Hood Equine Veterinary Services, PLLC

05/07/2024

Hey everyone! The office phone lines have been down since yesterday. While we can receive voicemails, texts are unable to go to and from. Please contact Dr. Hood's cellphone for appointments and such in the meantime. Non urgent calls will be returned, and texting will be the easiest way for us to handle everything for the time being.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

(409)651-3552

03/31/2024

Please contact Liza with any info!

03/13/2024

Unfortunately, we are having phone issues this morning! If you have an emergency, as always, if you're a client in good standing please call our emergency line.
It looks like the best way to contact the office during this outage is via email - I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

Thanks for your patience!

02/05/2024

Friendly reminder that we will be closed for emergencies and regular appointments today through Wednesday, February 21st.

If you have an emergency, Dr. Hood has arranged for both Judson Road Animal Clinic (903.663.1111) and Red River Equine Hospital (318.965.4060) to be on call for any emergency needs you may have while she's out. Alternatively, Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (979.845.3541) is also always open for emergencies.

We have taken away Dr. Hood's phone to let her recover so you will likely not get a response from her in the next few days haha.

The office will be open and available to schedule you for the future regular hours! Text us at 409.254.3616 for the fastest response times.

01/29/2024

Darby will be out of the office today due to sickness. If you need anything urgently, please text Dr Hood. Otherwise, Darby will get back with you ASAP (hopefully tomorrow 🤞🏻)

Thank you for your patience!

01/15/2024

While we're all staying safe snug as a bug inside and hunkered down in this terrible weather today, I wanted to let y'all know that

WE ARE HIRING!

We are slowly looking for some local office help including answering phones, invoicing, scheduling, etc.

Email us your resume and any questions to [email protected]!

12/22/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year fam!!

We are so grateful for all of your support through 2023 and are so blessed to have some of the best clients and wonderful patients on the planet.

We will be closed next week to celebrate Christmas and New Years with our families.

A couple reminders while we're out:
1. Emergencies are for current clients in good standing. If you have an emergency, call Dr. Hood.
2. If you'd like to schedule an appointment for when we're back, the easiest way to do that is online. We'll go through these first when we're back to get you all scheduled. https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt
3. We are not currently accepting new clients. But if you'd like to join the waitlist, you can do so online: https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp
4. If you need something from the online pharmacy, feel free to order it and we'll approve it when we get back! https://hoodequinevetservices.securevetsource.com

Any other questions / concerns, just shoot us a text to the office at 409.254.3616 and we'll get back to you in order as soon as we can on Tuesday, January 2nd.

Merry Christmas, y'all!!

12/12/2023

We have a NEW PHARMACY!

https://hoodequinevetservices.securevetsource.com

I know some of you that were set up on auto ship got an email from the old pharmacy yesterday saying your orders were canceled.

While we realize a change in pharmacies will affect you, after the initial moving over it should only be positive changes! Here are the main reasons we switched:
- Coupon codes apply to whole orders, not just auto ship orders
- We can check out for you with coupon codes with your card on file, so there's no us billing you separately, we can just set it all up for you if you need help
- Meds are getting shipped out same or next day (versus 7-10 days later with the old pharmacy)

Feel free to text the office with what meds you need and for which horses and we'll double check everything and get those orders put through for you ASAP! OR, you can use the link and this code and get everything you need :)

https://hoodequinevetservices.securevetsource.com

COUPON CODE: 17NESTLE for 17% off your entire order! Including one time purchases and non prescription items!

11/20/2023

Our office will be closed this week in celebration of Thanksgiving.

All communications will be returned on Monday, November 27th. If Darby already knows about a health cert you need to travel this weekend, feel free to text her to remind her, but we got you 🙂.

Dr. Hood will be seeing emergencies for current clients in good standing, so if you do have an emergency this week, use your normal process for that. If you're looking for an appointment, please fill out an online appointment request and we'll get you scheduled in the order they're received. Dr. Hood will not be making appointments for you just because the office is closed 😜.

