Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Crabbe is a graduate of UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, and completed an internship in large animal medicine and surgery at Washington State University. She also did graduate work in biomechanics at UC Davis, where she studied patterns of locomotion in exercising horses.Dr. Crabbe is a contributing editor to Horse and Rider magazine and a frequent contributor and member of the advisory board for Dressage Today magazine. Her articles have won numerous American Horse Publications awards, and in 2007 she saw her book Comprehensive Guide to Equine Veterinary Medicine published by Sterling publishing, a large New York publishing company.She is an avid dressage rider and competitor with several ODS and USDF regional championships on her resume, and is a graduate with distinction from the USDF-L judges program. In addition, she is a former board member of the NORTHWEST EQUINE PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION and the OREGON DRESSAGE SOCIETY.Her particular interests are management of the performance horse in competition, and reproductive technologies including artificial insemination and embryo transfer.She lives on the PCS farm property with her husband, Bob, a board certified veterinary internist, and two daughters Katie and Jamie. The family is completed by two rescued dogs, and a large herd of horses and ponies.
