Bend Equine Medical Center

Bend Equine Medical Center BEMC is committed to providing exceptional equine health care with unparalleled compassion and superior service.

Our doctors and staff are dedicated to fostering an environment of trust, mutual respect, and intellectual enrichment.

We hope your Fourth of July is full of just enough rest, snacks, and time with loved ones.  As always, our amazing team ...
07/04/2025

We hope your Fourth of July is full of just enough rest, snacks, and time with loved ones.

As always, our amazing team of vets and assistants are available if you need them for emergencies 24/7.

One of our most common emergencies is laminitis, often secondary to Equine Metabolic Syndrome and insulin resistance.  T...
07/04/2025

One of our most common emergencies is laminitis, often secondary to Equine Metabolic Syndrome and insulin resistance.

The unfortunate fact is that as horse owners, we often, with the best intentions, provide them with nutrition that is a little "too good" and in excess of their needs.

It's easy to associate food with love, and who doesn't love to treat their horse to an extra bit of hay, or some extra time on pasture, especially in exchange for a sweet and appreciative nicker?

But as equine veterinarians, we often see the sadder side of that overindulgence when it goes too far; it can lead to a life of chronic pain as a laminitic horse suffers permanent changes to their hooves and coffin bones.

So this is your gentle but important reminder to pause in your busy summer schedule, and carefully evaluate if your horse is in a healthy body condition and whether you need to make some changes to keep them happy and healthy long term. Reach out if you have questions, want to consider an insulin check to see if your horse is at an increased risk, or need help with a safe weight loss program. We have some amazing new therapeutic options available now that are improving outcomes for many of our patients.

It’s that time of year when we welcome our new intern veterinarians!Interns are recent graduates who’ve earned their lic...
07/02/2025

It’s that time of year when we welcome our new intern veterinarians!

Interns are recent graduates who’ve earned their licenses to practice veterinary medicine but want to deepen their clinical experience. For our interns, that is with horses (and the occasional goat or camelid). Bend Equine Medical Center’s Internship Program offers veterinarians the opportunity to work in a variety of specialty areas, including sports medicine, surgery, internal medicine, podiatry, reproduction, dentistry, and urgent care.

Please join us in welcoming Drs. Sarah Smith and Emily Ward!

Dr. Smith grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, competing in dressage and eventing. She attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology. She received her veterinary degree from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis).

She enjoys emergency medicine, surgery, and integrative therapeutics. During school, she worked as an after-hours large animal surgery technician, an equine hospital treatment nurse, and with the California Student Veterinary Emergency Response Team to help with local emergencies and wildfire evacuations. She also collaborated with UC Davis’ One Health initiative to investigate the relationship between wildfires and disease spread among wildlife.

Dr. Emily Ward is originally from Utah. Prior to university, she worked as a foaling attendant and a small animal veterinary assistant.

She earned a bachelor’s in animal science from UC Davis and attended veterinary school at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) on Prince Edward Island, in Canada. While at AVC, she worked as both a small and large animal veterinary assistant and participated in equine neurology research.

She previously owned a horse and enjoyed trail riding. In practice, Dr. Ward is drawn to surgery, urgent care, outreach, and client education. She especially enjoys working outside and being around horses daily.

Are small ruminants a part of your herd?  Both Drs. Greer and Jensen are available to help provide both routine preventi...
06/25/2025

Are small ruminants a part of your herd? Both Drs. Greer and Jensen are available to help provide both routine preventive care as well as more advanced internal medicine consultations for both goats and camelids.

Please reach out if they can give you a hand!

We are very pleased to both congratulate Dr. Kayla Jensen on completion of her internship with us over the last 12 month...
06/21/2025

We are very pleased to both congratulate Dr. Kayla Jensen on completion of her internship with us over the last 12 months, and then as a permanent member of our veterinarian team!

Dr. Jensen graduated with honors from the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine in 2024.

She grew up in Northern California and spent most of her childhood riding ba****ck through the rolling foothills of her parents’ and neighbors’ properties.

After most of her hometown of Paradise, California, burned down in the 2018 Camp Fire, she became passionate about veterinary disaster response. When she started veterinary school, she quickly became involved in the Student Veterinary Emergency Response Team, eventually serving as club president.

