by Alpine Animal Hospital | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog
By Chuck Maker DVMA healthy foal will grow rapidly, gaining in height, weight and strength almost before your eyes. From birth to age two, a young horse can achieve 90 percent or more of its full adult size. The nutritional start a foal gets can have a profound effect...
by Alpine Animal Hospital | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog
by Chuck Maker Whether your horse competes in FEI level dressage or reigning competitions, few problems can be more worrisome as a sudden lameness of unknown origin or a subtle lameness which impairs your horse’s performance. While a clinical exam and hoof tester...
by Alpine Animal Hospital | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog
Winter can be a source of worry for many horse owners, especially those with older horses. Follow these tips to ensure your horse is prepared for winter. A fall wellness exam is very helpful to make sure your horse has no problems that need to be addressed before...
by Alpine Animal Hospital | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog
by Meggie Garvey, DVM It’s that time of year again – the weather is growing colder, the trees are turning…… and it’s time for your horse’s fall Wellness Exam! While most everyone schedules a spring vaccine and wellness visit, the fall wellness exam is often...
by Alpine Animal Hospital | Aug 26, 2015 | Blog
by Jolee Stegemoller, DVM A tough, but pretty common problem, often seen in canine patients is anxiety. Some level of short term stress is healthy for an animal, and even humans, because it allows us to survive and thrive despite threats to our well-being. However,...
by Alpine Animal Hospital | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog
by Jolee Stegemoller There has been an outbreak of Vesicular Stomatitis in horses on the Western Slope this year. It sounds like a very scary disease because it involves a quarantine and inspection from the state veterinarian, but what exactly is Vesicular...
