Product Description
by David a. Jefferson DVM (Author)
For nearly 50 years I have been an equine veterinarian and horse owner in northern New England. For the last 10, I have written a monthly column about my love affair with horses for "The Horse's Maine & NH." Those essays are this book. Some are funny, some sad, and some philosophical. All are practical. Each story is true. This is not a book of "first aid to horses" or a veterinary "how to" book, although some of that has crept in. Rather, it is my view of responsible horse ownership. I hope you enjoy it and learn something as well.
Author Biography
Dr David Jefferson is the owner of Maine Equine Associates, an ambulatory veterinary practice dedicated to keeping clients' horses healthy and happy. He is originally from Pelham, New York, miles from the nearest horse. His interest in horses began at Cornell University where he earned his veterinary degree. Before college he served as a U.S. Marine for three years. Dr J is a member of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Mechanic Falls and is part of a team that visits jail inmates weekly. He has been an Auburn, Maine, Literacy Volunteer, working with adults who have difficulty reading. He served as President of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club and is an active board member of the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. Maine Equine Associates is run from the Jeffersons' farm in New Gloucester, Maine, where David and Bonnie, his wife of 52 years, share the space with two donkeys, a cat or two, and a feisty male guinea fowl. They have two grown children.