Dr. Jensen’s additional clinical interest area include emergency and critical care, surgery, and client education.

Outside the clinic, she enjoys backpacking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hanging out with her husband and their two cats.

It's that bittersweet time of year when our veterinarian interns from the 2024-2025 year are finishing up their programs...
06/19/2025

It's that bittersweet time of year when our veterinarian interns from the 2024-2025 year are finishing up their programs here at Bend Equine and embarking on their next adventures.

Dr. Hoffmann will be returning to California to work at an equine-exclusive practice in the bay area (maybe you will catch her working some shows at the Woodside Horse Park!).

There she hopes to continue to build on her skills that she picked up at Bend Equine, especially in the areas of ophthalmology and emergency medicine.

She will miss the beautiful mountains and the many wonderful clients and patients she had the pleasure of working with at BEMC, but is excited for her next chapter!

A therapeutic baby foot trim. Whether it was more therapeutic for Dr Findley or baby Maybelline, we can’t be sure.
06/19/2025

A therapeutic baby foot trim. Whether it was more therapeutic for Dr Findley or baby Maybelline, we can’t be sure.

The Alder Springs fire situation is rapidly evolving. We do have open paddocks here at the clinic if needed for those th...
06/17/2025

The Alder Springs fire situation is rapidly evolving. We do have open paddocks here at the clinic if needed for those that must evacuate and we can help coordinate hauling as well.
Please reach out via our emergency answering service if we can help! 541 388 4006

We will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. As always, we will be available for on-call emergenc...
05/24/2025

We will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. As always, we will be available for on-call emergencies throughout the long weekend.

Our veterinarians understand the importance of sharing our knowledge so that we can all learn how to do our best for the...
05/07/2025

Our veterinarians understand the importance of sharing our knowledge so that we can all learn how to do our best for the horse; we are dedicated to promoting the education of veterinary students, veterinary technician students, or those earlier in their educational careers as well as with horse owners.
If your 4-H, FFA, Pony Club or other horse organization has a topic they'd like to learn more about from our team, please reach out by emailing us: [email protected]

Gastroscopy Barn Days! Bend Equine offers discounted gastroscopy services for farm calls when you have two or more horse...
05/05/2025

Gastroscopy Barn Days!
Bend Equine offers discounted gastroscopy services for farm calls when you have two or more horses to be scoped. Save $100 per horse when 2 or more horses sign up for a gastroscopy barn day.
The gastroscopy photos below show a stomach with Grade 3 squamous ulceration prior to and following treatment.
Unfortunately this is not an unusual finding; over 75% of performance horses are affected by gastric ulcers.
If you would like to schedule a gastroscopy barn day, please contact our office at 541-388-4006 or email at [email protected]

Foaling season is in full swing - we love seeing the sweet babies you have been waiting 11 months to meet!There are thre...
04/28/2025

Foaling season is in full swing - we love seeing the sweet babies you have been waiting 11 months to meet!
There are three important rules to remember after your mare has foaled:
#1. The foal should stand within 1 hour of delivery. Healthy newborns are alert, responsive, and active. If a newborn foal is unable to stand on its own or is not moving around freely, they need to be evaluated by your veterinarian.
#2. The foal should nurse within 2 hours of delivery. This not only provides the foal with vital nutrients, but also ensures that the newborn has adequate passive transfer antibodies from the mare's colostrum. Even if your foal has been nursing well, your veterinarian will perform an igG test 12-18 hours after the foal is born to be sure their immunoglobulin levels are appropriate.
#3. The mare should pass her placenta within 3 hours of delivery. A retained placenta is a life-threatening emergency for a mare as a result of associated infection and laminitis - your veterinarian will begin treatment right away to prevent complications. If your mare has passed her placenta within the appropriate time, please save it for your veterinarian to examine when they arrive to perform a new foal exam.

So remember, if your mare and foal are not meeting these important 1, 2, 3 marks, please be sure to contact your veterinarian right away! Any variation from this timeline is considered an emergency warranting immediate attention.

Beautiful new c**t pictured: Wilbur, owned by our technician Anne, and her wonderful mare Penny 🥰.

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Bend, OR
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