Success In Motion Veterinary Services

04/28/2025

The phone system should be up and running fully! Please let us know if you have any issues etc. It all comes with a learning curve and potential adjustments so your feedback is helpful ❤️

04/25/2025

Remember the BI rebate for Legend, Prascend, Equioxx and Gastrogard! April 1st- July 31st
Only purchases made through your veterinarian or their online pharmacy are eligible for the rebate.

04/25/2025

Amazing before and after pictures of these 2 grateful ponies that were rescued by Rivers Wish! It was a good day!
Thank you to Bob Peters of MPEVH and Ty Graves for all of your work in helping these ponies lives around! ❤️❤️

04/24/2025

Horses travel every day for a number of reasons—to be bought and sold, for competition, for breeding purposes, etc. Whatever the reason, horse owners should be aware of the complications that may occur due to transportation, including traumatic injuries, diarrhea, muscular problems, respiratory problems, overheating, colic, and even laminitis (in the case of overweight horses).

Following are a few tips to help your equine friend maintain good health and welfare during transport. This list is by no means complete and we encourage you to reach out to your veterinarian for additional advice when it comes to traveling with your horse!

• Be aware that inadequate management of feed and water intake during travel could cause colic, gastric ulceration and heat stress. Food and water should be provided prior to transport, during regular rest breaks and upon arrival at destination.

• Ensure your horse’s immunizations are up to date against respiratory pathogens to protect your animal from these diseases.

• The horse should be rested before the journey, given rest stops during travel, and have time to recover on arrival at the destination.

• The vehicle should be well-ventilated to help prevent respiratory problems or overheating.

• Drive slowly and carefully (NO TEXTING, avoid driving when fatigued or eating while driving, etc.) to provide a comfortable journey for the animal and reduce the risk of injury and fatigue.

Happy trails!

04/24/2025

Sorry everyone, the new phone system hasn’t fully updated and isn’t working completely. Praying tomorrow it will be fully functional 😵‍💫

04/22/2025

We are enabling a new phone system this week that will allow both doctors access to calls for scheduling, emergencies and tele-health consults. The new phone system is customized with phone prompts for scheduling appointments, emergency calls, non urgent phone consults/tele-health, and prescription & billing questions to better serve everyone's needs efficiently!

Of course, with any technology there may be some learning curves and hang ups during the transition. For example, I am receiving messages but unable to text people back today, so messages may be coming from a temporary number. Hopefully things will run smoother over the next few days.

04/19/2025

Spring Colic risk and preparedness. Be sure your emergency kit is up to date with Banamine and Bute from your veterinarian. And your horse trailer/tires/brakes/bearings have been inspected and serviced in the last year or two

How veterinarians navigate 4 common scenarios, from dehydration to the postpartum period, that increase colic risk.

04/19/2025

Free Client Zoom seminar!

Register here: https://iastate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LUigQfV9ToSqR180OWCK5Q #/registration

Speaker Doug Russo began shoeing horses nearly 30 years ago and later pursued farriery through an apprenticeship that sparked his passion. He’s a Certified Journeyman Farrier, former AFA board member, and two-time AFA Outstanding Educator.

Doug works at Iowa State University’s Veterinary College, focusing on equine lameness and teaching vet students. In this seminar, he’ll discuss how conformation affects soundness.

04/18/2025

Check out this film!

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04/18/2025

Platinum Performance has a new fourth wellness formula now available, see the differences between each formula so you can choose the one that best fits your horse’s needs!

And ALL formulas now offer $15,000 Colic Coverage! To enroll or inquire about their program, call the team of Platinum Advisors at (800)553-2400

04/10/2025

04/10/2025

MIDWEEK MYTHBUSTER! 📢

Many people think that horses can safely eat grass clippings (grass is grass, right?) but that is a pretty common misconception and grass clippings actually pose a number of dangers to our equine friends.

While grass is meant to be slowly picked, ripped and chewed by the horse, grass clippings can quickly clump and cause choke if the animal ingests too many too fast. Grass clippings are also prone to fermentation which can cause colic, stomach and intestinal impactions, founder and laminitis.

Take-home message: Keep your horse away from grass clippings and in general never feed horses any food without the owner’s permission.

Thank you to the Horse Owner Education Committee for providing this information.

04/03/2025

The colicky horse…

04/02/2025

Horses with EMS are often overweight or obese and have an increased risk of developing laminitis. Implement these 5 strategies to better manage your EMS horse.