Sometime last year Isabella's teacher mentioned that Cornell holds an open house at their Veterinary Clinic for families. She knew how interested Isabella is in animals and thought that she would really enjoy this event. I marked it on our calendar hoping it would work out for us to go as a family.
I am so glad I did.
We all really enjoyed the day. They put on an incredible open house. There were all kinds of demonstrations from hands on (milking cows) to scientific (the pathology lab) to just fun to see (dog agility). We around about twenty minutes before the doors opened. There were probably 100 people in front of us already! And thank goodness we arrived early. One of the students told me they expected 12,000 visitors this year!
They had a petting zoo...
This cow had a large hole in her stomach. While it was rather gross (you could actually see the food in her stomach) this station was supposed to demonstrate how they study digestion to help other sick cows. They actually take the probiotics from her stomach and give it to sick cows. The vet student said this cow has saved several other cows.
They had a milking station...
And several other fun animals to see and pet. This particular horse they painted her skeletal structure on this side and her organs on the other.
The kids were able to get all prepped for surgery...
in order to suture up Audrey's didi.
All better.
Who wouldn't like to see a horse running on a treadmill!
And the farrier demonstration was so interesting...
...for one of them anyways. This demo kept the younger three's attention for about one minute.
They found the rocks much.more.interesting.
We finished up the day with face painting...
snake touching...
and bird watching...
What a memorable day.
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