Northern Lights Veterinary Service

06/30/2025

We had a fabulous Open House on Friday! Thanks to everyone who attended - we had a blast showcasing our practice, the tools we have to give your animals excellent care, our wonderful employees, and giving live demonstrations! If you missed it, here is a peek into the fun. Our raffle winners will be contacted today if they weren’t present to win. We are so thankful to everyone that made this happen and excited for the future!

06/27/2025

What a fun time yesterday with Tia and TV6! We’d love to see all our clients and new friends too at our open house from 3-7pm!
917 County Road 480 in Sands Township

From hooves to hamstrings!
This episode of Upper Michigan Today was all about caring for yourself and your furry friends.

I got a behind-the-scenes look ar Northern Lights Veterinary Service, including a horse x-ray and dog chiropractics.

The vet clinic is hosting an open house tonight!
Learn more about its offerings below 🐎

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/06/26/hooves-hamstrings-upper-michigan-today-spotlights-northern-lights-veterinary-service-stretches-into-action-with-alluma-yoga/

06/26/2025

Watch TV6’s Upper Michigan Today on Thursday morning at 9am to see a familiar face!

06/25/2025

We are getting things together for our open house THIS Friday- hope to see you there!

06/19/2025

F***l water syndrome is a common and often frustrating condition.

06/18/2025

Heads up - the office will be emergency-only on Monday June 23rd. Please leave a message or email with any non-emergency matters. Leave a voicemail with any emergency that needs to be seen ASAP. We will monitor the office phone and have a doctor available for emergencies.

06/16/2025

Dr. Lara was honored to ride in the Gwinn Rodeo parade this weekend with the ERAIL trailer for Large Animal Rescue with Cathy Ruprect. Stay tuned for more updates as the ERAIL trailer gets settled in.

06/11/2025

Please come to our Open House at the office on June 27th from 3-7pm! RSVPs recommended but not required.

On the farm veterinary care for horses, goats, sheep, and other large animals in the central UP. Now offering Veterinary Spinal Manipulation Therapy for small and large animals.

06/06/2025

Come check out the UP Pet Festival Saturday!

Large animal Equine Bovine Livestock Large animal Veterinary clinic Animal hospital Horse Cattle Farm animal vet Veterinary emergency Animal surgery Animal vaccinations Animal dentistry Large animal wellness X-rays Hoof care Swine veterinarian Pig vet Ovine Vet Sheep Vet Goat Vet Horse AI Equine

06/05/2025

Please continue to monitor your horses and livestock in this smoke. For horses with pre-existing asthma, keep an extra eye on them and call us if you notice difficulty breathing.

🔥 Wildfire Smoke & Horse Health 🐴💨

As wildfire season heats up, so does the risk of poor air quality — not just for us, but for our horses too. Smoke from wildfires can irritate a horse's respiratory system and cause fatigue, coughing, difficulty breathing, etc.

You can monitor air quality at www.airnow.gov. During periods of poor air quality, you can protect your horse by:
🐎 Limiting exercise
💧 Providing fresh water
💦 Controlling dust such as watering dry lots and soaking or feeding dust-free hay
🕰 Allowing time for recovery: airway damage from wildfire smoke takes 4 to 6 weeks to heal after air quality returns to normal.

06/01/2025

Air Quality Alert!
“Similar to humans, animals are also affected when there are issues with air quality, especially birds, animals with underlying respiratory and heart conditions, and other sensitive populations—such as young or senior animals,” said State Veterinarian, Nora Wineland, DVM, MS, DACVPM. “If animals are being negatively affected by breathing poor quality air, they could exhibit various signs of illness, including coughing, wheezing, having difficulties breathing, eye drainage, lethargy, changing the sound of their vocalization, decreased appetite, and thirst. For any concerns related to the health of your animals, please contact your veterinarian.”

To best protect animals from poor quality air, follow these three easy tips:

1. Keeping animals indoors with doors and windows closed and limiting the amount of time they spend outdoors.
2. Avoiding strenuous activities/exercise.
3. Ensuring clean air flow when indoors by using fans, air conditioners, air purifiers, etc.

05/30/2025

Dr. Lara will be at the NBHA event TOMORROW (May 31) starting around 9am - available for upper airway endoscopy. The best time to diagnose EIPH/Airway bleeding is shortly after a performance run. We will also have our Shockwave Machine for treatments. Hope to see you there!