Elite Equine Veterinarians

Elite Equine Veterinarians Providing all equine veterinary services in the Yarra Ranges and surrounding areas.

We focus on and offer all aspects of equine veterinary medicine, including lameness and reproductive work. We are an ambulatory practice, with our office located at 110 Kennedy Road, Macclesfield, Victoria. You can reach us at:
Mobile: 0412 619 740
Phone: (03) 5968 8800
Fax: (03) 5968 8833

Our mailing address is:
PO Box 86 Seville, VIC, 3139

๐ŸŒผ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žOr at leastโ€ฆ the calendar says it is.Here in the Yarra Valley, we know the seasons donโ€™t change o...
31/08/2026

๐ŸŒผ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž
Or at leastโ€ฆ the calendar says it is.

Here in the Yarra Valley, we know the seasons donโ€™t change overnight. The mornings are still cold, the paddocks are only just beginning to wake up, but many of us are already looking forward to spending more time with our horses.

Before the season gets busy, itโ€™s worth taking a moment to think about how your horse has come through winter.

๐€๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ:
โ€ข ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž?
โ€ข ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ?
โ€ข ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ?
โ€ข ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ?

Take a few minutes to really look at your horse.
Better still, feel them.
Run your hands over their ribs, topline and hindquarters.
Stay curious about the little changesโ€”because theyโ€™re often the first clues that something has changed.

โœ… Spring is also an ideal time to review your horseโ€™s preventative healthcare.
Depending on your horseโ€™s age, workload and management, this may include vaccinations, dentistry and performing a Faecal Egg Count (FEC) to help guide strategic parasite management rather than routine blanket worming.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐.

๐Ÿ’ซ Throughout September weโ€™ll be sharing practical tips on returning horses to work safely, recognising subtle changes in comfort and performance, and preparing your horse for a healthy, successful spring.

๐Ÿด We hope youโ€™ll follow along.

๐Ÿด ๐†๐”๐„๐’๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐…! ๐Ÿ‘€Round 2 - Here's your challenge!๐–๐ž'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ญ:๐Ÿ“ธ 1 hoof photo๐Ÿฉบ 2 different radiographs๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ...
28/08/2026

๐Ÿด ๐†๐”๐„๐’๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐…! ๐Ÿ‘€

Round 2 - Here's your challenge!

๐–๐ž'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ญ:
๐Ÿ“ธ 1 hoof photo
๐Ÿฉบ 2 different radiographs

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐–๐ž'๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ !

The answer might surprise you...

๐Ÿ’ซ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐€ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. We ...
27/08/2026

๐Ÿ’ซ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ! ๐Ÿ™Œ

๐€ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.

We had 53 people attend, lots of great questions, plenty of discussion, and such a positive atmosphere throughout the evening.
๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ) ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐Ÿด

โœ… It was great to be able to share some practical information, bust a few myths, and help horse owners feel more confident about making decisions around their horseโ€™s health and performance.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐€ ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ (Ceva, Prydeโ€™s Easi-feed, 4-cyte Interpath) for providing the door prizes - they were definitely a hit!

๐Ÿ™ ๐–๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐Ÿด

๐Ÿ’ซ ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ

๐ŸŒผ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿด Before the days get busier and the riding season ramps up, take five quiet minutes...
25/08/2026

๐ŸŒผ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ŸŒผ

๐Ÿด Before the days get busier and the riding season ramps up, take five quiet minutes with your horse.
Not to ride them.
Not to feed them.

๐Ÿ‘€ Just to observe them.

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐คโ“
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐๐๐จ๐œ๐ค โ“
๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โ“
๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ โ“

๐Ÿ’ซ Sometimes the most important changes are also the easiest to miss.

At Elite Equine, we believe good horse care starts with paying attention to the little things.
The subtle changes.
The things that make you stop and think,
โ€œThat wasnโ€™t there a month ago.โ€

๐ŸŒŸYou donโ€™t need to have the answers.
๐ŸŒŸYou just need to notice the change.
๐ŸŒŸStay curious.

Over the coming weeks weโ€™ll be sharing practical tips to help you prepare your horse for a healthy, comfortable and successful spring.

๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.Repeated poulticing, repeated x...
24/08/2026

๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.

Repeated poulticing, repeated x-rays โ€” nothing quite added up, and a straightforward abscess doesn't usually behave like this.

When nerve blocks kept localising the pain to one exact spot in the hoof wall despite unremarkable imaging, we didn't stop there.
๐ŸŒŸ ๐€๐ง ๐Œ๐‘๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐: ๐š ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š, ๐š ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก, ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.

โœ… Surgery was performed to remove it.
Months on, her hoof has grown back healthy and she's sound again. ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŒŸ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โ€”๐ŸŒŸ not every lameness fits the obvious explanation, and finding the real one takes persistence.

