Time to shed the excess weight.

Time to shed the excess weight.

Weight loss. This is a really important issue at this time of year. We are half way through winter and those horses who are still carrying excess weight from the summer and unseasonably warm autumn/winter really need to lose the weight before the spring grass comes...
The importance of vaccination:

The importance of vaccination:

In the UK routine vaccines are commonly carried out for both Equine Influenza and Tetanus. These are the main part of your horses vaccination programme. These safeguard them against two of the diseases which can impact both them and (in the case of Equine flu) others...
Cordless X-ray

Cordless X-ray

Our X-ray machine is unusual in that it has no cables and is completely battery powered. This means that we can use it in any yard and it makes up part of our arsenal when it comes to lameness workups. We strive hard to use cutting edge technology alongside good...
Foot abscesses and poulticing

Foot abscesses and poulticing

To follow on from the video on Facebook, I thought I would delve further into how abscesses occur and the main things you should be thinking about when your horse has this issue. Abscesses occur when the foot is softened (wet weather and mud) and a sharp object is...
What constitutes an emergency???

What constitutes an emergency???

Every vet you ask, will have differing opinions on what their top emergencies are and they vary depending on the circumstances. However there are some hard and fast rules in the equine vet world when it comes to emergencies that get us to drop everything and...
What a Welcone and Fat Horse Slim

What a Welcone and Fat Horse Slim

We cannot believe the reaction we have had from folk since we launched last week. We have over 215 folk following us on facebook in less that 7 days and we have been overwhelmed by the messages of support, I might have even got something in my eye when reading...