Camp Testimonials:

Rebecca Lamotte

I appreciate the fact that people took time out of their schedule to make our camp as amazing as it's been. This has really been a great experience! I've been looking for a long time for a camp like this, where it's more than just looking at the animals, here we get to go into depth on how their bodies work.

Lisa Bruiniers

Truly an amazing organization and an even more amazing team behind it. Congrats, ladies!!

Felix, London

"BAE Pre-Vet Program was immersive and challenging - I never imagined that I would learn so much, work so hard and have so much fun!"

Ann Ramsey BS, CERAEquine Rehab

This year the campers learned about equine spinal anatomy. We talked about the anatomy of the distal limb and the different kinds of musculoskeletal diseases that can affect the horse. The campers practiced gait analysis on each other. They had a blast "trotting" up and down the barn aisle! We were looking at how each person's laterality or handedness affected movement and posture. The experience was fun as well as educational. I love teaching at Bay Area Equine Vet Camp!

Yarley Cuevas Coria

I appreciate Dr. Textor for showing us a visual presentation about how horse bones work and how their heart, lungs, and organs do as well. She helped us understand not only the parts of a horse but the many functions that makes a horse a living thing.

Constanza Zamani

I enjoyed learning about the Tevis Cup and endurance riding because it was interesting to see how strong the horse is.

Deborah Stacey

I love the way your camp schedule speaks to the child's entire being; mind, heart, and spirit.

Taylor Lai

I enjoyed learning about the different machines used to imitate a race horses running patterns, to be able to do a study on race horses. I also enjoyed being at the Necropsy Suite. I believe that being able to study one horse to be able to help many other horses in the world would be rewarding.

Cathy Remick (BAE Vet Camp Mentor, Architect and Author)

Great job on the camp. Very impressive! So many fun things for the kids to do. Can’t wait to see what you do next summer!  🙂

Lauren Breach

I've been a member of BAE Club for only a year and have served on the Jr. Board for six months. BAE Club has opened so many doors for me. Having the opportunity to attend BAE Vet Camp and meet all of the mentors and take part in the activities is amazing. I wanted to thank BAE Club for bringing me into the club.

Kas Baker

These past five days have been really fun and a great experience. My favorite part was going to see the Arabian horses and learning about breeding because that is what I want to do when I am older.

Haily Perrin

The past couple of days at BAE Vet Camp was really fun and a great experience. My favorite part was going to the Arabian horse breeding ranch, Sherman Ranch.

Caden Hernandez

Dear future BAE Campers,I just wanted to let you know that this is an amazing camp! It's really fun and you can make a lot of new friends. You will learn a lot about horses and becoming a vet. Have fun at camp!

Lynne Tardiff

What an outstanding program and opportunity for these kids to be a part of. Whether they go on to become future vets, or just for the love of the horse, they all have had such a great experience at your camp! You all have lots to be proud of for starting such a wonderfully educational and fun program. Bravo to all!

Denise Jenkins Tracy

This is soooooo great! I wish I would have gone to something like this when I was a kid. It can change their future!

Caden Hernandez

I am grateful to have attended BAE Vet Camp, which has inspired me to continue my education in the veterinary sciences.

Elin Uehara

I have learned a lot about horses and their bones at BAE Vet Camp. My favorite part of camp was visiting UC Davis' large animal clinic and watching two horses getting a necropsy.

Alicia Guevara

BAE Vet Camp was amazing and fun! I loved dealing with horses and visiting UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

Alessandra Westover

My favorite part of BAE Vet Camp was the dissections of large animal hearts, brains and eyes. I enjoyed finding the answers to each question asked, proving the answers to each questions, then exploring the piece of body in question.  I really enjoyed finding the four chambers of the heart, the aorta a large artery,the right and left arteries and ventricles, and then just exploring generally. The brain was cool because I've never seen a brain, much less dissect one. The eye was also awesome because I got to look at the lens and explore generally.

Jill ShermanSherman Ranch

Amazing job putting BAE Vet Camp together, not an easy task . What a fantastic experience for those kids !

Mikayla Perrin

These past five days have been a great learning experience yet also extremely fun for me. I have learned so many new things about horses and have been to several new places during my time at BAE Vet Camp. Dissecting was interesting and seeing a necropsy of a horse was a once in a lifetime experience. I loved going to Sherman Ranch and seeing all of the colts, fillies and horse. I have met a few new friends and would love to attend BAE Vet Camp again, BAE Vet Camp ROCKS!

