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Celebration!

Celebration of the Horse is just around the corner! (Sept 25)

Send me your parade form!

Do you want to be a vender?? We still have room!!

You have a couple more days to give us your ad for our program!!!





Country Days is Here!!!!!

Metamora Country Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival is this weekend!

  Metamora Country Days 
and
Hot Air Balloon Festival

2010

August 27th and 28th 

The Village will be alive with much activity.  Parade, crafts, food, music, demonstrations, hot air balloons and fireworks - and much more. 
Hope you can join us!

Click Here for a Complete Schedule!

More info at www.metamorachamber.org





Home  What's Happening  

This will be a lovely evening!

Look at this!  This sounds really, really neat.  So....I have a great evening for you. Start over here at 6:00 and attend this cool program, and then toddle over to Harmer Park with a blanket and some beverages and some of our popcorn to listen to the band High Street Shelter!  What a lovely evening!

August 26th
Join Leah Juarez, publisher of Equesse Magazine for women who love horses, as she shares some insight into ways to use your love of horses to enrich all aspects of your life.  Leah discusses how to find your "Inner-Horsepower" through horse-related creativity and inspiration, and apply it to increase your level of confidence, empowerment and overall well being.  Your love of horses is truly a gift, and by spending a fun, engaging evening with like-minded, horse crazy women, you can gain a whole new perspective on the world of horses as well as yourself.  Come out and help share the passion that horses bring to our lives.



Celebration Update

Celebration of the Horse (Sept 25) is still accepting ads for the program until August 28! (great deal and a great way to advertise your business) AND YOU NEED TO BE IN THE PARADE!!!!!  

Go to our website and print the appropriate form.....vendor expo, ad, parade entry....

Come be part of the Celebration!


Celebration of the Horse  Home  

This Thursday Night

Sarah Massey will be here. She works with ADM and will be talking to us about Equine Nutrition with a special emphasis on nutrition for the horse compromised by Equine Metabolic Syndrome.  If it is nice, we will be outside.  If it is hot, we'll be inside with the air conditioning!




Blade Sharpening is THURSDAY

Sorry for any confusion out there.  Our Pro, Tony, will be here Thursday from 6-8 (not Wednesday).  He will sharpen your blades, knives, sisscors etc.  So, bring them with you!  If he has too many to do Thursday night, he will take them with him and return them to the store!


August 5th  Tony Christner Professional Sharpener
will be here to sharpen your blades and work on your clippers. While you wait, watch a presentation all about blade maintenance and sharpening. Tony also does scissors and knives. (Payment is by cash or check to Tony that night) Sorry for the confusion folks.  This IS Thursday Night.





All About Mini's!

You love them when you see them!  Come see some and find out why so many people enjoy miniature horses!  Thursday night, OUTSIDE (we have mosquito spray!) 




Eastern Equine Encephalitis

This was forwarded to me my Michigan Equine Partnership...a worthy organization with good information.

For Immediate Release: July 26, 2010

Contact: Jennifer Holton, MDA, 517-241-2485 or James McCurtis, MDCH, 517-241-2112

 

Michigan Horses Found Positive for Mosquito-Borne Disease Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Health officials encourage taking precautions

 

LANSING - The Michigan departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture (MDA) today received confirmation from the Michigan State University (MSU) Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health (DCPAH) that a three month old Percheron filly from Calhoun County and a 12 month old Arabian male from Barry County tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

 

MDA has also been informed that several additional horses in Cass County are highly suspect for EEE and are pending test results.

 

In total, there have been three horses positive cases of EEE in Michigan thus far for 2010.  MDA was notified on July 20, 2010 of a third case from a four year old mixed breed mare from Cass County by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories. This horse was also displaying signs of neurologic disease typical of EEE, including staggering and depression, as well as fever.

"We are concerned about this finding of EEE in southwest Michigan and the likelihood of additional cases, so it's imperative people take every precaution possible to prevent mosquito borne disease exposure for themselves and their livestock," said Dr. Steven Halstead, State Veterinarian.  "A simple vaccination will protect your animal from these often fatal illnesses, and routine measures to reduce mosquito exposure and eliminate mosquito habitats around the home and farm will help protect people, horses, and other livestock.  Horse owners should consult their veterinarian regarding measures appropriate for their herd."

 

“ Michigan residents need to know the risks associated with mosquito-borne illnesses, which is why we are encouraging citizens to observe several common sense steps to limit exposure to mosquitoes,” said Janet Olszewski, MDCH director.  “One bite from an infected mosquito can lead to a severe - and possibly life-altering - illness. Prevention is the key to protection.”

 

EEE is caused by viruses found in wild birds.  Mosquitoes that feed on birds infected with EEE can transmit the disease to humans, horses, and other birds.  Some birds are able to harbor the EEE viruses without becoming acutely ill, thereby serving as reservoirs for the disease. Horses do not develop high enough levels of these viruses in their blood to be contagious to other animals or humans.  Because of the high mortality rate for horses and humans, EEE is regarded as one of the most serious mosquito-borne diseases in the United States .

