First Stride Rehab

02/08/2024

21/07/2024

Day 2 - Our ultrasound workshop continued at Scone Equine Hospital with a practical session at their state-of-the-art facilities.

20/07/2024

Day 1 of Bain Fallon Annual Equine Vets Conference. Today is the start of the ultrasound workshop - I will be attending an afternoon of lectures. Check out the new uniform 😀🇦🇺🐴🩺

16/07/2024

🐴 Dr Sophie is scheduled to attend the Australian Equine Veterinary Association conference from July 19th to July 26th. I will be available for contact during this period, so please feel free to leave a message or send a text. 🇦🇺🐴🩺

02/05/2024

🌟Get 20% off Hendra vaccinations during the month of May 🌟




Zoetis Equine

22/03/2024

How's this for an office view? Had the pleasure of attending this property for some mare scans today.

13/02/2024

I am a veterinarian.
I work long hours. I work hard hours.
My hair is often pulled back. My clothes are often dirty.
I am on the floor to take my time and make my patient feel comfortable. I am standing tall and looking you in the eyes to ensure I will take the very best care of your best friend.
I am up early mornings giving 100% of my effort to stand by my oath and do what is right in some of the most difficult decisions. I am up late nights eating dinner on the surgery table giving 100% to come up with a treatment plan when I just want to go home and lay down.
I get praised. I get yelled at.
I know what it’s like to lose your furry friend so I open my heart and pour it out to treat you how I would want to be treated. Then I put on my best smile and rinse, wash and repeat for the next room.
Day in and day out I see suffering animals. Day in and day out I stand witness to the love and bond between people and their pets.
Sometimes I have to deliver good news. Sometimes I have to deliver bad news.
Sometimes I have to convince you to do diagnostics that you don’t think are necessary just so I can do my job.
Sometimes you don’t want to pay and I have to use my detective skills and still try and do the best medicine.
Sometimes you give me the reins and ask me to do anything in my power to save your pet when there is nothing left for me to do but pray.
Sometimes I have to take a deep breath at the surgery table and tell myself that I am capable.
Sometimes I walk out of the clinic feeling like a hero.
I am putting my feelings aside on a daily basis to put my oath for animals first.
I am a veterinarian.
I am a community of veterinarians.
I am a community of humans doing our best for animals and their humans.

I am standing up to say not one more vet.
Be kind to your veterinarian.
We worked our whole lives to be “doctor” but before that we were human and continue to want to be.

There is a crisis in veterinary medicine. The CDC reports that male and female veterinarians commit su***de 2.1 and 3.5 times more often than the national average, respectively. The above was copied and shared from a veterinary support group by a friend and I invite you to read it. I also ask that next time you visit the vet, to be kind and maybe tell them thank you. You may end up being be the bright light on a dark day.

05/02/2024

05/02/2024

⭐️ LOT 24 ⭐️

PERFECT SPIRIT x AMELIA IRENE 2022 Filly

Selling at Nutrien Equine - Standardbred Sunshine Stars Sale this Sunday 11th February at Albion Park.

Eligible for:
⭐️Qbred
⭐️Nutrien Classic Trotting Series
⭐️NSW Breeders Challenge
https://portal.nutrienequine.com.au/catalogues/80/nomination/18745?from=lots&tab=pedigree

Nutrien Equine - Standardbred Sales
Trump Bloodstock

04/02/2024

Lot 24 Perfect Spirit x Amelia Irene 2022 Filly
Being a good girl eating her breakfast to be ready for Nutrien Equine - Standardbred Sunshine Stars Sale this Sunday 11th February at Albion Park.
Eligible for:
⭐️Qbred
⭐️Nutrien Classic Trotting Series
⭐️NSW Breeders Challenge

https://portal.nutrienequine.com.au/catalogues/80/nomination/18745?from=lots&tab=pedigree

Trump Bloodstock

12/11/2023

Still 👀 4 🏠
💰 reduced
Please share

21/10/2023

👀 4 🏡
Please Share

28/07/2023

I have dreamt of being a vet my whole life and from the day I recieved the letter of acceptance into vet school I dreamt of what life of a self employed equine vet would be like. I never thought it was going to be my future but here it is. Yesterday was my first official day of being 5 Starr Equine Vets. A massive thankyou to Steven Doherty and Janette Starr for your support in this new adventure. It's going to be a tough one but I have faith. Here's to the future and our big dreams ✨️

27/04/2023

26/04/2023

Excited to have this boy in QLD for 23/24 breeding season 😍🦄

Highway to Hell sure knows how to get down and boogie 🐄🤠
This afternoon we saw Kimberly Sammon & Highway to Hell win the cutout after a runoff in Round #1 of the Shanahan’s Livestock Transport Open Campdraft.