Online appointments: https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt

09/14/2023

It's and we're talking about FormaHoof ! Dr. Hood has tons of success stories, but here is just some general information about it. If you think your horse may be a good candidate for it, or are wondering if it may be, don't hesitate to reach out to our office!

For current clients: text or email us at 409.254.3616 or [email protected].

For clients we haven't seen in the last year or completely new clients, please fill out our new client application with all the details about your horse. If we think you and your horse's case are a good fit for our practice, we'll reach out to get you scheduled! https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp

09/01/2023

Our office will be closed this afternoon and Monday in observance of Labor Day.

We will return all communications on Tuesday, September 5th.

Enjoy your long weekend and hopefully the start of some cooler weather, y'all!

08/04/2023

Here’s some tips to keep your horse cool in this heat wave!

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you think your horse is struggling more than others or need some extra help - a lot of horses are not sweating right now and there are some things we can do to help!

To request an appointment https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt

08/03/2023

Heads up y’all - it’s Darby. I’m going to ask Dr Hood some questions this weekend for you and video her responses 💃🏻💃🏻

I have a couple I know I’m going to ask her - but what do you want to know about Dr Hood?!

Drop your questions below and I’ll try to get them all answered for you! Do you want to know her favorite breed of horse to work on or her least favorite horse color to ultrasound?! Something serious, something silly?

Ps she totally doesn’t know about this so if this post is deleted… you know what happened 😂😂

Drop your questions here 👇🏻 👇🏻 👇🏻

08/02/2023

Dr. Hood and Darby will be learning at the Texas Equine Veterinary Association Summer Symposium the remainder of this week and weekend. All non-emergent communications will be returned Monday morning.

Thanks for your understanding and we're excited to bring y'all some new knowledge!

07/31/2023

Time for a Case Spotlight!!

Jackpot presented on June 30th with a large corneal ulcer. If you've been around horses long enough, you know that corneal ulcers this large and this deep can typically take weeks to months of hospitalization and a subpalpebral lavage dosing medications every few hours to heal. Ulcers this severe can often lead to a large scar in that area as it heals, causing future vision impairments.

Lucky for Jackpot, his owner Lyn at Greensleeves Gypsy Horses was willing to do some stem cell therapy for him! At the first visit, Dr. Hood implanted part of a stem cell graft from AniCell Biotech, LLC and sutured his eyelids closed to help the graft stay in and to help protect his eye.

The morning of July 4, Jackpot scratched his sutures out, which is why in that image the eyelids are quite distracting. If you look at the ulcer though, you can already see amazing progress in just a week. Because he scratched the sutures out, Dr. Hood opted to change to stem cell drops (also from AniCell) instead of attempting to redo a graft for him.

You can tell by the image from last week just how amazingly quick and complete his healing was. In a matter of several weeks, Jackpot is off all medications and has a beautiful cornea with no visual impairments.

Due to the impressive healing and decreased time of treatment, Dr. Hood will almost always recommend a stem cell product of some kind for wounds - on most areas of the body, even the eye!

If you're a current client, don't forget to request your appointments online: https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt

If you're not a current client, you can join our waitlist: https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp

06/30/2023

03/02/2023

In case everyone was wondering how precious Max is doing, here is a picture of him soaking up the sun.

(he's the one that looks dead as a doornail haha)

03/01/2023

This is how Max's amnion wound adventure started - a gorgeous sunset and barely enough light to get an amnion graft in there and him sutured up!


AniCell Biotech, LLC

02/28/2023

If you've been a client of ours, or even following us for awhile, you know how much Dr. Hood is obsessed with amnion. She uses it in all kinds of wounds and in some lamenesses with great success. Obviously, her success is due to her fantastic case selection, but between that and the way she manages wound cases, these products just do amazing things in her hands.

