Horse Emergency Evacuation Team

Hello everyone!  The Annual Membership Meeting and Election of Board Members will take place on January 9th, 2010, at the meeting room at Woods Humane Society, just off Highway 1 near  Animal Services.  The actual, official, address is 875 Oklahoma, San Luis Obispo.  Since Woods is letting HEET use this room free of charge, please feel free to check out their website wish list–bring old blankets, towels, dog and cat toys, cat litter–well, you can check out their website at woodshumane.org for the full list, which includes office supplies. It will be a useful way for us to say thank you to them for their support.

We are hoping to have a speaker for this meeting–more information to follow soon.  So, save the date!  Saturday, January 9th, 2010!  The meeting will begin at 10 A.M., or at 1000 [hours], if you prefer military time.  Hope to see you there.

Susan McElhinney–Secretary and Dispatcher

Greeting Everyone,

HEET’s June Training for Equine Emergency First-Aid is coming up.  There will actually be two trainings in June. We felt it would be a good idea to meet the lead veterinarians who will be working with us when we have an emergency; therefore, we have set up a meeting in South County and one in North County.  Any and all members are welcome at both meetings.

For South County:

Who: Eric DeVos, DVM Los Padres Equine Veterinary Services

When: Saturday June 6th

Time: 9:00 AM

Where: 525 Sandydale Lane Nipomo, CA 93444

Directions: From the North-101 South, Right on Tefft, Right on Mary, Right on Juniper, Left on Frontage, Left on Sandydale.  LPEVS is behind Nipomo Cat and Dog Hospital.

From the South-Follow directions above except make a left onto Tefft from l0l.

For more information contact Julie Monser 264-3422

For North County:

Who: Kristina Grewall, DVM Creston Large Animal

When: Saturday June 27

Time: 9:30 AM

Where: Meadow Oaks Ranch 1845 Lupine Ln Templeton, CA 93465 Direction: From Atascadero: East on Hwy 41 to Templeton Rd, left 2 miles to Lupine Lane, ranch with large sign will be on right. From Templeton: East on Vineyard over bridge then right on Templeton Rd 3.5 miles to Lupine Lane, left turn, ranch with large sign will be on right

For more information contact Kathe Hustace 239-4004 or 459-6436.

Have a safe Memorial Day Weekend and see you at the upcoming trainings.

This is to let everyone know that we have decided to cancel our May 2nd meeting.  Several members let us know they will be out of town on that day and we felt it would be better to wait to have our “Procedures Training” when more members could join us.

The directors updated all “HEET Procedure” this morning and are being reformated.   All members will receive the procedure via e-mail in the few weeks.

So, as it stands our May 2nd meeting is canceled. The next training will be in June for Equine First-Aid and then the Procedure Training July 11th,  since the first Sat. of July falls on July 4th.

Of course we will notify all members as to date, time, and places of all meetings.