Mimoli Uehara

At BAE Vet Camp, I enjoyed learning about the different facilities and the blood donor horses.

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Giddy up and get a head start in veterinary medicine! Register now for Bay Area Equestrian Vet Camp, a five-day, intensive summer equine-focused day camp geared for mature, highly motivated students, and serving San Francisco, East Bay, and Contra Costa communities. Students will learn, grow, and thrive in an atmosphere that is safe, fun, and nurturing. They will bond with peers and meet others with similar interests in horses and veterinary medicine.

BAE Vet Camp, the only camp of its kind in Northern California, offers a full curriculum of academics and hands-on workshops with a focus on the anatomy, physiology, health, and care of horses—perfect for the student who is considering becoming a vet.

The far-reaching hands-on, interactive curriculum is challenging; the rewards are priceless.

Vet Camp counselors are avid equestrians and veterinary medicine college students who have experience working with engaged students interested in veterinary medicine. The highly qualified instructors and mentors include veteran teachers, authors, an architect, and a DVM, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

Vet Camp includes excursions to Borges Ranch, Seven Hills School science lab, Sherman Ranch (breeders of champion Arabians in Pleasanton)*, Bay Area Equestrian Stables, and the esteemed UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

Noted veterinarian Jamie Textor, DVM, PhD, developed the BAE Vet Camp curriculum in collaboration with the BAE Club Jr. Board and will spend three days with the students, between the Bay Area Equestrian Club Stables and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the top ranked U.S. veterinary school.

At Davis, Dr. Textor will offer an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the veterinary hospital and will discuss equine anatomy, dentistry, and nutrition, as well as how young people can work with horses and what it takes to become a veterinarian. Students will visit the pathology department and view plastination exhibits (preserved equine body parts that reveal inner anatomical structures).

Under the instruction of a host of expert mentors, including teachers, authors, vet med college students, avid equestrians, and even an architect, campers will construct an equine robot, launch a toy horse into space, build a model of their dream equestrian center or vet hospital, and learn how to turn manure into clean energy. They will meet and help rehabilitate BAE Club rescue horses, try their hand at driving a pony cart, and learn nature awareness through hiking, swimming, and yoga.

Vet Camp is open to students in grades 4-12.

BAE Vet Camp has hired the professional charter services of Durham School Services to transport students by bus to and from the workshops at Sherman Ranch and UC Davis. Students will be shuttled in the BAE Club SUV for the very short trip between Borges Ranch and the BAE Stables.

The staff-to-camper ratio will be 1:4, with an emphasis always on safety first. Small group sizes, personal attention to each student, a variety of meaningful and engaging activities, and an extremely passionate staff of top experts dedicated to enriching students’ lives will ensure this program is a memorable experience for campers.

Students can now use their hours spent at BAE Vet Camp on their academic résumé and college applications for veterinary schools, which require practical and clinical experience.

*At Sherman Ranch, students will meet Jill Sherman, a multi-national champion equestrian and breeder of champion Arabians. They will take a tour of this magnificent ranch and meet seven newborn Arabians foals of champion bloodlines, rescue donkeys, and prized stallions and broodmares in the Sherman Ranch breeding program. Students will learn about:

• the history of Sherman Ranch breeding, how breeds develop, choosing breeding stock, and
  costs related to breeding;
•  breeding, pregnancy, delivery, and birth;
•  lineage;
•  strategies of selective breeding to produce specifically desired Arabian characteristics;
•  modern breeding management and advanced reproductive technologies to increase the rate of conception, healthy pregnancy, and successful foaling.

Students will also meet Nick LaDuke, a Livermore-based professional cowboy, saddle bronc specialist, and member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Nick is also head trainer and co-owner of L and B Western Enterprises, a business specializing in breaking colts and schooling problem horses.

Currently ranked in the top 40 in the world in saddle bronc riding, Nick has won more than twenty professional competitions. He’s a three-time college national finals qualifier and has ridden in the California and Texas rodeo circuit finals. Nick’s specialty, saddle bronc riding, is considered by many to be the most classic and technical rodeo event, requiring riders to stay atop a bucking horse for eight seconds, using only one hand to hold a simple rein.

Nick will talk about his life as a saddle bronc rider and what it’s like to break colts. We’re hoping he’ll even demonstrate breaking a colt at Sherman Ranch during our BAE Vet Camp visit.