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Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship,
International, Veterinarian of the Year for 2019—Dr.
Patrick Breen, Region 8, ROCK (Ride On Center for Kids),
Georgetown, TX
The PATH, International, Veterinarian of the year was
awarded to Dr. Patrick Breen on November 9 at the PATH
International annual meeting in Denver Colorado.
Veterinarians are a vital part of any center's team. But some
go beyond and become part of the family. Dr. Patrick Breen,
who has been with ROCK for more than 18 years, is such a
veterinarian.
He has treated horses, donated, side-walked, horse-handled,
and invested in healing for all: participants—including
his daughter, staff, volunteers, and horses. He is a guest
lecturer in EAAT class at Texas A&M University, helping
to educate future generations about the importance of
the horse-human connection. He serves on the Board of
Directors, currently as Vice President and he even volunteers
as ROCK's official auctioneer, raising money at events.
He has countlessly guided and directed decisions for the best
care of not only the equine partners but also the center. For
example, a dog was donated to the center that had a tumor
and heartworms. Dr. Breen saw the value this dog would
have for the program and so performed surgery and all care
to treat the heartworms.
Recently, he created a magnetic board to re-create the trail
pattern for one of the riders who is blind. This allowed her to
understand the trail pattern before getting on the horse and
entering the arena.
A member of ROCK said, "Most would never know all the
behind the scenes work, care, and love Dr. Breen puts in to
all our two and four–legged patients. I cannot say enough
about what he has done for our center and the industry as a
whole."
Congratulations, Dr. Breen, thank you for your compassion
and dedication.
Professional Association of
therapeutic horsmanship
Congratulations
