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Need Adobe Acrobat Reader? Click here.	The CUSP (April 2010) Definition of the term COHAT Refusing to provide inappropriate care Who is responsible for the care of deformed breeds Things I tell clients
CE @ HVC	Continuing Education at Hale Veterinary Clinic We now have plans in place for a combination Veterinary Dental CE program/Salt water Fly Fishing adventure in the waters off the north coast of Venezuela March, 2011. For more information go Here.
We Don't Do Horses	So why would I have my sign at the 'in-gate' of the west sand ring at Old Orchard Farm in Moffat and why would I annually sponsor the Low Adult Division of their horse show season? Maybe it is because the owner of Old Orchard Farm is my sister, Linda Hale. Maybe it's because my children took riding lessons there for years and my daughter, Marnie, keeps her boy Benny there. That is Marnie on Benny at a show in June of 2010.
Kim Surette, RVT is back from her latest maternity leave as of January 2010. Welcome Back, Kim!	Kim with her boys. Lucas (middle) was born in April of 2009. Three-year-old Connor (right) is very happy to be a big brother.
Fraser's daughter, Marnie, with her new "boyfriend". Benny is a 4-yr-old thorough bred who did not make it as a race horse. Marnie is in the process of training him as a show jumper. Though he is still very young, he seems to have some potential and he is really sweet!
In March of 2009, Marnie traveled with her mother, Monica, to Belize. In the first photo, Marnie is posing with a spider monkey that came out of the jungle to accept a banana. In the second shot, Marnie is playing tag with the children of Indian Church Village.
Father and Son Adventure At the end of February, 2009, my son Will (age 21) and I enjoyed a fabulous week of salt-water fly-fishing in Cuba	Will to the left, our guides, Alfredo and Manolo (also father & son) and me to the right. Will with a fine Cuban bonefish.
In 2008 I participated in the Shore-to-Shore Relay. Our team come second in our age group and third overall. For some video of our adventures go to youtube.com I am running under my alias, "Sandy" That's me to the far right in the team photo.
On October 24, 2004, Dr. Hale and his wife, Monica Forget, participated in the Casino Niagara Half-Marathon. Monica walked the 21.1 kms well under her goal of 3 hours and Dr. Hale ran it in 1:36. The satisfaction of setting a long-term goal, working toward it and then surpassing it is what makes life worth living.
As part of the Live-Fit course at school, Monica and Fraser's son Willy ran the Billy Taylor Memorial 15K in March of 2005 in very nasty conditions to take second place in his age group. That's Will in the gray toque. Our running mentor, Art is in the white and black cap at the far right.
Having walked a half marathon at well below her target pace, Monica was looking for a "what next". So she set her sights on running the 10K at the National Capital Marathon Event. As a warm-up, she ran the "Easy 5K" in Burlington on May 1, 2005 in 31 minutes. This is a major accomplishment since she only started running in February of 2005! Fraser ran the "Tough Ass Half Marathon" that day in 1:31:17 to take second place in his age group. Now on to the National Capital Marathon at the end of May!
Here's Monica running her first 10K run at the National Capital Race Weekend, May 28, 2005. She finished in a very respectable 1:05. And Fraser finishing the Marathon in 3:18:13 on May 29, 2005. The primary goal was to finish vertical and smiling. Mission Accomplished.
At the Veterinary Dental Forum in 2005, Dr. Hale was Awarded the Fellow of the Year by the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry.
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