Feedlot Rotation ~ Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

Western Feedlots - truly big business. The Canadian Rockies are in the distance - beautiful! (click on it to enlarge)

The 2007 Cornell Dairy Kids - otherwise known as, the dairy bitches + Greg.

Alberta Beef! This trip opened up a whole new world to the Cornell Dairy kids. We didn't know where to begin - we never found the milking parlor.

Greg & I were partnered up on one of the days because we were too "large" to ride in Ashley's vet truck. We got to perform some of the in-the-field surgeries, here Greg is suturing the fistula that we performed in this steer that was having problems with chronic bloat.

Jess & I pretended to study for our national board exam. While Alicia, Greg, & Marlo procrastinated by watching TV. We each brought our choice of drink and mixed in the room - a real classy bunch.


I celebrated my 27th birthday in Alberta. The vets at Feedlot Health Management Services bought me a cake and there was singing - actually 2 times, once at dinner and also, out at the cowboy bar on Friday night.

Greg, Alicia & Marlo - add Jess & I to the equation and that sums up the number that stayed in 1 hotel room (w/2 full sized beds & 1 cot) for 7 full days. We also fit ourselves each w/2 bags + 1 carry-on item into Jess' husband Scott's Subaru station wagon. When we looked at the weight limit on the door panel, we determined that we exceeded it, by hundreds of pounds. We survived the week and are still friends.