Elm Creek Equine Veterinary Services

04/08/2024

Send us a text to take advantage of when we are in your area! (204) 436-2330!

04/04/2024

Our first mare of the season has tested over 200 on her foal watch kit! Time to keep a close eye on these girls! Fingers crossed for a healthy baby from each in the next day or two!

04/04/2024

OAKBANK Location update:

We are transitioning between seasonal staff with our repro work picking up quickly in Elm Creek, and our summer students not quite available for a few more weeks.

We are doing our best to make sure the office is open every day, but hours will be from 10AM-4PM and please send us a text or give us a call at (204) 436-2330 to make sure someone is there before coming by!

All of our phones, texts, emails, labs, etc are still running as normal; only in-person visits for payments or medication pickup may be affected.

We apologize for the next few weeks and things will be back to normal by early May!

04/03/2024

Cruising into foaling season!

We love these simple daytime management kits- just a few drops of milk and look for a change from pink to blue. This particular mare is still 2 weeks away from her due date but has been waxing for a few days.

We are still keeping a close eye on her with the cameras overnight, but we are quite confident she won’t foal tonight quite yet!

She’ll move into a double stall with straw when her values reach 200. Based on the jump from yesterday to today, it might be as early as tomorrow!

03/29/2024

Just a reminder our office will be closed today, Friday March 29th, for Good Friday. Regular office hours to resume Monday, April 1st. Please contact us at 204-436-2330, in the event of an emergency, and our on call team will assist you. We hope everyone has a great long weekend! 🐰🐣Happy Easter! 🐣🐰

03/28/2024

🎉Who is ready for the long weekend?! We certainly are! Repro season has kicked off and racing season is right around the corner! We may be busy, but it does not compare to how grateful we are for all of our wonderful clients that make us so. We just wanted to send out a friendly reminder that our office will be closed tomorrow for Good Friday but our on call team will be available at 204-436-2330 in the event of an emergency. Make sure you pop by the clinic today if you need anything before the weekend!😊🐴

03/25/2024

Dr Dobson is in Brandon today (and once more at the end of the week) for appointments and will be stopping by RMWF! Let us know if you need anything!

We can’t wait to see everyone!

03/18/2024

Dr Dunlop came out to our Elm Creek location to help Dr Dobson with dentals today!

This mare came in for weight loss and her oral exam and dental radiographs showed she needed two molars extracted.

She should be feeling much better without these teeth!

03/08/2024

💪👩‍⚕️Happy International Women's Day from our group of hard working women here at Elm Creek Equine! We want to take a moment to celebrate our clients, our mares and our staff. We are so grateful to be surrounded by such strong women in the equine industry and wanted to share how appreciative we are for the abundance of inspiring women around us!

03/07/2024

👀 Are you looking for a product that supports joint health, repairs damaged joints, is natural, and proven safe to use long term? 4CYTE for Horses offers a product that is not only easy to administer, but it's scientifically proven to effectively treat and slow the progression of osteoarthritis. Yesterday our team had an informational Lunch & Learn provided by 4CYTE and we are excited to remind our clients that this product is available for purchase/order from our Elm Creek and Oakbank offices. Give us a call for pricing and more information at 204-436-2330🐴

03/06/2024

The rumours are true - Dr Dobson and Dr Oswald are both expecting babies later this spring!

There are a couple things that our clients need to know going into this exceptionally busy season:

- If you want an appointment with Dr Oswald, please book it as soon as you can! Dr Oswald will be heading on maternity leave towards the end of April.

- We will have extremely limited routine and wellness appointments from April 29-May 6 as Dr Dobson is off for a short time. Our emergency, hospitalization, and urgent care service will not be affected.

- Our reproductive services including foaling, breeding and stallion collection will not be affected and we are still accepting mares!

- We are asking as many clients as possible to haul in to either of our facilities for as many appointments as possible to help improve our efficiency.

- March and April are great months for routine wellness- it’s not too early for spring vaccines and dentals! If a farm call is easiest for you, aim to get your wellness work done in the next month!

