Aug 12, 2022 | Practice news
We had our interview as one of three finalists for the Equestrian Business Awards on Wednesday night. It was a full team effort and we hope we passed muster and didn’t let any of our wonderful nominators down. We received an Email this morning and the whole team...
Aug 7, 2022 | Practice news, Uncategorised
Bright sunshine can be a great thing. However it can also cause eye issues in horses. It’s important to ensure that your horse has adequate UV protection from the sun. Sun and it’s warmth in the summer can cause a few issues; UveitisConjunctivitisUlcers...
Jun 21, 2022 | Practice news, Uncategorised
As reports released this week show, we as horse owners, are getting frightening close to the point where the wormers we have will become useless. The reasons for the increase of worm resistance have many factors: Over wormingLack of worm egg countsNot poo picking...
Jun 3, 2022 | Practice news, Uncategorised
With the weather over the last few weeks, the grass has been growing fast. At this time of year the grass is very high in sugar and this means that the amount of calories per mouthful increases. This means that horses and ponies are more likely to put on weight. As...
May 11, 2022 | Practice news, Uncategorised
…..it’s been a rather warm and wet spring. As a consequence we’ve seen a fair few horses with mud fever (or to give it the technical term, pastern dermatitis). This usually occurs in the pink skin areas of the horse. The term can be used to refer to...
May 11, 2022 | Practice news
There are many types of sarcoid six to be exact: Nodular, verrucous, occult, fibroblastic, mixed and malevolent. These cause heartache to many horses and owners. Some interesting sarcoid facts: Sarcoids can develop anywhere on the skin, but some are more common than...
