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Audrey Pavia
Former Editor, Horse Illustrated
Tuesday, December 10, at 9 PM Eastern in The Paddock
Audrey Pavia is the former editor of Horse Illustrated and author of Horses for Dummies, Appaloosa Spirit and Paint Spirit. Audrey lost her Appaloosa, Rosie, to equine eye disease several years ago, but currently leases a Quarter Horse/Morgan mare named Snickers. She plans to buy another Appaloosa in the near future. Audrey is a member of the North American Trail Ride Conference, and enjoys participating in competitive trail rides.

Travis Yates, DVM
Equine Reproduction
Wednesday, December 11, at 10 PM Eastern in The Paddock
Our own Travis Yates, DVM, equine veterinarian extraordinaire, will field your equine reproduction questions at our regularly scheduled "Horsing Around" chat. Partner in Teloga Valley Farm Appaloosas, Dr. Yates also answers your horse health questions in the Ask the Equine Vet Forum for HorseHobbyist.com. He is in private practice in New York State.

David Congalton
Author, When Your Pet Outlives You: Protecting Animal Companions After You Die
Wednesday, December 11, at 10 PM Eastern in CatCareCentral
David Congalton is the award-winning author of Three Cats, Two Dogs: A Journey Through Multiple Pet Loss and co-author with his wife Charlotte Alexander of When Your Pet Outlives You: Protecting Animal Companions After You Die. David will be discussing how you can protect your pets if you are no longer able to care for them due to death or other unforseen circumstances. Included in the discussion will be wills, and specific provisions that can protect pets. Although this chat is hosted by CatHobbyist.com, it is open to, and will discuss, companions of all species. All pet owners are welcome! Those with long-lived pets such as parrots, horses, and others are especially encouraged to attend.

Gina Spadafori
Thursday, December 12, at 9 PM Eastern in The Auditorium
Gina Spadafori has been blessed with the opportunity to combine two of her dearest loves -- animals and words -- into a career writing about animals. She is the author of Dogs for Dummies, and co-author of Cats for Dummies and Birds for Dummies. Since 1984, she has authored an award-winning weekly column on pets and their care, which now appears in newspapers across the country through the Universal Press Syndicate. Gina has served on the boards of directors of both the Cat Writers' Association and the Dog Writers Association of America. She is a three-time recipient of the DWAA's Maxwell Medallion for the best newspaper column, and her column has also been honored with a certificate of excellence by the CWA. Gina will be discussing careers writing about animals.

Dr. Larry Allen
Equine Chiropractic
Saturday, December 14, at 9 PM Eastern in The Paddock
Shouldn't you give your horse every opportunity to perform at the highest levels? According to Dr. Larry Allen, chiropractic adjustments can give horses the edge. Larry is an animal lover who also happens to be a chiropractor. He provides chiropractic care to horses and other performance animals, improving their health, increasing their abilities, and creating chiropractic champions.

How to Attend

These events will be held in chat rooms listed above. There are two ways to access the chat rooms. The first is simply to follow the link as given. There is no registration required and there is nothing to download or install. The room does require you to have java enabled in your browser settings. We strongly suggest you access the room before the chat, so you have time to address any access difficulties you might have. You might want to drop by one of our regular nightly chats as a test run.

If you don't have java enabled in your browser, or aren't sure but find you cannot access the room, you can access the chats by downloading and installing any program that enables you to use Internet Relay Chat. The two most common programs are mIRC for PCs and IRCle for Macs. You can find more information on how to access our room using those programs here: ChatFAQ.

More Information There is information about chats on other species available at the links in the right hand column. Simply click on the species in which you are interested for a more detailed listing. Some of the chats even have free email reminders you can sign up for!