Wednesday, May 18, 2011

"Should I stay or should I go....."

The song is running through my head as E and I try to decide what to do about traveling to upcoming rallies and Deary while there's a risk of EVH1 exposure to our horses.

I got a call from Cathy last night informing me that our barn is currently closed to any in or out traffic. Two of the horses there have had indirect exposure to some horses that attended the cutting event in Utah - our friend's horses were at the fairgrounds this weekend, as were animals that had been to the Utah event a couple of weeks previously. Chances are everything will be okay, but there have been a couple of suspicious cases that are being closely watched right here in Walla Walla. So everyone is being cautious. Our vet's office isn't allowing horses onto their property and Pony Club lessons have been canceled for the time being as well.

The rallies are in mid-June, and by that time any infected horses should have already shown signs of the virus....but I'm still unsure about traveling.

So I continue to ask, "Should I stay or should I go...."

2 comments:

Wigtastic said...

Think Positive!! We really want you guys to go. That's over a month away....

Michelle said...

Do you have to decide now or can you wait until it is a little closer and see what happens? Ugh. Sorry.