Johnson Veterinary Clinic, LLC

03/04/2025

This is a great reminder and some good photos to go along with it.

🚨 We have seen TWO RED BAGS in the past 4 days!! It is time for our annual foaling post about RED BAG DELIVERIES! We share this post every year as we are determined to educate as many as possible and save foals!

We are in the midst of foaling season and we want to remind you of what is normal and abnormal. The placenta is made up of two major parts: the red bag (chorioallantois) and the white bag (amnion). The red bag attaches to the uterine wall, which allows the exchange of nutrients and oxygen to the fetus.

In a normal delivery the amnion is visible and characterized by a white appearance. A red bag delivery is characterized by a red velvety appearance. 🚨 A red bag delivery is considered an EMERGENCY as it signifies premature separation of the placenta leading to a lack of oxygen to the fetus. ‼️YOU NEED TO INTERVENE IMMEDIATELY ‼️ The red placental membrane should be opened carefully to release fluid, the foal should be delivered/pulled with your assistance and then stimulated to breathe. Foals may develop problems associated with lack of oxygen even though they appear normal at birth.

⭐️ If your mare is having OR HAD a red bag delivery, please call Pine Ridge Equine Hospital 918-827-8000 ASAP or your regular veterinarian!

02/27/2025

The early sign ups for The Plan (our reduced cost preventive maintenance package) ends tomorrow. We will accept any that get to us post marked by tomorrow (Feb 28th) for the lowest cost for the program. We do accept sign ups after March 1st at an additional charge. The cost of The Plan will still be less at that point then getting the items all done separately but the lowest cost ends tomorrow. Thank you to all who signed up already!

12/24/2024

The Plan 2025 is LIVE on the Website. Please download and submit soon!
https://johnsonequinevets.com/

11/20/2024

I just wanted to let you all know that Prascend rebates end Nov 30th this year. If they resume again next year it likely won’t be until spring so you may want to stock up a little.

07/16/2024

We re-scoped Spencer a few days ago since he had completed his 28day Gastrogard treatment. His non glandular ulcers were healed up very nicely. But, we did find he has some glandular ulceration that is still bothering him. There are some before and after photos of the “white/yellow” part of his stomach for comparison. The entrance to the duodenum has a funky red patch and is swollen and he is still not eating his grain well so that needs to be treated. That’s one of the benefits of scoping, you can see exactly where ulcers are and know what medication would help them the most.

07/09/2024

Don’t forget we have our gastroscope day coming up next week! On Thurs the 18th we will be set up for scoping stomachs and if your horse ends up needing Gastrogard for treatment we will give 7 tubes free with the purchase of 21 more to get your full month of treatment in. That’s a $275 savings. Please message us here or text Galen to set up your time slot.
We have so many client stories of their horses running their best times, being calm and quiet on trail and looking better after they got treated for ulcers. It’s such a prevalent problem in the equine world these days so if you’re wondering if yours may have ulcers, sign up to get it checked out.

06/21/2024

Every horse will react differently to stomach ulcers. We’ve seen some with tiny ulcers that are falling apart and others that have horrible ulcers and have a minor symptom. Case in point…our daughter’s younger horse we just got in September seemed to adjust to the herd ok. It was the normal chasing and territorial behavior in the beginning but all settled and get along fine. He’s a very laid back and friendly now 4 yr old. He showed no signs of ulcers in the way his coat looked, attitude or cinchiness. He has had the majority of that time to be a horse until the beginning of June. In the last few weeks we had noticed he wouldn’t clean up his grain but would eat hay. We attributed this to the fact that they had finally graduated to full time on pasture and he was just filling up on grass. We cut his grain back and over the next week or so he still didn’t clean it up. Never acted colicy or pawed when he ate like some do. We decided to go ahead and scope him. Low and behold, some of the worst ulcers we’ve seen to date! Needless to say he is now being treated but I share that so you can see there is a wide variety of symptoms and reaction to degrees of ulcers. He has had these for some time as evident by the chronic looking nature of them but never let on.
On the flip side is our son’s horse who started acting up at shows. Kicking out, hu***ng up a bit etc. we thought it could be the fact that he hasn’t been to any shows since last fair but decided to check anyway. He has minor ulcers compared to my daughter’s horse but reacts differently to them.
SO, if your horses behavior is different then what they normally are. Don’t immediately chalk it up to a training issue. It might very well be, but it could also be that he has a reason for his behavior.

