{"id":24608,"date":"2019-05-31T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/keeping-the-stock-safe-an-inside-look-at-the-vets-helping-steamboat-springs-pro-rodeo-animals\/"},"modified":"2019-05-31T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T23:12:00","slug":"keeping-the-stock-safe-an-inside-look-at-the-vets-helping-steamboat-springs-pro-rodeo-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/keeping-the-stock-safe-an-inside-look-at-the-vets-helping-steamboat-springs-pro-rodeo-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the stock safe: An inside look at the vets helping Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.1078431372549\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-366661-770\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/SteamboatRodeo-SDN-060119-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/SteamboatRodeo-SDN-060119.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Dr. Louise Batt cares for a horse.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Louise Batt cares for a horse.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/SteamboatRodeo-SDN-060119.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Louise Batt cares for a horse.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/SteamboatRodeo-SDN-060119-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/SteamboatRodeo-SDN-060119-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | High Country Vet Services\u2019 Dr. Marianne Marshall, is a certificated veterinary chiropractor and acupuncturist.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>High Country Vet Services\u2019 Dr. Marianne Marshall, is a certificated veterinary chiropractor and acupuncturist.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/SteamboatRodeo-SDN-060119-1.jpg\" alt=\"High Country Vet Services\u2019 Dr. Marianne Marshall, is a certificated veterinary chiropractor and acupuncturist.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/keeping-the-stock-safe-an-inside-look-at-the-vets-helping-steamboat-springs-pro-rodeo-animals\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/keeping-the-stock-safe-an-inside-look-at-the-vets-helping-steamboat-springs-pro-rodeo-animals\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">STEAMBOAT SPRINGS \u2014 While every effort is made to keep the cowboys and cowgirls safe at Romick Arena during the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series, the same holds true for the animals the audience sees performing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Just like the ambulance that remains on-site for the contestants\u2019 safety, a custom Dodge truck nearby provides the same service for the horses and livestock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s our mobile vet unit,\u201d said Dr. Louise Batt of High Country Vet Services, which is entering its third year of providing high quality veterinary services for the rodeo\u2019s animals. \u201cIt has everything we need to care for them, including digital X-ray equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Raised in England, Dr. Batt moved to Steamboat in 2013 from Ca\u00f1on City, where she cared for wild mustangs for the Bureau of Land Management and bucking bulls for rodeo stock producers such as Mike Hadley. Since then she\u2019s built High Country Vet Services into a thriving operation focusing on competition horses and livestock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe focus on equine sports medicine, lameness investigation and beef herd management,\u201d said Dr. Batt, whose practice offers state-of-the-art mobile diagnostic equipment, the latest treatment options available, as well as a facility for hospitalizing horses and handling cattle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While caring for rodeo animals is second nature for her and fellow practitioner Dr. Marianne Marshall, a certificated veterinary chiropractor and acupuncturist, it\u2019s different than a typical farm visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe walk through the pens beforehand to make sure none of the animals are sick or hurt and care for any injuries,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also help the riders\u2019 horses. And if for some reason they forgot their vet certificates for their next rodeo, we can issue those, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The bottom line is the animals are cared for as much as the competitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s great fun,\u201d said Dr. Batt. \u201cLuckily, there haven\u2019t been too many hiccups so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/keeping-the-stock-safe-an-inside-look-at-the-vets-helping-steamboat-springs-pro-rodeo-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Louise Batt cares for a horse.Courtesy photo High Country Vet Services\u2019 Dr. Marianne Marshall, is a certificated veterinary chiropractor and acupuncturist.Courtesy photo Show CaptionsHide Captions STEAMBOAT SPRINGS \u2014 While every effort is made to keep the cowboys and cowgirls safe at Romick Arena during the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series, the same holds true [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 09:54:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}