Hoof and Paw Veterinary Care, LLC

01/03/2025

Pretty true I think. 😁

01/03/2025

01/03/2025

FUN FACT FRIDAY!

Are you familiar with the many adaptations that help your horse stay warm during the cold winter months?

🌾 Hindgut digestion of hay produces the most heat, acting as a small furnace inside of the horse. This is why free choice; good quality hay is so important in the winter.

💪 Horses have a huge muscle mass and muscle activity produces heat. This includes running and playing and even shivering if their body temperature starts to drop. It is important to remember that these activities also will result in a bigger caloric demand so free choice hay and in some cases, grain, is often needed.

🧥 To blanket or not to blanket is a constant debate but either way, as it starts to get cold your horse will grow a thicker coat. If you decide to leave your horse unblanketed you may notice that they look “fluffy”. This is due to a phenomenon called piloerection where the hair stands up to better trap air within. Two layers of the coat also help with warmth. The inner layer is softer and has air pockets to create an insulating layer. The outer layer is coarse and has oils that keep moisture from penetrating the insulating layer and keep the horse warm.

⚖️ Wild horses go into the winter heavier than ideal, and the fat serves as an extra layer of insulation. However, if a horse is going to be kept heavily blanketed and in a barn during the cold weather months this is unnecessary and can lead to obesity related issues.

🦵Their distal limbs (below the knees and hocks) are made of mostly bones and tendons, tissues that are resistant to the cold temperatures.

🦶The hooves have an alternative route of blood circulation through larger vessels that can be used in low temperatures. This is why horses can stand in snow without detrimental effects.

👃A horse’s nose has a robust blood supply and is rounded so that it is less susceptible to frostbite than a human’s nose.
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Courtesy of the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee

01/03/2025

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01/03/2025

Need help with my sign either a new one or a fix of the old one. Does anyone have recommendations on a sign business. The one that made this one is out of business unfortunately. I've had it since 2007!

01/03/2025

With this prolonged period of cold that we're going to be experiencing, remember to add two tablespoons of loose white salt to your horse's grain everyday to encourage water consumption and therefore decrease the risk of impaction colic. Also make sure they have loose white salt in a pan out in their pasture or pen.

12/31/2024

Happy New Year to all of my clients and their animals. Wishing you the best of health and lots of joy for 2025. Thank you for your business over the last year! Greatful!

12/26/2024

Nice to see that there's still people interested in becoming large animal veterinarians! This is Maya she is from this area and is currently going to prevet in River Falls. She does a great job helping me and is always willing to pitch in. Check in with your local veterinarian if your children are interested in riding along and seeing if they may want to be veterinarians. This is how the seed gets planted.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas Eve!

12/24/2024

Merry Christmas to all of my clients and their wonderful animal/companions. I am truly grateful for your trust in me with your pets/horses. Have a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. From my farm to yours Merry Christmas!

12/23/2024

Is 22-year-old horse sustained an eye injury which left it with a corneal defect which was so deep that the eye was about to rupture. The horse was very painful. The owners and I made a decision to remove the eye. Thank you Maya my prevet assistant for helping today--doing drug calculations effortlessly, putting together an IV line on a 1 l bag and drawing up drugs. She did a great job and it's going to be a good veterinarian one day!!! After the eye was removed, a bandage was placed to put some compression over the socket overnight to help the blood clot. This horse will do fine with one eye as long as she can keep that one healthy. I think the owners for entrusting me with the surgery!