Texas Equine Veterinary Association

www.texasequineva.com • Page 23 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL BEGINS 12/1! MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS: • Opportunities for professional development close to home and to build relationships with regional colleagues who share commonalities. • Reduced rates on all TEVA seminars and other meeting fees. • Subscription to TEVA's publication, The Remuda, a veterinary journal and informational magazine. • Link to legislative actions in Austin, which may affect the horse, you, and your practice. • Notice of health updates and other news via email and special rates or discounts from industry businesses and more! LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP: All memberships are on an annual basis and expire on December 31 of each year. First Person—Regular Annual Membership.................................................................................................$295 Second and Third Person—Regular Annual Membership............................................................................$275 Annual Intern or Resident Membership........................................................................................................$100 Annual Veterinary Student Membership (Includes First Two Years After Graduation)................................$25 Annual Retired Veterinarian Membership.....................................................................................................$50 Annual Veterinarian >65 Years of Age Membership.....................................................................................$150 Lifetime Membership....................................................................................................................................$2,500 Annual Group Practice Membership (4+ Veterinarians)...............................................................................$1,000 (Allows all members of a practice to attend meetings at member rates. You must include a listing of your entire professional staff on this registration form or an attached sheet, in order for them to be eligible for this membership. You must enroll four or more veterinarians to be eligible for the Group Practice Membership.) PAYMENT: Cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted. DOWNLOAD THE MEMBERSHIP FORM FROM OUR WEBSITE: WWW.TEXASEQUINEVA.COM BECOME A TEVA MEMBER TODAY! This just infuriates me to no end. I had offered the surgery at a price that was just what it costs me and they still wouldn't do it. So I set about getting stuff together to put ole' Myrtle to sleep. The old man contingency was listening as I talked to the owner on the phone. When I got off the phone, they began stomping around and calling the owner terrible names. I told them I had to go over to the other clinic and get the "pink medicine" and I would be back in a few minutes to end the suffering. It is about a fifty yard walk from one clinic to the other and when I came back out with the euthanasia solution, I noticed the old men in the pen, gathered around the horse. I wasn't sure what they were up to, but I didn't like the looks of it. One of them was tying the protruding strand of string to the fence and I had a feeling something bad was about to happen. After he got it secured they all took a step back and I knew what was about to happen...before I could get any words out, they had slapped the horse on the fanny and started hollering "giddyup" at the top of their lungs. The next few seconds happened in slow motion for me. The horse jumped up and started heading west across the pen with that piece of protruding string firmly attached to the bottom rail of a pipe fence. I watched as the slack diminished and the string began pulling on whatever was holding it. The scene began with a prolapse occurring. The string refused to let go and just pulled the intestine out through the fanny hole. It got longer and longer as the horse went farther and farther from the fence. Oh my!!! Just about the time I thought the horse was going to turn completely inside-out, a quick popping sound occurred and a ball of tangled string the size of a volley ball recoiled out of the fanny and bounced off the fence that it was tied to. The intestine, on the other hand, recoiled the opposite way and shot right back up into the horse. The horse took a few more steps and came to a stop with a look on its face that reflected some sort of shock and relief. By the time I got there, the old men were shaking hands and praising their efforts amongst one another. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to give them all a spanking and send them to their rooms, but their endeavor was better than anything I had done, and the horse appeared to be free from pain for the first time in three days. The horse did go home two days later. But only after four of the five old men went over to the owner's house and picked up all the binder twine themselves. That horse is still alive today and has no idea how thankful he should be to five old dudes that decided, "he is gonna die anyway, we might as well give it a try!" From "Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere" written by TEVA Founding Member and Current Vice President, Bo Brock, DVM, DABVP. Available for purchase on Amazon.

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