LV Equine

09/08/2025

When your horse is exercising, they have an increased oxygen intake and increased blood flow. This pushes their heart rates to upwards of 220 bpm, with their blood flowing through their lungs at a staggering rate of 75+ gallons per minute!

Increased blood flow leads to increased blood pressure inside the pulmonary capillaries. On the outside of the pulmonary capillaries there is a strong opposing vacuum pressure caused by the horse breathing up to 120 breaths per minute (one breath every half second). Together these opposing forces can cause small tears in the capillaries resulting in blood spilling into the airways.

This is called exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage, more commonly known as EIPH.

01/07/2025

Summers here and so are we MT 🤍

15/05/2025

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12/04/2025

Great reminder 🙌🏻

𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬

Knowing your horse’s normal vitals helps you catch illness or injury early—especially when something feels off.

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬:
𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥: 97.0°F–100.5°F
→ Digital thermometer (re**al) with l**e.
𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙚: 28–40 bpm
→ Fingers under jaw or front leg “armpit.” Count 15 sec x 4.
𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 8–16 breaths/min
→ Watch the flank or nostrils. 1 rise = 1 breath.
𝙈𝙈 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧: Pale pink and moist
→ Lift the lip and check gums.
𝘾𝙍𝙏: Under 2 seconds
→ Press the gums and release—color should return quickly.

𝐅𝗼𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭:
𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥: 99.5°F–102.5°F
𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙚: 80–120 bpm
𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 20–40 breaths/min
𝙈𝙈 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧 & 𝘾𝙍𝙏: Same as adults — pink, moist gums with refill time under 2 seconds

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩!

A fever is often the first sign of something wrong—virus, infection, inflammation, etc. If your horse is acting “off,” take a temp before anything else.

Some horses run slightly hotter or cooler, so it helps to know what’s normal for your horse. Check vitals occasionally when they’re healthy and keep a record for reference.

𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐗 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞
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22/03/2025

If you know me personally—you know about my sea salt water obsession.
If you know me professionally—you know I always recommend electrolytes after a treatment.

Let’s talk about why.
Because the minerals we consider electrolytes (ie. sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, phosphate and bicarbonate) serve an essential role in our bodies ability to function.

To list a few:
Nerve + muscle balance
Nutrient + waste transport
Blood pressure regulation
Fluid balance
Acid-base balance (pH)

So when we’re working on keeping you and your horses performing optimally—these minerals are key players. Since the equiscope is helping reduce inflammation on a cellular level, we want to optimize the body’s function of getting rid of the cellular waste + toxins and import of nutrients. Keep the muscle and nervous tissue as happy as we can and balance hydration, and the electrolytes aid the equiscope even greater in doing so!

Cue, my favorite electrolyte on the market EOR- Equine Oral Recovery Strips
They absorb through the mucous membranes (on the gums), so it doesn’t upset the GI tract as well as allows direct absorption to blood stream.

Let’s hydrate and stay salty folks!

18/03/2025

Goals—I want to know what yours are?

You want to bring your horse back from an injury for “said” event, let’s make a treatment plan.
You want to keep your horse performing their best so you can win your circuit, I got you!
You had shoulder surgery and want to prevent scar tissue from forming, let’s get started.

I’m here to listen to your goals and work collectively with you and the other professionals in your program to help you achieve them!

**Thanks Utah for being so photogenic

29/06/2024

Such a great feature for EOR- Equine Oral Recovery Strips - thanks Doc for creating the coolest electrolyte product out there 🙌🏻

Equine Oral Recovery Strips launched as the first and only patent pending equine oral film strip delivering energy metabolites

23/06/2024

✺ thankful to work on fast horses and great people ✺

18/04/2024

At the Sanctuary Barrel Races this weekend—spots are limited!

11/04/2024

Did a little rebranding with the help of Steep Creek Studio—Thank you so much Silje!

✺ keep your eyes out for some new swag ✺

04/04/2024

Remember when your parents used to tell you to wait 30 minutes after eating before going for a swim? Unlike us, horses can actually benefit from eating forage before they exercise, as it may help reduce the risk of gastric ulcers.

While a variety of things can contribute to the development of stomach ulcers (medications, diet, stress, etc.), one train of thought is that these areas of irritation result as a consequence of the acid of the stomach splashing against unprotected parts of the stomach lining. When a horse eats forage, the hay can help absorb some of that acid and thus reduce the risk of ulcer formation.

It is important to note that a forage meal (one comprised of hay or grass) provides the most benefit, while eating large volumes of concentrate feeds (such as oats, corn, or other cereal grains) can actually increase the amount of acid within the stomach.

As always, please be sure to consult with your vet regarding further diagnostics and treatments if you have concerns that your horse may have gastric ulcers.
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Brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee

04/03/2024

I have samples the best electrolytes out there with me here in AZ, plus how rad is the logo!
Try some before I run out 🙌🏻
EOR- Equine Oral Recovery Strips