๐Ÿ’ซ The Elite Equine Team

๐Ÿด ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐„๐ƒ๐๐„๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜ โ—โ—๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ.๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŒŸ Weโ€™ll be cover...
23/08/2026

๐Ÿด ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐„๐ƒ๐๐„๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜ โ—โ—

๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ.๐Ÿ’ซ

๐ŸŒŸ Weโ€™ll be covering:
โœ”๏ธ Colic - myths, misconceptions and what horse owners really need to know
โœ”๏ธ Kissing spine - X-rays, symptoms, pain and performance
โœ”๏ธ Arthritis - navigating the many different treatment and management options available

๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ.

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday 26 August
โฐ 7pm
๐Ÿ“ The Hub Emerald - Victoria

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ง๐จ๐ฐโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐žโ—
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ

๐ŸŒŸ ๐–๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž. ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿด ๐‚๐€๐’๐„ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐•๐ž๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ! ๐ŸฆทโœจThis horse hadnโ€™t had any dental care which had allowed his enamel points to...
20/08/2026

๐Ÿด ๐‚๐€๐’๐„ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐•๐ž๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ! ๐Ÿฆทโœจ

This horse hadnโ€™t had any dental care which had allowed his enamel points to become incredibly sharp, creating a dramatic ulcer along the inside of his cheek. Ouch! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Sharp enamel points act like tiny knives rubbing against the soft tissues of the mouth every time a horse chews. Over time, this constant irritation can lead to painful ulcers, difficulty eating, weight loss, and behavioural changes๐Ÿšจ

Dr Bec performed a sedated dental examination and carefully rasped down the sharp enamel points, removing the source of the trauma and allowing the cheek to finally begin healing.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ? The mouth is an amazing healer! At this horse's 2-week recheck, the ulcer had healed beautifully, and he was back to eating comfortably. ๐ŸŽ‰

Regular dental care is about much more than just teethโ€”it plays a huge role in your horse's comfort, health, and wellbeing.

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค?

๐Œ๐˜๐“๐‡ ๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐€๐‚๐“? ๐Ÿค”โ“โ“โ€œ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง.โ€It sounds logical but is it ...
20/08/2026

๐Œ๐˜๐“๐‡ ๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐€๐‚๐“? ๐Ÿค”

โ“โ“โ€œ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง.โ€
It sounds logical but is it actually that simple?

๐Ÿฉบ ๐Š๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž is just one of the topics weโ€™ll be unpacking at our Client Information Evening on Wednesday 26 August.

๐ŸŒŸ Weโ€™ll also be myth-busting some commonly held beliefs around ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ and taking a practical look at ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ - what works, what doesnโ€™t, and why the right option isnโ€™t necessarily the same for every horse.

The aim isnโ€™t to give you more conflicting information. I๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž. โœ…
๐ŸŒŸ And thereโ€™ll be plenty of opportunity to ask questions along the way. ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ
๐Ÿ“๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ฎ๐› ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š
โฐ ๐Ÿ•๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐–๐žโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ

โ„๏ธ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€ฆโ€œ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญโ“โ€Sometimes itโ€™s...
19/08/2026

โ„๏ธ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€ฆ
โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญโ“โ€

Sometimes itโ€™s simply because theyโ€™ve needed more energy to stay warm over the colder months.

๐ŸŒŸBut sometimes thereโ€™s a bigger story.๐ŸŒŸ

Things like:
โ€ข Dental disease affecting how efficiently they chew and digest feed.
โ€ข An inadequate forage intake for their individual needs.
โ€ข Parasite burdens that may warrant a Faecal Egg Count (FEC).
โ€ข Age-related changes that make maintaining weight more challenging.
โ€ข Underlying health conditions that havenโ€™t yet become obvious.

๐ŸŒŸ The important thing is not to assume itโ€™s โ€œjust winter.โ€๐ŸŒŸ

โœ… Take the opportunity to feel your horseโ€”not just look at them.
โœ… Run your hands over their ribs, topline and hindquarters.
โœ… Compare how they look now to a few months ago.

Small changes noticed now are much easier to address before spring workloads increase. Because body condition isnโ€™t just about appearance.
Itโ€™s an important indicator of your horseโ€™s overall health. ๐Ÿด

โค๐Ÿด ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž and with it comes a handful of myths we hear every single year. From timing to fertili...
17/08/2026

โค๐Ÿด ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž and with it comes a handful of myths we hear every single year.

From timing to fertility to what โ€œnormalโ€ actually looks like, thereโ€™s a lot of โŒmisinformationโŒ that can make the process harder than it needs to be.

๐Ÿง Weโ€™ve put together ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ we hear and the reality behind each one. ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. And every breeding journey deserves a plan built around her. โœ…

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