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First Aid and CPR for Horse & Rider
Proper First Aid and CPR administration can be pivotal in emergency situations, especially those involving horses and equestrians. Virginia Cooperative Extension is hosting a program on Saturday November 14th from 8am to 5pm on First Aid and CPR for Horse & Rider.
A certified and non-certified tract will be offered for participants following American Heart Association Curriculum. Instruction will be tailored to equestrians using real life scenarios of incidents that have happened to horses and riders in the barn, on the trailer, on the trail or at the horse show.
What Extension Can Do For You
I’m sure that many of you have never heard of Virginia Cooperative Extension or VCE. I know I hadn’t until I started working with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Warren County office; and the thought is either you know everything about extension…or you don’t have a clue what extension is. I’m hoping that in reading this article, you will receive a firmer grasp of what Extension really is, and how they help Virginian’s on a daily basis.Warren County 4-H Horse Judging & Hippology Team Wins Big in 2009
Five Warren County youth from the Go-As-You-Please Riders 4-H Club competed successfully this year at contests around Virginia on the Warren County 4-H Horse Judging & Hippology Team. Contests are open to all 4-H members in two age divisions: Juniors (those age 13 and under on Jan. 1, 2009) and Seniors, (age 14 or older on Jan. 1, 2009). In hippology contests youth are asked to take a written exam and complete identification stations on various aspects of horse management (feeds, tack, disciplines, health issues, and more) and complete a team problem. In judging contests youth have to evaluate and then rank groups of horses from best to worst, with the official rankings determined by a panel of judges from the industry. In addition, these students must justify their rankings on several of these classes by providing an oral presentation of their reasons to the same judge’s panel. The Warren County Junior team consisted of Rachel Dominguez, Brooke Duvall, Melissa Lloyd, Rachel Paulisch and Michaela Yowaiski.