Webinars
MARCH MADNESS 2025
Join us every Monday evening in March at 7pm PST for our March Madness Webinar Series! Register once for all 5 webinars, need to miss a week, or only interested in a few? no problem! (but we will still email you the link). These sessions are only available live at this time, so mark your calendars! This event is free for HCBC members but pre-registration is required, non-members can register for $100+tax.
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March 3rd – Dr. David Paton Some Do’s and Don’ts That Might Save Your Horses Life
As an avid horseman and rider, Dr. Paton provides a unique combination of experience and expertise in a variety of veterinary services to the equine community. He enjoys not only working with horses but equally important the interaction with the equestrian community. Dr. Paton is a long standing FEI veterinarian accredited in 5 disciplines. He is also involved in the veterinary community organizing an annual educational meeting for equine veterinarians across the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Paton has always believed that service and continuing education are the hallmarks of a successful veterinary practice. He currently competes successfully in cutting while his wife and daughter compete in hunter jumpers. Dr Paton is also a dog lover and you will probably encounter his faithful companion Clinton, a black and white Munsterlander.
March 10th – Dr. Steve Chiasson: Acupuncture Treatment for Horses
Dr. Steve Chiasson, DVM, CVMA, is an accomplished equine veterinarian originally from Sydney, Nova Scotia. A graduate of the Atlantic Veterinary College with Honors in 1995, Dr. Steve has dedicated his career to advancing equine medicine, focusing on sports medicine and innovative technologies to enhance horse health and performance. In 2019, he became Canada’s first Certified Lameness Locator® Practitioner, highlighting his commitment to cutting-edge lameness diagnostics and treatment. He is also certified in Veterinary Medical Acupuncture and actively teaches equine acupuncture across North America.
In 2004, Dr. Steve co-founded Agwest Veterinary Group Ltd. and later established Horizon Equine Veterinary Clinic. Together with the Horizon team, he provides comprehensive care tailored to each horse’s unique needs. Outside of his veterinary work, Dr. Steve enjoys outdoor adventures and traveling with his wife, Rachael, while supporting their sons in their professional sporting endeavors across North America.
March 17th – Dr. Michelle Husulak: Equine Parasites: Best Practices for Treatment and Prevention
Dr. Michelle Husulak, DVM, MVetSc, DABVP (Equine Practice)
Lecturer/Clinical Faculty Member, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, WCVM
After graduating from the WCVM’s veterinary program in 2012, Dr. Husulak completed an internship in large animal medicine and a residency in equine field service at the WCVM. She received her Master of Veterinary Science degree in 2016 and received board certification in equine practice by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in 2019.
Dr. Husulak was a clinical associate in equine field service at the WCVM from 2016 to 2021, primarily going out on equine field service calls and teaching fourth-year veterinary students, interns and residents. In fall 2021, Dr. Husulak became a lecturer/clinical faculty member at the WCVM, which added lectures and teaching labs for veterinary students to her equine field service responsibilities. While Dr. Husulak finds all areas of clinical practice to be interesting and exciting, she especially enjoys equine dentistry.
March 24th – Dr. Erin Pinnell: Thermoregulation in Horses: Blanketing and Clipping in Context to your Environment
Dr. Pinnell graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary medicine in 2019. She then stayed at OSU to complete a rotating internship in equine medicine and started her research in Equine Metabolic Syndrome. Following her internship, she started an equine internal medicine residency at OSU, where she continued to participate in metabolic disease research with Dr. Teresa Burns. She completed her Master’s project on the effects of treatment on experimentally-induced insulin dysregulation, in which she has published her research and presented at both national and international conferences. Dr. Pinnell is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Medicine in Large Animal. She is currently an assistant professor of equine internal medicine at Washington State University, where she continues to focus her research on metabolic disease in horses.
March 31st – Debra Cornish: Helmets & Safety Vests: An Overview of Innovation and Industry Standards
Debra Cornish is the Director of Sales at Phoenix Performance Products Inc., bringing 15 years of expertise in both the equine retail and manufacturing industries. Debra’s passion for horses began at the age of 10, and she was immediately hooked. This love for the equestrian world has driven her to become the owner of IronClad Farms, a small but specialized KWPN breeding program focused on producing top-quality dressage and hunter horses. With a dedication to excellence in both business and breeding, Debra continues to build her reputation as a trusted leader in the equine community.
Zoom links will be emailed out at 10am the day of each session. We use the HCBC newsletter system (Mailchimp) to send out the email links, if you are unsubscribed to our emails you will not receive the link. If you think you might be please email [email protected] for assistance in re-subscribing.
Register here: https://hcbc.online/EventReg?State=Ticket&EventAlias=10265
**To simplify the process please register once for all 5 sessions, if you are unable or not wanting to attend one session that is ok and you do not need to let us know, please just ignore the email with the link for that day.
*Non-member price of $100+tax is for all 5 sessions, there is no option to register for individual sessions, each session is only available live and will not be available on demand.
Having troubles registering? please click here for instructions, or email [email protected]
Leave No Trace Equine Edition
Cover the 7 principals of Leave No Trace and find out how you and your horse can be a better steward to the environment when hitting the trail or out camping.
When: Apr 8, 2025 07:00 PM PST
Where: Zoom
Cost: FREE!
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IMO40aUETKKf5TrdU8Hbuw#/registration
Where can you find 200+ Trails and 25 Horse Campsites?
Attend the webinar to learn how to navigate the HCBC Online Trail Database.
When: Apr 23, 2025 07:00 PM PST
Where: Zoom
Cost: FREE!
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uYJ45BJoQZyzOYfcJxbRnw#/registration
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