 

Tips for preventing mosquito-borne diseases include:

•  Avoid mosquito bites: Use insect repellent when outdoors, especially from dusk to dawn.

 

·  Look for EPA-labeled products containing   active ingredients, such as DEET, Picaridin (KBR3023), or oil of lemon eucalyptus (p-menthane 3,8-diol).

 

·  Apply more repellent,  according to label instructions, if mosquitoes start to bite.

 

•  Mosquito-proof homes: Fix or install window and door screens and cover or eliminate empty containers with standing water where  mosquitoes can lay eggs.

 

• Protect your horses: Commercially available licensed vaccines against EEE are recommended for all horses in the U.S.  Horses should be vaccinated annually. It’s not too late this year to vaccinate your horses

 

• Use approved insect repellants to protect horses.

 

• If possible, put horses in stables, stalls, or barns during the prime mosquito exposure hours of dusk and dawn.

 

• Eliminate standing water and drain water troughs, and empty buckets at least weekly. 

 

Seasonal activity varies from year to year, but mosquitoes carrying EEE remain a threat.


For more information on the human health impact of EEE, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web site at: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/eeefact.htm

 

For more information about EEE in horses, consult your local veterinarian or contact MDA’s Animal Industry Division at 517-373-1077; or visit the MDA website at: www.michigan.gov/mda

 

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What's Happening  

Cricklewood Dressage Shows

Cricklewood Dressage Schooling Shows
are scheduled for

July 17 and 18
August 14 and 15
Sept 18 and 19
October 2 and 3
Shows will be held at Prainito Stables, 68490 Wolcott, Ray Township, MI
for more information go to www.cricklewooddressage.com
show manager: Pat Toth, 810-614-1383
show secretary: Lois Kropiewnicki 248-891-1220


What's Happening  

Campfire tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ask the trainer

It's going to be a BEAUTIFUL evening!  Come sit around the campfire with an evening of "Ask the Trainer" with Carol Ley.  Per Carol....the only dumb question is the one NOT ASKED!  We'll be lighting the fire a 6:00.  I will provide marshmellows and water to drink.  You are welcome to bring any other beverage you are interested in consuming.  Bring your buddies...ask questions....learn from other's questions......WHAT A GOOD IDEA!  





Thursday's Pro Night. Therapeutic Horse Shoeing

 Matt Johnstone ( www.chesterfieldfarrier.com) will join us and will be shoeing a horse!  Matt has twenty-five years of experience. All of this time has been spent in the Southeastern Michigan area. Matt is an AFA Journeyman Farrier. In October 2003 Matt received his AFA Therapeutic Endorsement (the only one in Michigan!). With this endorsement Matt does a lot of work with several veterinarians to help develop remedial and therapeutic shoeing strategies for horses with specific lameness problems. Aside from his lameness work, Matt specializes in large population barns, shoeing many of the area's best sport and pleasure horses.



This Thursday. Learn and get free STUFF!

June 10 There's a lot going on inside the Michigan Government that affects horses and horse people! Learn what the Michigan Equine Partnership is doing for all of us. Lisa Machala will be here to inform us about this very active group. Be sure to visit their web site www.miequine.com and then come to this very informative Ask the Pro evening.
So....Carol thinks this is really, really important!  To lure you away from a potentially lovely summer evening....I am going to bribe you!  Come to this program and get a free mini rubber curry (your horse will love you) or a free hoof pick!!!!!




Celebration of the Horse

Sept 25 seems like a LONG way away BUT, we are taking applications now for Celebration of the Horse Business Expo Participants and are bringing in ads for our beautiful program put together by Peter Gilles. 

Please check out our website where you can find Advertising forms, Business Expo Forms, Parade entry forms etc.  OR, stop in the store, we have them here too!




Attention Barn Owners....check this out.

Talk to the Pro Night for this Thursday, June 3. 6-8 p.m.
Attention Barn Owners !
Looks like a good way to make your precious dollars go farther!
Please call us (810-678-8000) to reserve your spot.

Tonight (Thursday 6/3) you will learn a quick and easy software tool to help you stay connected with your horse boarders and employees from

Rhonda Holstein and
Marie Taulbee
of www.LaRaedo.com Horse Farm Management and Invoicing Software.
Learn what web-based software is all about and how it can help increase revenue on your farm.  Marie will show you that using just a bit of technology can greatly improve customer and staff communication and provide a historical record of the daily upkeep and professional services for the boarded horses. Marie has an extensive background of 30 years in the computer information management field and excels in organization and process flow. This experience has helped form her vision to create LaRaedo. Whether computers or horses, Marie knows that all industries are aided by more efficient management processes and, when implemented correctly, technology can be extremely beneficial.




New stuff..........

Along with all of our summer riding wear and our show clothing.....you'll see some new products in the store.  We have lots of new inventory from a fellow tack store that regrettably, decided to close down.  The owner, one of my best buddies, is retiring and moving to Florida.......BUMMER!

Anyway, we have some Western Tack...look upstairs in the clearance area....as well as some Saddle Seat Clothing!  We have lots of beautiful show shirts, both hunter/jumper and saddleseat. 





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