Rein-oir Painting Event Saturday February 28, 2009

After the Nutrition seminar on Saturday - February 28th, we are going to attempt to make some Rein-oir paintings with our USERL horses. If you would like to come out and help, Hannah (our new Clydesdale/QH cross mare), Hudson (the new paint mare), Summer, Whipple, Alabama and our mascot Holly will all be making an attempt at painting their unique masterpieces.

If you would like to be a part of it, let us know kxl@perigee.net

Equine Medicine Symposium: at NC State Vet School February 21, 2009

Equine Medicine Symposium: Saturday, February 21st, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the CVM. The overall goal of this annual day-long symposium is to bring new horse health information to owners. This year topics include wound management, updates on laminitis prevention, new diagnostics and treatments for lameness, vaccinations, bio-security and emergency planning. Visit http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vth/clinical_services/equine/symposium.html for more information or to sign-up.

Horse Owner $65 / $85 after 2/2/2009 Student $35 / $45 after 2/2/2009 Group of 8 or great (must register together) $35 each / $45 after 2/2/2009 Visit the website for registration forms and program or call (919) 513-6421

The USERL will have a group of 8 or more people, so we will qualify for the $35 registration price. We can fax our application to 919-513-6689 and pay the day of the event, or you can print out the application and mail with your check.

you can print out the registration form at- http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vth/clinical_services/equine/documents/EMS2009RegistrationFormHorseOwners.pdf

2 important details.

You MUST state on the registration form that you are with USERL! You MUST make a note that you plan to pay the day of, if you do intend to pay the day of, so they won't think you just forgot to pay.

We are working on transportation and hope to have a van available so we can ride together from the CP.

We REALLY Need Foster Homes

If you are willing to open your heart and barn and have strong horse skills please go to the USERL website, www.userl.org and complete a foster application. We all know that the economy is not good at this time and unfortunately, it is the horses that are suffering--- they are last to be taken care of.  The Central Piedmont is doing its best to raise money to feed and pay the veterinary expenses for our rehabs.  Several of
these horses are ready to leave rehab.    If any of our wonderful volunteers are willing to take one of the horses or know anyone that would be willing,it would be greatly appreciated...

Ride for the Green

The USERL Central Piedmont will host a St. Patrick's Day Trail Ride at the Diamond R Ranch. This ride is open to all! It is a fund raiser for the USERL Central Piedmont. You can ride or walk. There will be lots of USERL horses to see at the event. Wear your green, come out to see the horses and we look forward to seeing you all there!!!!
Details to come.
Do look forward to Doug's FAMOUS BBQ - only $5 per plate.
Let us know if you are planning to come kxl@perigee.net
We need to make sure we have enough parking and BBQ!!!

Eric Shupe from Purina to speak to the USERL February 28, 2009

Eric Shupe (in the photo above at our Parade of Breeds Horse Owner Workshop in October 2008) from Purina will give a presentation on feeding and rehabilitating a rescue horse with a low body score. He will also do a presentation and several demos on how to do body condition scoring using some of our USERL rescue horses as examples.

This presentation is free of charge and open to the public.

Following the presentation, we will have a brief USERL Central Piedmont business meeting.

For anyone that is interested, we will order in pizza and - weather permitting working making some Rein-oir paintings with our USERL rescue horses (if you plan to help, wear old clothes you don't mind getting paint on).

It should be a very informative presentation, followed by some painting fun!
Please RSVP to kxl@perigee.net if you are planning to be there so we will know how many copies of the hand out to prepare.

Noel Night Wine Tasting

A HUGE THANK YOU to Hope Lee who took on the entire planning and execution of a wonderful wine tasting fund raiser for the USERL. It was a good time and very well done. Everyone had a good time! THANK YOU!

Tractor Supply Day a HUGE SUCCESS

A big thank you to everyone who participated in the Tractor Supply Day Fundraiser right before Christmas. I know this is a little late, but better late than never, right? I HAD to share the photos for Holly!!!! Barbara Davis and her neighbor made the "outfit" for Holly and it was TOO CUTE! She was a big hit! Barbara MacDonald and her girl scouts came through with many wonderful baked goods to sell that day and we had a lot of volunteers show up to help out! Chris Donahue was there with her popular Rein-oirs! THANK YOU to all who helped! Holly kept calling to the stuffed horses inside the store (note the photo of her with the stuffed horse).

Alabama is improving

As you may recall, last summer, the day the girl scouts were doing their bake sale fund raiser and car wash for us in Locust, we brought in Alabama or "Bama". She was an incredible case of neglect. The vet told us to not get too attached, he did not think she would make it 2 weeks, well, here she is, going strong!
Bama has a cleft pallate and her teeth were sharp and jagged. She is possibly the result of inbreeding, she is pretty crooked and has to turn her head to sort of focus on you when she looks at you. She is INCREDIBLY sweet and LOVES attention. If you would like to go spend some time with our girl, Bama, let us know. She would love to meet you and slobber on you (oh yeah, be prepared for that... ). She is a black and white paint with blue eyes. Maybe one day, someone will have it in their heart to take her home as a companion horse? I am going to include before/after shots of Bama so you can see how far she has come!

Welcome to Hudson

Hudson is a 20+ year old Paint Mare. She is black and white, with blue eyes. She is a real beauty. The problem with our poor girl is she has a club foot that has been left untreated for a very long time. We are working with our vet and farrier to do our best to bring poor Hudson back around! We will keep you updated on her progress. She is a very sweet mare if anyone would like to visit with her, brush her and love on her a little bit!

Welcome to Hannah

A big welcome to Hannah, one of the newest horses in the Central Piedmont Region. Hannah is a 5 year old Clydesdale/QH cross mare.

Welcome to the USERL Central Piedmont, NC Blog

I thought that by starting this blog, I could eliminate some of the numerous e-mails that I send out, and keep everyone up to date on what is going on with the USERL - Central Piedmont Region in NC.

Let me know what you think!
Deb
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www.userlcpnc.org