Sandpoint Area Veterinary & Emergency - SAVE

01/07/2026

With baby season starting (4 livestock dystocias and 1 new foal since 12/31), now is a great time to check your equipment and supplies. Do you have milk replacer and bottles? Vitamin B complex? Betadine? snares and chains? towels? Nothing is worse than needing something at 7pm and the farm store closes in 20 minutes.

12/29/2025

Mark your calendars! February 7th at 10 am is our client education day! A Facebook event will be coming soon.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at SAVE!

12/24/2025

Our office may be closed tomorrow and Friday but fear not, a vet is available for emergencies. Call our office at 208 946 1998 and use extention 0 for emergencies. While we normally only see livestock, horses, and farm animals, we will be making an exception for the reindeer travelling through our area tonight.

12/18/2025

Just as a reminder, we will be closed next Thursday and Friday for Christmas and then that following Thursday and Friday for New Year's. If you need medication or would like to schedule for any last minute care before the new year, please call our office for an appointment. If you're trying to get a new pony for Christmas, you're running out of time for that PPE or float.

12/05/2025

💲Drug sale!!!💲

Save money on Gastrograd and Bute. You can get a tube of gastrogard for $46 dollars and a tube of Bute for $67. And for the month of December, save 20% off all floats and dental procedures. Call our office today at 208 946 1998 to get your bute and schedule and appointment

12/02/2025

Unfortunately we ordered a little bit more bute than we can go through and it is coming up on its expiration date. We have some bute that will be expiring within the next 1-2 months and we are going to be giving it a 30% discount. Bute is the common term for Phenylbutazone. This is a pain medication commonly used for hoof abscesses and lameness. We have 20-gram tubes on sale for $67.00 a tube. If you are a regular client of ours and we have seen you within the last 12 months, please call the office to get a tube if you are interested. The office phone is 208 946 1998 and use extension 1. If the phone is busy, please leave a message with your name and number and we will get back to you.

11/27/2025

Our office is closed today but as always a vet is available for emergencies. As always, call our office at (208) 946-1998 and use extension 0 for emergencies.

11/22/2025

Unfortunately it looks like the events of Texas have reached our area. If your are still traveling to horse populated areas such as events and arenas, try to limit other horse to horse contact and avoid community water troughs and try to isolate from others. Upon returning home, quarantine if possible.

Equine herpesvirus (EHV) is a family of equine viruses named by numbers including EHV-1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 with EHV-1,3,4 posing the most risk for domestic horses. EHV is a common DNA virus that occurs in horse populations worldwide. The two most common species are EHV-1 and EHV-4.

11/20/2025

As many of you are aware, there was an outbreak of equine herpes virus in TX and confirmed cases have been found in TX, OK, and LA. As of now, we have not had any cases in north Idaho, western Montana, or eastern Washington. Due to the current situation, all 6 month global vet link passport/eecvis are invalid and regular 30 day health certificates are required for traveling. Some states are also implementing rules such as how recent the health certificate is (ie they have to be signed within 5 of travel).What does this mean for you?

Well if you're not travelling anywhere because your show season is over and the trail riding has decreased due to mother nature, you're probably safe to continue like normal.

If you're at a boarding barn where people are still traveling, it won't hurt to make sure you're up to date on your Flu/Rhino vaccine. This is a shot we recommend every 6 months.

If you are travelling, consider the events you're going to and possible exposure risk. Make sure you're up to date on your vaccines. Try to monitor your horse's temperature and reduce horse to horse contact and limit "community" things such as community water troughs, feed spaces, tie areas etc. When returning home, quarantine for 10-14 days and take temperature daily. Due to the outbreak, some places may start to require health certificates so plan accordingly and don't wait until the last minute.

If you have pregnant mares, consider getting the pneumabort vaccine for mares. This vaccine tries to reduce abortions caused by EHV1 and can be given at 5, 7 and 9 months of pregnancy.

To find out the most recent updates about this situation, you can go to the equine disease communication website here: https://www.equinediseasecc.org/alerts

11/19/2025

As a reminder, our office will be closed starting next Wednesday until Monday December 1st to give our staff a break. We will have regular appointments for Wednesday and will be available for emergencies over the weekend. We might have very limited availably for non-emergency calls on a case by case basis. If you need to pick up any medications or schedule an appointment, please call our office at (208) 946-1998 and use extension 1. Starting December 1st we will have our dental December special starting where you can save 20% off all dental things which include floats and radiographs.