b'VIEWPOINTPublisher: Marla Bickel STEPHANIE L. CHURCH, Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief: Stephanie L. Church @TH_StephLChurch Managing Editor: Alexandra Beckstett Digital Managing Editor: Michelle AndersonArt Director: Brian Turner The Intersection ofWeb Producer: Jennifer WhittleMarketing Manager: Victoria BennettLearning and Caring EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT2365 Harrodsburg Rd #A200Lexington KY 40504-3331E-MAIL Editorial@TheHorse.comE very year, usually in early December, legions of equine veteri- All letters must include the writers name, address,and daytime phone number for verification.narians gather over five days to present, listen to, and discussLetters: Letters@TheHorse.com, or by mail.developments in horse care at the American Association ofFarm Call: FarmCall@TheHorse.com, or by mail. Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention. The event moves around A cross the Fence and Behavior Columns: the country, with 2019s edition in Denver, Colorado. Our team alwaysEditorial@TheHorse.com, or by mail. New Products: Products@TheHorse.com,goes to the convention, where we sit in and report on sessions, exhibitor by mail.in the trade show, and meet with our editorial advisory board about hot topics and the year of stories ahead. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARDI wanted to paint for you just howmeantime. She was concerned aboutScott Anderson, DVM; Sarah Barr, DVM; Anthony expansive this event is, so I set tocarbohydrate-overload laminitis.Blikslager, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS; Ann Dwyer, DVM; counting the learning opportunitiesI knew from past research articlesBenjamin Espy, DVM, Dipl. ACT; Jenifer R. Gold, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVECC; Kyla Ortved, DVM, Dipl. ACVS; there. I stopped at 100 sessions that horses at risk of acute laminitisDebra Taylor, DVMwhich only got me to the morning ofshould stand in an ice water slurry. I Day 2 of the convention! This thing isasked my friend if she could get ice,Educational Partnership Disclaimer: The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), one of The Horses partners huge and, yet, somehow the programbut she couldnt. I recalled seeing ain equine health, has no involvement regarding editorial committee finds fresh and interestingstream in some of her social mediamanagement or advertising content within this publication and thereby does not endorse any editorial or advertising content topics every single year.photos of the farm, so I asked herunless so acknowledged within the individual articleEver since the convention ourif she could stand the pony in theor advertisement.team has been hustling at compilingstream until the vet arrived andEXPERT ADVISORSthe most important and interestingcould provide more direction. She take-home messages so you can readand the pony headed to the creek. Sue McDonnell, PhD, Cert. AAB;them, discuss them with your veteri- Ultimately, my friend said the vetMilt Toby, JDnarians, and keep them in mind aswas pleased to see her assertiveness you go about caring for your horsesin the face of a possible laminitisFEATURED CONTRIBUTORSdaily. Find some of our favoriteepisode, and she proceeded withBonny Henderson, DVM; Christa Lest-Lasserre, MA; presentation summaries starting ondiagnosis and treatment. My friendNancy Loving, DVM; Betsy Lynch; Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc; page 30, and well continue to postand her pony hung out in the icy-coldHeather Smith Thomas; Clair Thunes, PhD;them to TheHorse.com/AAEP2019 increek for several hours a day over theChris White, DVMthe coming weeks.next few days. Thankfully, the mareADVERTISING SALES AND SERVICES In writing and editing articles fromsuffered no apparent ill effects fromadvertise@TheHorse.comveterinary meetings such as AAEP, Iher binge-eating episode, and my tend to mentally file away informa- friend has secured the goat feed in aAdvertising Executive:tion to ponder later. Sometimes I findpony-proof location. Yvonne Long 859/276-6701it helps me when I least expect it.If, like me, you find yourself havingylong@TheHorse.comFor example, in January a friendmeaningful discussions about recent called me when she realized herresearch with your veterinarian andSales Support:Nicol Hunt, 859/276-6740 childrens pony had gotten intoandapplying it when managing yournhunt@TheHorse.com emptieda bag of goat feed. Shedhorses, please let us know. As pas-already called the vet, who was onsionate horse owners, my team andPUBLISHED BY the way, but she was looking forI always love to hear about the inter-ideas on what she could do in thesections of learning and caring.hOWNED BYTOBA MEDIA PROPERTIES @TheHorse @TheHorse @TheHorseMag Board of Directors:Everett Dobson, Dan Metzger, Rosendo Parra,BAD PONY CREATIVE EQUINE PHOTOGRAPHYDr. J. David Richardson, Peter Willmott6March 2020The Horse|TheHorse.comViewpoint_Mar.indd 6 2/5/20 4:44 PM'