Pacific Crest Equine Veterinary Services

05/23/2026

A friendly reminder that the office will be closed for Memorial Day on May 25th. For emergencies please call 503.301.4211. For all other questions please leave a message on our regular office line: 503.632.6336 or email us [email protected]. Normal office hours resume on Tuesday May 26th.

04/26/2026

We love helping to care for the long ears of the equine world!

04/26/2026

Passing on the love of horses and veterinary medicine to the next generation! It was a pleasure to have an informative session with one of our local Girl Scout troops working to earn their horse badge. Big thanks to Kelly for letting us come out and to Serenity for being the perfect demo pony!

04/11/2026

Cresty necks! Did you know there is actually a scale for evaluating just how cresty that neck really is?

One study showed that ponies with a cresty neck score of equal to or greater than 3 had 5 times greater odds of being insulin dysregulated.

Insulin dysregulation is one of the top causes of laminitis, therefore cresty necks are something to pay attention to!

If you're having weight or cresty neck troubles with your horse or pony we can help set you up with an overall exam, nutrition evaluation, and possible bloodwork to more fully evaluate your equine companion's health status. Our goal is always to try and prevent laminitis rather than just hoping it won't happen.

04/09/2026

Happy to be teaming up with Dr. Stephanie Ramsey with Big Creek Veterinary Services in the Astoria area to offer a gastroscopy day. Let's take this gastroscope on the road!

03/03/2026

Dental month is a wrap!

Our hard-working doctors and assistants completed 91 dental exams & equilibrations this month (with a few tooth extractions thrown in just for fun).

While we especially celebrate dental health in February, routine dental care can be done any time of the year and is important for every equine. As seen in this photo this youngster had a broken and retained (didn't fall out when it was supposed to) baby incisor that was found during his routine exam. The offending tooth was extracted which should relieve discomfort and allow his other teeth to move into a more normal position. Young and old: all life stages can benefit from a thorough dental exam!

02/28/2026

The long anticipated generic version of Prascend is now on the market. Zygolide is the name of new product and both are available from our online pharmacy https://pacificcrestevs.covetruspharmacy.com/

Both products provide 1mg of pergolide per tablet to treat equine Cushing's disease (aka PPID (pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction)).

If you have any questions about the products or PPID in general please let us know!

01/02/2026

A look back at our emergency calls for 2025. 120 after-hours emergency exams performed (and many more phone consultations that didn't require an in-person exam). Keeping with typical equine practice our top 3 reasons for an ER exam were colics, severe lameness, and wounds.

Let us know if you have any questions about equine emergencies! They are an unfortunate, but almost inevitable part of horse ownership. We'll try our best to help you and your equine companion if you ever need us outside of normal hours.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from your Pacific Crest family! Wishing everyone happy nickers, no lost-in-the-pasture shoes, and soul healing horse time in 2026!

12/24/2025