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We want to send a huge thank-you to our clients for their understanding as we move through this season!

03/06/2024

Mares are rolling in for breeding and for foaling. This particular beauty is 341 days pregnant and could foal anytime, but looks like she might wait for some warmer weather!

02/22/2024

Wellness Season is in full swing and we are shamelessly bribing everyone to book in early!

These sweet SwagBags are available for free to anyone who books their horses in for Wellness before March 31!

We are also still offering special barn-day promos including free lunch, multi-horse discounts, Coggins test included, and organizer perks!

We are proud of our wellness package- we really believe it’s a full spring check-up with special attention to soundness, flexibility, conditioning and GI health!

02/21/2024

Definitely the year to take advantage of Shyla’s!

There is no substitute for good conditioning!

With spring getting near but the ground being extremely icy, now is the time to book the Water Treadmill to allow your horse to begin moving, building up some muscle and strength again and feeling great coming into the year.

02/19/2024

Happy Monday everyone! Our office is closed for Louis Riel Day today but our line is still open for emergencies if needed 204-436-2330

02/16/2024

Just a friendly reminder we will be closed Monday for Louis Riel Day. Please note we will have the on call vet available if needed. Have a great long weekend everyone!

02/14/2024

In case you need any last minute gift ideas for your valentine 🥰

02/14/2024

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02/10/2024

02/09/2024

Thank- you Kayleigh and Jess!!

The phones are fixed!

➡️➡️ (204) 436-2330 ⬅️⬅️

It’s the only number you need! Call it, text it, leave a message during the day or after hours, or get in touch directly with our on-call vet!

We are so relieved and so incredibly grateful for everybody’s understanding!

02/08/2024

Kayleigh and Jess are working on final install of our hopeful new phone platform. Our lines are down this morning while they finish the port over process, but so far texts still work.

Email is probably the best way to reach us today - [email protected] - we are keeping a very close eye on all other forms of communication. We will update if texting goes down with the port over. It’s not supposed to, but It wasn’t supposed to last time either though… so there’s that!

02/07/2024

We need an Oakbank location hay supplier! Our clinic has been busy with hospitalized patients since opening and the trip over from our Elm Creek location is getting tedious!

We have a couple requirements that make this a bit trickier:

1) Variety
We are hoping to be able to purchase at least 3-4 different blends of hay from the same person, ranging from a straight grass to a heavy alfalfa mix.

2) Quality
We only feed perfect hay. Absolutely no dust, mould, weeds, or garbage. Feed that’s already been forage tested is preferred!

3) Delivery
We don’t have a lot of room for hay storage at our Oakbank clinic, so we are hoping to find someone who lives close by that can drop off just a handful of bales as needed. We have room for about 12-15 bales, so we might need delivery as often as 1-2x week of 3-4 bales depending on what horses we have in.

We know this is a weird request and are willing to pay premium for hay and delivery service!

Overall we don’t expect to need more than 150 bales per year out of of that location (at least not until we add a few more stalls!).

Please let us know if you’re interested or who you would recommend in the area. We are located near the intersection of 207 and Dugald.

02/06/2024

Our First Aid Kits are back by popular demand! We have the complete pack (pictured here) and aslo have some micro First Aid kits coming soon!

02/06/2024

It took 25 days but our texts are working again!!! Send us a message at (204) 436-2330 and cross fingers the system survives porting to a different VOIP carrier on Thursday!

02/02/2024

Our team is growing!

We are so excited to introduce Elle Reid as our equine reproduction manager. We’ve known Elle for years and we were thrilled when she applied for the position.

We asked her to take moment to introduce herself, and here she is:

“Hey, I’m Elle!

I have been around horses my entire life and have a passion for learning as much as I can about them. I have ridden both western and English, in a variety of disciplines, and have spent the last few years focused on barrel racing. I enjoy training and strive to create confident, user friendly horses.

I live on an acreage with my husband, our 3 dogs, horses, a donkey, and a mini.

I have trusted Elm Creek Equine with the care of my horses for many years and I’m excited to join the team!”

Elle starts on February 12!