alt verse ( breath of the wild ).

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ovc-bulletin · 5 years

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Conferences reflect U of G strengths in equine health, welfare and regenerative medicine

Equine researchers from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and the University of Guelph are organizing a number of conferences through the summer and fall months to foster and share knowledge around various aspects of equine health and innovations in regenerative medicine.

Havemeyer Workshop on Acute Colitis in the Adult Horse This week, the Havemeyer Workshop on Acute Colitis in the Adult Horse takes place in Niagara on the Lake from July 14 to 17. The organizing committee is chaired by OVC Clinical Studies professor Luis Arroyo.

The workshop aims to stimulate research into this important illness of horses, to promote collaborative and multicenter studies to develop guidelines for best diagnostic standards and evidence-based treatment protocols, and to integrate and assess the clinical significance of intestinal microbiome studies that are currently occurring in equine research centers throughout the world.

Topics will include: the most common causes of colitis in adult horses, what is known about the predisposition of adult horses to colitis, as well as optimal diagnostic tests, most effective treatments and best prognostic indicators for outcome of colitis in adult horses. The conference will also focus on collaborative approaches and research priorities to better understand and control adult colitis in horses.

International Society for Equitation Science (ISES) Conference The 15th Annual International Society for Equitation Science (ISES) Conference is being held at the University of Guelph on August 19-21, 2019. The theme for this year’s conference, Bringing Science to the Stable, highlights our past relationship with horses and examines where we are headed.

Pre-conference workshops will feature a workshop on how to communicate scientific information to equestrian communities and a discussion on equine behaviours, as well as a large animal rescue training workshop (additional fee applies). Space in this hands-on workshop is limited.

Keynote speakers include:

Dr. Sandra Olsen (Curator-in-Charge, Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas) will trace how our relationship with horses began.

Dr. Camie Heleski (Senior Lecturer, University of Kentucky) will describe the field of Equitation Science and what we have learned about horse-human relationships.

Dr. Nic de Brauwere (Head of Welfare and Behaviour, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, UK) will discuss how human behaviour change into the future can improve equine welfare.

Dr. Andrew McLean (Equitation Science International, Australia) will present similarities and differences in the application of learning theory across species.

Dr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Ethnoecologist and Senior Researcher with Firelight Group.

In addition to a scientific program, the conference will wrap up with practical day workshops and demonstrations.

Learn more about the conference and the speakers’ topics at the conference website https://ises2019uofg.wordpress.com/

Prof. Katrina Merkies, from the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College, is the organizing chair for the conference. The organizing committee also includes Gayle Ecker, Equine Guelph, and Prof. Tina Widowski and Kim Sheppard with the Campbell Centre for Study of Animal Welfare.

North American Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Association This year’s North American Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Association (NAVRMA) being hosted for the first time in Canada, will focus on One-Health Regenerative Medicine – Improving Human and Animal Health.

The conference will run from September 8 to 11, 2019 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

Ontario Veterinary College Biomedical Sciences professor Thomas Koch chairs NAVRMA.

An opening keynote lecture and reception: “Perspectives on One-Health Regenerative Medicine” (open to the public) will include:

Lisa Fortier (Cornell University; Past-President, The International Cartilage Repair Society)

Daniel Weiss (University of Vermont; Chief Scientific Officer, The International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy)

Boaz Arzi (Director, University of California Davis Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures)

Andras Nagy (Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Stem Cells and Regeneration)

The annual NAVRMA conference supports collaboration between practicing veterinarians and research scientists, offers a venue for sharing the latest information on regenerative medicine, and promotes development of skills and techniques for practicing veterinarians.

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