📷 Penwood Creations

16/04/2023

It was a bit cool doing feed up this morning 🌄

30/03/2023

Even though the days are still quite warm the nights are starting to cool off. Here's a good guide for monitoring your horse's body temperature when rugging. 🐴 🥵 🥶

Rugging & Temp: The ambient temperature range in which a healthy unclipped adult horse can easily maintain their body temp is between 5 & 25 degrees C, which is a lot wider than humans!

23/03/2023

Update: Brett Cargill

Recently, one of our ladies had the opportunity to catch up with Brett and Brett’s Mum Sue to get an update on his progress.
While Brett has had a few hard weeks, he seems to be in better spirits and his recovery is moving forward. A combination of therapies including physio and hydrotherapy has seen positive improvement.

Brett loves it when people call, visit, or take him on outings. If you have some free time Brett would love a catch-up. Anyone wishing to make contact please do not hesitate to give him a call or feel free to private message Embracing Pacing for contact details. Currently Brett is in care in the Burpengary area.

Embracing Pacing and The Creek would like to thank the numerous sponsors and contributors to the Brett Cargill Fundraiser for their generosity through support and contributions to raise $30,000+ to assist Brett on his road to recovery.

07/03/2023

🐴 We currently have two speller paddock vacancies available.

🚑 Able to offer transport in South East QLD.

☎️ Please contact us via messenger to make a booking or if you require further information. 🐎 🌄

07/03/2023

Check out this lovely yearling filly up for sale this weekend at Nutrien QLD Sunshine Star sale at Magic Millions Gold Coast.

06/03/2023

👀🐎❤️

28/02/2023

Our lovely filly by PERFECT SPIRIT US out of AMELIA IRENE (MAJESTIC SON CA X AMELIA DARLING) saying good morning to SPECIALANDIKNOWIT. She's got some exciting trotting bloodlines.

23/02/2023

Three nice yearlings going through Sunshine Stars Nutrien Equine Standardbred Sale on March 12. Good luck to all involved.

It's always nice to see them born and grow into such nice horses.

We are proud to introduce our draft for the upcoming Sunshine Stars Nutrien Equine - Standardbred Sales to be held at Magic Millions on the Gold Coast March 12th.

We have 2 Colts and a Filly on offer all with outstanding pedigrees and performers.

Lot 264 - McWicked x Red Sky Night
https://portal.nutrienequine.com.au/catalogues/67/nomination/15490?from=lots&tab=pedigree

Lot 343 - Stay Hungry x Digby Diva
https://portal.nutrienequine.com.au/catalogues/67/nomination/15216?from=lots&tab=pedigree

Lot 350 - Betting Line x Evelyn Dee
https://portal.nutrienequine.com.au/catalogues/67/nomination/15050?from=lots&tab=pedigree

Photos & videos will be loaded in coming days so be sure to keep an eye out.

Feel free to contact Jason via messenger or on mobile 0437 703 776

Empire Stallions
Cobbitty Equine Farm

17/02/2023

👀 🐎👀🐎👀

Fun Fact Friday ✨
👉Did you know?....Horses have near 360 degree vision!

👁Due to the position of their eyes on the sides of their heads, horses can see just about everything around them all at once, except directly behind them and for approximately 1 metre directly in front of them.

💲This comes at a cost however, since they only have binocular vision for a roughly 65 degree area in front of their face, the rest to their sides is monocular vision. This means while they can see objects at their sides, they are unable to accurately know how far away those objects are (depth perception).

👀Additionally, a horse’s vision peaks at about the age of 7 years old, with a peak acuity of around 20/30 vision (compare that with your own vision if you’ve had an eye test).

Image courtesy of Iowa State University

15/02/2023

🐎 🍾

RUNNER ALERT ‼️

TONIGHT at Redcliffe Harness Racing Club

10/02/2023

Great article link attached to this post explaining an overview of equine digestion

Fun Fact Friday ✨

Did you know that over half the volume of the horse’s digestive tract is made up of large intestines?

This is because horses are hindgut fermenters!

🔸While cows have evolved multi-chambered stomachs to accomplish foregut fermentation of plant materials, horses do most of that work in their caecum and large intestines (a.k.a. their hindgut).

🔸Fermentation is accomplished by the billions of commensal bacteria, protozoa, and fungi living in the large intestines. They work together to convert plant fibres into energy that the horse can actually use.

🔸If a horse is fed highly soluble carbohydrates, like those found in grains, it can lead to an increased acidity in the hindgut, killing off these important fibre-digesting microbes. This is why it is important to feed your horses good quality forage and limit the amount of concentrates in their diet.

🐇 Another example of hindgut fermenters are rabbits.

Source: https://www.horsejournals.com/horse-care/feed-nutrition/beginners-guide-equine-digestive-system