Summerleaze Equine Vets

10/08/2025

Many thanks to the British Equine Veterinary Association for all of these wonderful goodies! Stuart and Antonia Milner are very excited to be this month’s BEVA members. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing more details about it. But first we wish to emphasis that although it had to be awarded to named members, it was very much for the whole very wonderful practice!

09/08/2025

Antonia is very excited to yet again be supporting the Wales Endurance Team at the Home International! Her role includes being one of the team selectors as well as providing veterinary guidance pre the event for riders and support throughout the event for the whole team.

Home International 2025
Behind every team of riders there is a support network of crew members, committee members, egb group members, farrier, vet and physio.
We are very grateful for the continued support of our vet Antonia Milner.
Antonia is an equine vet based at Summerleaze Equine Vets. She has felt honoured to be the Wales team vet for the past 6 years, getting to support wonderful teams and work with amazing people and horses. She is a level one FEI vet and has worked at numerous national endurance competitions throughout the UK. Having supported endurance in various roles, she is also an endurance rider, successfully completing over 4000km and being an FEI elite 1* bronze rider.

07/08/2025

Ever wondered why pre purchase exams are advised?
Want to know what we are looking for?
Want to know more about how conformation can affect a horse?
What we are looking at when we look at a horse’s eyes?
Then sign up to join us on the 10th September at Curland Equestrian TA3 5DS

01/08/2025

Thank you to everyone who has already entered our art competition - There is so much talent out there!
Just to clarify a couple of things:
1) There are no restrictions on who can enter, as long as the art is yours and you are happy for us to have and use it. Equally, the art should be horse related but this doesn't mean limited to a portrait of an individual horse - any ideas you have will be brilliant!
2) You retain all the rights to your art work - but by enetring you are giving Summerleaze equine vets permission to print and display a copy of your artwork and share it on social media (obviously atributed to you!)
3) the prize is to have the artwork printed, framed and displayed in the practice and a copy printed and framed for you.
4) These will be judged by members of the Summerleaze team and winner/winners (we may well choose more than one) will be the picture we prefer and would like to have up in the practice (we make no claim of technical art appreciation!)
5) we are loving all the images being shared on our page but to enter officially please send an e-mail copy in as high a resolution as you can to [email protected] or drop it in to the practice.

Thanks all - keep them coming!

30/07/2025

The gorgeous shires at Stapleyhill having their teeth done with Stuart and Emelie

30/07/2025

We know that life only gets more expensive and having equines is never going to be a cheap hobby, but here at Summerleaze we try our best to provide affordable care as well as the best service we can. We regularly review our prices and try to ensure we have the best deals for medications that we can then pass on to our clients.

To try to reduce the costs of veterinary care with us don’t forget you can take advantage of the following:

🐴 Bring your horse into the clinic for routine procedures such as vaccinations, dentals, reproductive scans, joint medications as well as larger work ups and procedures. In doing so there is no visit fee.

🐴 Share your visit with someone else on your yard to split the visit cost.

🐴 Four horses/donkeys is a free visit - if we see four horses or donkeys at the same visit (whether they are owned by one person or several owners).

🐴 Have a nurse visit- our fantastic nurses will do a wide variety of visits at a slightly reduced visit fee including but not limited to bandaging, repeat medications, sedate for farriers/clipping and one of our nurses Emelie is also trained to do dentals.

🐴 Try to combine visits such as performing vaccinations at dental appointments or combining dentals with sedate for clippings.

🐴 Bulk buy and pay the same day to take advantage of lower prices for some of the longer term medications your horse might be on.

🐴 Take advantage of our vaccination amnesties, for example our upcoming September Strangles vaccine amnesty where the second vaccine is free for all strangles vaccines started in September.

🐴 Strangles vaccination is also cheaper if performed at the same time as other vaccinations.

🐴 Clinics such as our gastroscopy clinics where gastroscopies are performed at a reduced rate.

🐴 Packages such as our worming package which provides four worm egg counts, a tapeworm test and a wormer a year. Or if appropriate our stud packages for artificial insemination.

29/07/2025

We need your help!
We need some horse related artwork for our reception so we are running an art competition between now and the 30th September!
All original work accepted including but not limited to paintings and drawings- please no AI work!
The work should be focused on horses or donkeys.
The winner will have a copy of their picture framed in our reception and receive their own framed copy as well.
Work can be submitted via email (high quality images please) to [email protected] or in hard copy to the practice.
We look forward to seeing what you submit!

28/07/2025

Our amazing Alex is the keynote speaker at this year’s Donkey Welfare Symposium at UC Davies

🎤 𝐃𝐖𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧
A lifetime with donkeys. A global voice for their care.

Some people learn to love donkeys.
Alex Thiemann never had to.

She grew up with two donkeys of her own, and that early bond shaped a lifetime of devotion to their care, comfort, and understanding.

For 27 years, Alex served donkeys across the globe through her work at The Donkey Sanctuary UK, where she led clinical care, education, and mentorship programs that helped shape the next generation of donkey veterinarians. She’s traveled the world listening, teaching, learning—and always standing up for the donkey’s quiet voice.

Now working with Worldwide Veterinary Services (WVS) and continuing hands-on clinical work in Devon, Alex brings a rare blend of field experience, scientific insight, and deep compassion. Her impact stretches far beyond procedures and protocols—she changes how people see donkeys.

At DWS 2025, Alex will not only deliver our keynote address, but also share her expertise in three essential sessions:

ℹ️ Information Quality – exploring how we evaluate what we believe and apply in practice

🪱 Parasites and Their Control – combining science and welfare in parasite management

💉 Tetanus – practical strategies for recognition, prevention, and response

We are honored to open DWS 2025 with Dr. Thiemann’s keynote—bringing grounded wisdom, global perspective, and a lifelong commitment to donkey welfare to the forefront of our weekend together.

27/07/2025

Is your horse vaccinated for strangles?
If not we are running a strangles vaccination amnesty in September! All horses that receive their first strangles vaccination in September will get their second vaccination for free! (Visit cost still applies)
For more information on strangles please see our May newsletter:

https://www.summerleaze-vets.co.uk/documents/may25.pdf

To book or if you have further questions please ring us on 01297304007 or email us on [email protected]

26/07/2025

🧠 Ever wondered how your horse sees the world around them?

In episode two of Horses Explained, we’re joined by Dr Emma Lethbridge to dive deep into the horse's brain.

🔎 We explore what makes the equine brain so unique — and how understanding it can help us manage stress, support training, and provide better everyday care.

🎥 Watch “The Horse’s Brain” now 👉🔗http://bit.ly/4nPqB1T

25/07/2025

Stuart at Little Green Stables this week