Lower House Equine Clinic

13/01/2025

13/01/2025

Now is the time to start thinking about sweet itch prevention. We have been using insol, a ringworm vaccine for the past few years and seen good results in helping to reduce the itching associated with sweet itch.
The best time to start the course of injections is early Spring (February/March)
The treatment works best when combining with other preventative measures. For information about sweet itch please read the attached poster.
If you would like to book your horse in for the vaccine please contact the clinic soon so that we can order sufficient stock of the vaccine.

01/01/2025

🍾Happy New Year from LHEC 🍾

Many of you will be thinking of new goals and aims for your horses, ponies and donkeys in 2025, whether that’s getting back into riding going for your first hack, aiming for a certain competition, starting a rehab plan or even just spending more quality time with your four legged companions.

When setting goals it’s also a time to consider why we do what we do and how much enjoyment, pleasure and fun these amazing animals bring us and how lucky we are to have them in our lives.

So no matter how big or small your aims and goals, keep at it and enjoy the small successes that are individual to you and your best four legged friend.

As always we are here to help and our team are looking forward to the new year ahead.

Best Wishes for 2025,
from Cassie, Simon and the whole team at Lower House Equine Clinic

31/12/2024

🎉A very happy birthday to Jane and Martin 🎉

Martin was just about to start with a patient when he realised there was a cake waiting and in his excitement didn’t take his gloves off - luckily for Jane and all of us eagerly waiting, they were clean 🤣🎂

24/12/2024

🎄🎄A very Merry Christmas from the whole team at Lower House Equine Clinic 🎄🎄🎄🎄

19/12/2024

Our office opening hours over the Christmas period.
Don’t forget we are always available 24/7 for any urgent advice and emergency visits
Please ensure you get any medication orders in ASAP to avoid running short over Christmas and New Year

02/12/2024

A bit of a fun post for a chilly Monday evening..🩺💓

Can anyone spot which vet was recently carrying out an exercise ECG for a poor performance case? ❓

An ECG is an electrocardiogram. This enables us to view the electrical activity of the heart, showing the rate and rhythm whilst the horse is exercising

Post your guesses below if you can work it out…

29/11/2024

Bart giving Sue a hand in the office, after performing a quick quality control check, demanding strokes and stealing her chair.. he promptly went back to sleep

22/11/2024

We had the cutest patient in to the clinic today! This lovely little Fjord foal. Everyone was so excited to see him, and his beautiful friend Odin too.
We really do love the variety of horses, ponies and donkeys that we get to meet everyday 🐴😍

09/11/2024

Following Simon’s talk on Thursday, here are some tips for helping your horse avoid Atypical Myopathy

07/11/2024

A big thank you to everyone who came to our talk this evening, we hope you enjoyed it!

Simon discussed Atypical Myopathy and Winter Health Conditions and Cassie gave an insight into what to expect when your horse needs to come to the clinic and how to prepare.

Another big thank you to our fantastic team who also came along to help.

We will shortly be announcing the topics for our next talk, which will take place on Thursday 5th December.

05/11/2024

Our client evening on Thursday is now full. We have a wait list for those who would really like to attend, so if you are down to come and your plans change - please let us know

We have two more talks planned over the winter plus our popular Equine First Aid practical day - so keep a look out for more dates coming up

02/11/2024

It’s that time of year again when we need to consider how our equine friends may respond to fireworks. If you would like more advice or support please call the clinic on 01691 830444. As most events take place during out of hours time, we are always available for over the phone advice and visits if you are worried

01/11/2024

🎃🎃LHEC Pumpkin Winner 2024🎃🎃

Many congratulations to our champion pumpkin carver! This years accolade goes to Anna! Anna’s headless horseman design was way out in front with the votes, but congratulations to all of our entries.

31/10/2024

👻🎃 LHEC Pumpkin Competition 2024 🎃 👻

It’s that time of year again where all the team at LHEC show off their artistic sides with some creative pumpkin carving!
We need your help picking our 2024 Champion Carver!
Simply like your favourite design!
The LHEC Champion Carver will be announced tomorrow evening at 8pm

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

31/10/2024

Incoming Pumpkins…. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
Get ready for our annual pumpkin competition, which sees some great entries for this year!’
We will be sharing the entries shortly and would love for you to vote.
In the meantime, happy Halloween!

29/10/2024

Simon and Cassie have been away today volunteering at the BHS/BEVA Trust Education and Welfare Clinic, Castrating and Health Checking lots of horses and ponies. It was a busy day as Simon was lead vet and Cassie took care of all the medication and kit needed for the vets. These days are really enjoyable, providing veterinary care to these horses and ponies as well as supporting and teaching the younger generation of vets
BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association
The British Horse Society

25/10/2024

Although winter season is well and truly on its way, we must not forget about laminitis.

Here’s a summary written by Steph on the underlying causes of the disease and how we can spot, diagnose and treat them to help prevent laminitis

For more information please call the clinic on 01691 830444