Our most recent case: Dr. Hood's own Max. Ja literally watched Max pull his leg through a fence, so they got to it as soon as it happened. They cleaned the area, added an amnion graft into the wound bed, closed the wound, and wrapped it.

The original injury was Tuesday, the bandage change and these pictures are from Saturday. 🤯🤯🤯🤯

After the bandage change, Max did get a typical foot cast to help stabilize the repair and help with healing!

We'll be posting updates periodically to show you how well heel bulb lacerations (which historically can be gnarly and hard to heel wounds) can heal with the help of some AniCell Biotech, LLC amnion grafts!

02/17/2023

🐎 WE BOUGHT LAND FOR A CLINIC 🐎

After searching high and low for the last couple years, we finally found the perfect location.

Of course we’ll share all the amazing details as they come! And even though we have quite a few steps before we start seeing patients here since it’s raw land at this point, we are SO excited about this next step to be able to serve more patients and better at our new clinic.

Thank you to all our wonderful clients, thank you to the amazing team that helped put this together for us, and just thank you for all your support.

Yes, it’s in Kilgore.
And yes, as always, you can apply to be a client: https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp

02/17/2023

Our doors are open to new clients, by application!!

At Hood Equine Veterinary Services, we make sure your horse is getting the best care possible.

Apply now for our new client waitlist and let us help keep your horse healthy and happy!

Friendly reminder, we still only see horses 🐎 😉

https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp

02/06/2023

The absolute best part about using amnion to treat lamenesses is the superior return to function over other regenerative and traditional approaches.

Learn more in our latest newsletter: https://www.hoodequine.vet/newsletter

To get on our new client waitlist, please fill out our new client application at https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp.

If you need to schedule an appointment for your horses, simply fill out our online appointment request form: https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt. If you have an emergency, please call our emergency line and do NOT use this link. As a reminder, emergency visits are only available to our current clients in good standing.

02/04/2023

Did you know amnion can be used to help restore joint pathologies in the equine performance horse?! Which means reduced pain and better return to function and soundness for your horse!

Check it out in our latest newsletter: https://www.hoodequine.vet/newsletter

To get on our new client waitlist, please fill out our new client application at https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp.

If you need to schedule an appointment for your horses, simply fill out our online appointment request form: https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt. If you have an emergency, please call our emergency line and do NOT use this link. As a reminder, emergency visits are only available to our current clients in good standing.

02/01/2023

Recently, we talked about the use of amnion in wound healing. But did you know you can use it to treat lameness too?!

Check it out in our latest newsletter: https://www.hoodequine.vet/newsletter

To get on our new client waitlist, please fill out our new client application at https://www.hoodequine.vet/newclientapp.

If you need to schedule an appointment for your horses, simply fill out our online appointment request form: https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt. If you have an emergency, please call our emergency line and do NOT use this link. As a reminder, emergency visits are only available to our current clients in good standing.

01/24/2023

January Newsletter: New Year, New Me, Horses that feel like New

Learn all about amnion and using it to treat equine lamenesses - when it's indicated, why we don't use it for everything, and what the awesome benefits are!

If you're not on our newsletter list, you can sign up here: https://www.hoodequine.vet/newsletter

01/12/2023

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Gregg County Case -00556

The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office is in search of the owner of a White/Grey gelding horse located on December 16, 2022 near Highway 31 at Ronnie Brown Rd., in Kilgore, Texas. Owner must be able to identify and prove ownership of the horse. Should you be the owner or know the owner, please contact Lt. David Falco at 903-236-8438.

01/10/2023

If you have other plans for a mount for the 2023 rodeo season…. It’s probably time for a tune up 😂

Schedule your appointment online today!
https://www.hoodequine.vet/appt

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas from all of us at Hood Equine to you and yours 🎄

12/14/2022

To our current clients: If you are concerned your horse may have botulism, are noticing any signs of weakness or paralysis, or any other neurological signs, please contact us immediately.