Seadown Equine

12/12/2024

❤️🌲🐎❤️

10/12/2024

MEET THE SEADOWNER
Todays lovely Seadowner is our very own veterinary surgeon and Clinical Director, Anna Jennings BVSc CertOphthal MRCVS.
Anna grew up with horses, dogs and cats as a child and initially wanted to be an equine vet.
This changed after a few years in practice, when she found herself enjoying working with a larger team in a hospital environment and when she first developed an interest in ophthalmology.
Her role as Clinical Director means she gets quite involved with day to day management of the practice and this includes recruitment, organising rotas and supporting colleagues.
As you might expect, she also is involved in clinical work, which is mainly ophthalmology. She particularly enjoys seeing eye cases through from start to finish and finds it really satisfying when clients (and patients!) are always relieved when it's time to stop the eye drops!!
Anna is an Advanced Practitioner in Ophthalmology, so sees eye cases referred to her by colleagues and also from neighbouring veterinary practices. She also enjoys ophthalmic surgery and she is certified to eye test dogs for breeding purposes.
Anna says that if she hadn’t been a vet, she was always very keen on sport as a child and she still loves running on the forest and watching her children play rugby and football, so suspects she would also have enjoyed a career connected to sport and fitness.
Last but by no means least, for her spare time, Anna really enjoys spending time with her family and their two very energetic Labradors! 🐾🐾
She believes the New Forest is a beautiful place to live and so she also often runs or cycles. ❤️

09/12/2024

Please note the following changes to our usual working hours over the festive period.

please note we are on call 24/7 for emergencies

Please get any medication requests to us in advance to avoid running out over Christmas.

Christmas Opening Hours - Seadown Equine

Monday 23rd Dec – 8.30am – 5pm
Tuesday 24th Dec – 8.30am – 5pm
Christmas Day – Emergencies Only
Boxing Day – Emergencies Only
Friday 27th Dec – 8.30am – 5pm
Saturday 28th Dec – Emergencies Only
Sunday 29th Dec – Emergencies Only
Monday 30th Dec - 8.30am – 5pm
Tuesday 31st Dec - 8.30am – 5pm
New Year’s Day – Emergencies Only
Thursday 2nd Jan 2025 as normal

EMERGENCY NUMBER 02380 841424

05/12/2024

Great news!
Thanks to all who came to our special equine evening last night, we have been able to raise £155 for our chosen charity The Horse Trust. 👏
Heartfelt thanks to everyone. ❤️

05/12/2024

And last but not least a massive thank you to the whole Seadown Equine team for their incredible expertise, passion, dedication, care and support ❤️🙏

04/12/2024

Wow what a wonderful and fascinating insight into the range of accidents that can happen, with amazing slides and somewhat scary videos.
Jim took us from the learnings at the London Olympics to how they helped the management of competing horses at the Paris Olympics this year.👏
Surprises, shocks, laughter and all in all a hugely enjoyable, interesting and informative presentation. (Even the safe rescue of a wild deer from the canal during the three day event phase!)
A massive thanks to Jim Green who so kindly gave his time to deliver this important and very special talk, and to everyone who attended on the night and asked some brilliant questions.
Thank you all so much 🙏

04/12/2024

And we are off!
With the next talk tonight by Jim Green!
So excited to hear his unique perspective about the rescue services and support required at the Olympics this year.

04/12/2024

Well done Alice! 👏
A great talk covering everything you ever wished to know about Strangles from symptoms to transmission, complications, vaccines and more.
Plus loads of interesting questions from a packed audience

04/12/2024

Our very own Laura Trigg kicks off our special equine evening at Lyndhurst Village Hall.
Excited for Alice’s talk on Strangles followed by Jim Green with behind the scenes insights on his role at the Olympics.
Huge thanks to all those who have kindly come to listen, on what promises to be a great evening 🙏

03/12/2024

SEE YOU TOMORROW - 4th DEC!
A huge thank you to all who have booked for our special equine evening event tomorrow at 7pm at Lyndhurst Community Centre.
The Seadown Equine team and Jim Green are all really looking forward to seeing you.
It's not too late if you wish to join us, entry is £3 payable at the door, including the great Seadown buffet.
Please email [email protected] to book in.
There are going to be lots of great Olympic insights from Jim and our own equine vet Alice will be talking about a very topical disease, Strangles, plus so much more.
Please do join us if you can
Thank you 🙏

02/12/2024

Another successful dental day, here at The oroscope exam alongside the dental work on each horse, gives a thorough overview of the mouth.
Oral/dental health is an important part of routine equine care, these types of exam are essential for early detection of mouth related issues.

Watch out for our next dental day, which will be in January 2025

28/11/2024

DON’T FORGET WED 4TH DEC!
It’s our special client evening at 7pm on 4th December at Lyndhurst Community Centre.
The world-renowned Jim Green will be talking about his role at the Paris Olympics!
He’ll be giving a great insight into the “behind the scenes action”.
Then our very own equine vet Alice will be discussing Strangles in depth and the use of licenced vaccines against the disease.
A technical representative will also be there to answer any questions PLUS there’s an introductory offer on a vaccine for all those in attendance on the night!
Entry is £3 payable at the door, including the great Seadown buffet.
Please email [email protected] to book in. Thank you 🙏

25/11/2024

Alex goes back to school 🤓🎓
On Friday 22nd November Equine vet Alex Tooley went back to the classroom.
Alex made a visit to Brockenhurst Junior school, sharing stories and knowledge of his job as an equine vet to the year 6 pupils. An important part of veterinary work is education and community interaction.

25/11/2024

23/11/2024

OUR EQUINE CLIENT EVENING ON WED 4TH DEC!
A quick reminder about our special client evening on 4th December at Lyndhurst Community Centre, please do come if you can.
We have the world-renowned Jim Green talking about his role at the Paris Olympics this year, leading the equine rescue team.❤️
His talk will provide a fascinating insight into the “behind the scenes action” at the Olympics (Jim can be seen in the photo below).
The second presentation will be a hugely topical subject in our region at the moment namely, our own veterinary surgeon Alice will be discussing strangles and the aspects of biosecurity around this prevalent disease.
We will also be discussing the use of licenced vaccines against Strangles and there will be a technical representative from a company who will be able to answer any questions you may have about the use of the vaccine.
PLUS, there will be an introductory offer on a vaccine for all those in attendance on the night!👏
The talks start at 7pm. Entry will be £3 payable at the door and it includes the usual great Seadown buffet.
Please email [email protected] to book in.
Thank you 🙏 and wishing everyone a great weekend, do stay safe in this wind and rain!

20/11/2024

There is a lot of truth in this…

16/11/2024

Today is ❤️
Whatever the size, shape, colour or breed, here’s to one of the most beautiful species on the planet.
We are truly lucky to have such wonderful animals in our lives and to be able to ride, compete or simply love and care for them.
Long may it be so.