06/20/2024

Why spend all that money on Gastrogard or other meds when I can use supplements or compounded meds that are cheaper? Where we can’t obviously speak to all horses on supplements or that have been treated with compounded meds, we can speak to the many we’ve scoped that HAVE been on them. We’ve seen several horses come in on various preventive supplements/treatments or that have been recently treated with compounded meds that have ulcers. Where we are sure several people love their brand of choice and have luck with them, we can say that we’ve seen them all being used in various horses that still have ulcers. Money “saved” on scoping or proper meds for the type of ulcer you have isn’t money saved at all if it doesn’t help your horse recover from the problem he has.

06/11/2024

So why would you want to spend the money on a gastroscope when you could just try Gastrogard and see if it works if you think your horse has an ulcer? The main reason for scoping is to get a firm answer as to whether you have ulcers or not but just as importantly, to see where the ulcers are. Why does this matter? An ulcer is an ulcer right? Not so. This is not my mare in the photo but she had a similar lesion at her duodenum like this horse. Ulcers in different locations in the stomach require different medications. My mare also had other ulcers that did require Gastrogard but had we not checked, she would not have healed completely with the duodenum ulcer and would have kept showing signs of discomfort. Seeing where they are in your horse helps you manage future ulcers. If they are caused by acid splashing, there are things you can do to help prevent them in the future. So the three reasons to scope are
-knowing where the ulcer is and what medication will treat that area
-knowing where they are can help you prevent future problems
-it justifies the cost of Gastrogard if you know you have something to treat
Later this week, we’ll discuss the supplements and cheaper compounded omeprazole and how effective they are.

06/06/2024

Does your horse just not perform with the same enthusiasm or skill as he was not too long ago? Does she seem a little off but you can’t see where exactly or it changes? Is his attitude less cooperative then he used to be? Does she eat hay or grass but not her grain?

These are just some of the signs that your horse could be struggling with an ulcer. If your show season isn’t going as you thought it would or your kids are getting their horses ready for fair and you want to make sure they are free of ulcers before the big event starts, consider signing up for our scoping day. On July 18th we will be dedicating that day for gastroscopes in the clinic. You will sign up for a scoping spot, haul in to the clinic and we’ll get your horse checked out. If your horse does have ulcers and needs to be treated with Gastrogard, you will receive 7 tubes free with purchase of 21. That will get you your full month’s treatment at a savings of $275. The cost for the scope is $350 plus $65 for sedation. Send us a message or text Galen to schedule your slot.
I’ll be posting more this week about ulcers and why it’s important to scope them and not just use a supplement or try Gastrogard without the scopeinf information. Stay tuned!
*edited to say that if you have a more urgent need for a scope, please let us know as we can schedule sooner. Just let us know when contacting if you are signing up for the July date or need sooner.

04/06/2024

The Prascend rebates have opened back up and are good from April 1st until Nov 30th. I will not have hard copies to send out for some time yet but you can use the QR code and a copy of your receipt at any time to submit your rebates.

04/06/2024

I wanted to update this. I misread the dates and it’s actually good through March 31 of 2025! That’s amazing.

03/23/2024

I’m sorry for the late notice but I just got this info in the mail today and wanted to share. This is a good rebate on Adequan if you are needing any to get your riding or show season going. The offer is good starting March 1-31st. I will be going back through to see who bought some and send rebate info to you. But you have another week to get an order in if you need any. We can ship to you as well.