Sulphur River Veterinary Clinic

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05/03/2024

Utility Shed for Sale
Less than 2 years old
Lightly used mostly for Hay/Feed Storage
2000.00 obo

04/29/2024

04/23/2024

Internal parasites in horses are very prevalent in Northeast Texas. Most of these worms live their entire lives inside the horse so you will never see them in the p**p. The vet can do a f***l float to look for the microscopic eggs in the f***s. Worms can become resistant to de-wormers similar to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics. It is best to reach out to your vet to develop a de-worming plan that is suitable to your herd, pasture, current de-worming schedule, and f***l float results. - Dr. Fowler, Sulphur River Veterinary Clinic

04/12/2024

Utility Shed for Sale
Less than 2 years old
Lightly used mostly for Hay/Feed Storage
2000.00

04/11/2024

04/03/2024

03/24/2024

03/18/2024

We are looking for a Small Animal Veterinary Assistant to join our team!
Veterinary assistants support the veterinarian and/or the veterinary technician in their daily tasks.
We run a fast paced clinic that sees patients during regular daytime hours as well as an occasional after hours emergency.
Responsibilities include:
animal restraint, feeding animals, monitor their eating, assist veterinarians and vet technicians with lab work, clean, sterilize, and maintain kennels, stalls, operating rooms, examining rooms, cages, and surgical equipment.
Requirements:
restraining animals, customer service skills, occasional weekend availability. Need to be consistent, Efficient and able to lift 40lbs and plus daily. Occasionally will have Weekend duties. Basic equine knowledge is a plus
Please send resumes to [email protected]

03/08/2024

Time to get those pups ready for the summer! Just for fun, add a photo of your doggo (or cat) to the comments and let's see who has their beach body ready!

01/30/2024

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01/27/2024

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01/11/2024

FOALING SEASON IS UPON US!

Are you ready to assist your broodmare when her time comes?
 Here are some tried and true guidelines to remember during foaling:

• Unless there's an emergency, allow the foal time to break the fetal membranes. Once the foal breaks through, be sure it’s breathing.


• Generally, it’s not recommended to cut or break the umbilical cord. If it has not broken during delivery, it will usually break when the mare or foal gets up.


• Encourage the mare and foal to rest as long as possible. Give them an opportunity to bond undisturbed.


• Following birth of the foal, the mare and her newborn should be monitored for normal breathing, brightness and alertness. The mare should be non-aggressive, curious and accepting of the foal.


• Foal should stand and nurse within two hours of birth. If the foal has not nursed within three hours, call your veterinarian. The foal may be weak and in need of assistance or medical attention.


• Once the placenta has been expelled, examine it to make sure it is intact, particularly at the tips of the horns. The afterbirth will be Y-shaped and should have only the hole through which the foal emerged.


• A foal must receive colostrum (the mare's first milk) within the first eight to 12 hours of life in order to absorb the antibodies. If a foal is too weak to nurse, it may be necessary to milk the mare and give the colostrum to the foal via a stomach tube.

Contact your veterinarian to learn more so you can be prepared to help the new mother and foal get off to a great start!

Additional information is also available on our website:
Foaling Mare & Newborn: Preparing for a Safe & Successful Foal Delivery | https://aaep.org/horsehealth/foaling-mare-newborn-preparing-safe-successful-foal-delivery

Equine Reproduction From Conception to Birth | https://aaep.org/horsehealth/equine-reproduction-conception-birth

01/03/2024

People often ask me what my horses work program consists of and the answers often surprise them. For me, the work I do with my horses depends on their age, strength, level of performance and degree of education, but for the most part my sessions are aimed at "short and sweet."

When I am doing ground handling sessions, such as working over obstacles or teaching my horses to lunge, I like to keep my sessions as short as possible, ideally between 5-20 minutes. This is because when a horse is learning something new, a huge amount of concentration is required which can be exhausting for the animal. If you go too long and ask too much, the horse can fatigue, get bored, get frustrated or develop a negative association towards what you are trying to achieve.

Ultimately I am looking for only 2-3 improved attempts at a question before I finish the session. Once they have given me these improved attempts, I will either put my horse back in the paddock, take it for an adventure or perhaps ask them a new question if they got the first question quickly and in a relaxed fashion.

When I am working with a horse under saddle, my sessions usually range between 10-30 minutes. I very rarely ride for longer than 25-30 minutes unless I am hacking out or going on an adventure. Simply because when you are educating a horse, that 10-30 minute time period is the sweet spot for optimum concentration from the horse. Any longer than that and their learning experience can be severely compromised.

If I am fitness training a horse, I still only ride 20-30 minutes, but that time period contains high intense work including body control work, extended trot and canter work, working on smaller circles and lateral work. While fitness may be the goal, I never work a horse into a sweat, I always try to finish once their coat has begun to warm. If I work them into a sweat, day after day, I will fatigue them and increase the risk of injury and strain to the horses body.

When it comes to jumping, I follow the saying, "As much as needed, as little as possible." My young horses, when learning the ropes, will usually jump about 10-20 times in a year, not including competition. This equates to about once a fortnight when they are in work. If they competing at a competition they will only do 1-2 classes a day over a weekend (of which they might compete 4-10 weekends a year depending on their age and experience), with no more than 4-8 fences jumped in the warm up arena before their class. When jumping at home, I aim for two short courses, so they end up jumping about 16 fences over a 25 minute session. In-between this there is a lot of walking around on a loose rein.

The reason I ride for such a short amount of time is mostly centred around soundness, I am very conscious of my horses joints and the wear and tear that can come from overworking them. I am also very conscious about their mental wellbeing, and know that after 20-30 minutes the horses learning capacity starts to diminish. I want my horses to love their job, not dread going out to be worked!

I often work with people (mostly kids) whose ponies appear sour or expressionless, and when I ask them what their ponies workload is, they often reply with "Arena riding and jumping," with many ponies getting jumped several times in a week. It makes my heart sink because there is no way a horse can enjoy doing the same thing day after day, especially on bad ground or without proper supervision by an experienced trainer.

We say that horses only have so many jumps in them before their joints start to give out. If we use up those 'jumps' early on in their career, they have to spend the rest of their life unsound and sour but if we vary their work and are conscious of their physical and mental wellbeing, then the horse should enjoy his job right into his golden years.

While it is tempting for kids to jump all the time, it is extremely important that the parents and caregivers set very firm boundaries for the sake of the horse. I often have parents say to me "Oh she/ he just won't listen to me, she/he just wants to jump all the time." In this case I would just take the pony off them until they can respect those rules. It's not about ruining the kids fun, its about sustaining the horses soundness and enjoyment of its work. To add more variety into a horse's program, a kid can do more horsemanship, obstacle training, working equitation, trekking, ba****ck adventures or ground work. Work that is still fun without the long term damage that overjumping or working guarantees.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year everyone!