Winterwood Equine Services

01/16/2024

SNOW HA!

12/24/2023

MAY YOUR HOLIDAY BE FILLED WITH FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, FURRY FRIENDS AND FOOD!

11/30/2023

The sacred lake at Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt.

11/28/2023

Aswan, Egypt.

11/28/2023

If you're asking why the office is closed....see below LOL!

11/23/2023

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
The office will be closed and Dr. Huff unavailable until Dec 4th.

11/08/2023

Images from the FEI jog this morning in Aiken.

11/08/2023

Enjoying the beautiful, if slightly hot, November day working the Split Rock Jumping Tour show in Aiken, SC. Always a pleasure to hang with this crew.

03/25/2023

Everyone meet Fabio. Our smallest presenting horse this weekend at TerraNova.

03/24/2023

Official Friday morning FEI jog at TerraNova Equestrian Center in Myakka City, FL.

03/24/2023

Morning of the FEI jog at TERRANOVA week 4

03/16/2023

TERRANOVA EQUESTRIAN CENTER

Enjoying the beautiful facilities here in Sarasota, FL while serving as official treatment vet for TerraNova Hunter/Jumper show weeks 3 and 4.

01/24/2023

HI EVERYONE! DR. HUFF IS HEALING WELL. WILL BE RETURNING TO NORMAL SCHEDULE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FEB 1ST.

12/20/2022

HEADS UP EVERYONE WHO FEEDS ALFALFA CUBES!

Please share! The FDA is now investigating.

FDA Cautions Horse Owners Not to Feed Recalled Lots of Top of the Rockies Alfalfa Cubes Due to Reports of Illness and Death

FDA, in cooperation with state departments of agriculture in CO, LA, NM, and TX, is now investigating cases of illness and death in horses. The FDA is aware of at least 98 horses showing neurologic symptoms in those states, and 45 have died or have been euthanized.

Read the official FDA notice with lot numbers, and details: http://www.equinechronicle.com/fda-cautions-horse-owners-not-to-feed-recalled-lots-of-top-of-the-rockies-alfalfa-cubes/

12/14/2022

National Day of the Horse....for all our crazy, loving, special needs and very expensive horses that we wouldn't know what to do without.

12/13/2022

UPDATE
I am home from the hospital and doing well. Looking at several weeks recovery and limited duty.

12/13/2022

BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THE WELL WISHES AND MESSAGES AND CALLS. AND TO SANTA AT THE NORTH POLE WHO SENT FLOWERS .

12/08/2022

HEADS UP EVERYONE!
Dr. Dee Dee was injured yesterday. She will be working a limited services/schedule for the next few weeks while recovering. No emergencies.

11/05/2022

Morning in Little Mongena. The view from the tent.....no, there are no fences between us and the animals on the reserve.

11/03/2022

Also part of yesterday's adventure. White rhinoceros mother (cow) and baby (calf) being microchipped and checked out.

11/02/2022

Today's adventure! Elephant collaring ....

11/01/2022

Yes the office is closed this week. Here's a hint as to why!

10/24/2022

ATTENTION
Winterwood Equine
will be closed Oct 29th - Nov 7th

07/20/2022

🚨🚨 ATTENTION ALL PET OWNERS 🚨🚨 Please take note that xylitol is now being marketed as BIRCH SUGAR. Please check your ingredients before giving your dog's treats!

07/05/2022

Bring those horses out Thursday for some fun times!

02/15/2022

Owners please read. This is important for the health of your pets.

02/08/2022

ONLY male cat spots left!!!!!!

LOW COST SPAY and NEUTER CLINIC.
DATES ARE HERE: Wednesday February 23 and Thursday February 24, 2022

HURRY and sign up (must be in person at the facility). Preregister and prepay in CASH ONLY!
SIGN UP MONDAY THRU FRIDAY Only
11:00 A.M. TO 4 P.M.

LOW-COST SPAY NEUTER CLINIC
WEDNESDAY, February 23
THURSDAY, February 24
SIGN UP NOW! We will fill up quickly!

DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR FLEA and TICK PREVENTATIVE! All at low-cost.

Must sign up and pre-pay in CASH -don't forget 6% sales tax!!!!!
Limited seating! See below:

Doggies UNDER 45 lbs = $97.00 for spay or neuter
Doggies OVER 45 lbs. = $122.00 for spay or neuter
Rabies = $10.00
"All-in-one" Booster shot Zoetis = $10.00
"Heartworm test" = $20.00
Flea and Tick - 3-pack = $20.00 all sizes
Nail clipping $5.00
Microchipping $25.00
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Kitties = $55.00 for spay or neuter
Rabies = $10.00
"All-in-one" Booster shot Zoetis = $10.00
Leukemia (live) Zoetis = $10.00
FIV/LEUKEMIA combo testing = $25.00
Flea and tick = 3 pack = $20.00
Nail Trim = $5.00
Microchipping $25.00
OWENSBORO HUMANE SOCIETY
Owensboro's No-Kill Facility!
3101 W. 2nd Street (270) 302-6813
501c(3) Charity

01/31/2022

Very well said and something that everyone who owns horses in our area needs to think about as well.

Following is some important food for thought courtesy of AAEP member Dr. Matt Witzel:

"I’m writing this because it needs to be said for the betterment of the profession that I love, AND the well-being and health of your horses. I apologize for the length of this and feel free to skip to the last 3 paragraphs if you’re in a time crunch.

As horse owners, how hard has it been for you to find a vet that is available all the time for your animals? Did you know right now there is a huge demand for more equine vets? In my graduating class from vet school there’s only about 5 of us (out of close to 100) that are still working on horses. That number is down significantly compared to how many of us were dedicated equine oriented vet students.

The fact is, there is a general exodus of younger veterinarians from equine practice that switch to small animal medicine because it pays better and lacks after hours emergencies. Equine practices as a general population, however, provide emergency services 24/7 for their clients because large animal emergency-specific hospitals are extremely rare. I shouldn’t have to say this but emergencies are never fun. We don’t wake up in the morning hoping for a horse to colic, or some kid’s first horse to break a leg. We don’t enjoy leaving our kids right before tucking them into bed to go see a bad laceration. It’s not fun to rearrange our 8 hour day into a 12 hour day so that we can fit in a choke that’s an hour and a half drive out of our way. It’s all awful. But we do it because it needs to be done.

The difference between the pay in the vet industry is based on the fact that you bring your dog or cat to their vet who will work on them while working on 2 or more others at the same time. Small animal vets are therefore able to see many more patients in a day. Equine vets on the other hand will most of the time be working on a single patient at a time, focusing 90% of their attention (phone calls happen during exams, it’s a thing…) on YOUR HORSE. Sometimes there’s significant travel time between appointments. It’s possible to spend 6 hours of a 12 hour work day in the truck and only see 4-5 cases in that time. Why???? Because we’re dedicated to your horses’ wellbeing and some people don’t have a trailer. Or some people don’t feel comfortable hauling a trailer on icy winter roads in MT. I get that and I don’t blame those people. It’s just something that needs to be accepted so we can move on.

With the growth in horse ownership that we’ve seen recently and the increasing demand for vet work with a simultaneous lack of available young equine vets that are willing to put up with the conditions listed above, I’ve come to the obvious conclusion that something needs to change.

Here’s my request to you:
Please appreciate your local vet. Please be loyal to him or her. Please don’t think of your vet as someone to call only when your horse is about to die because you didn’t want to pay for an emergency fee last night when treatment would have mattered. Please ask to discuss costs up front if that’s an issue for you rather than stating you’d do anything and everything necessary for your horse then turn around and complain about the bill. On that note, please compare medical costs of your animals to medical costs for yourself BEFORE insurance kindly tells you what your copay is. Please let your vet be involved with your horses’ wellness before it becomes a problem. Please consult your vet with horse health questions instead of an internet based forum.

And last but not least… please consider using your local vet for things like dentals, vaccines, and lamenesses rather than someone traveling from out of town. Income from these routine services enable service expansion and improved care. That includes things like mobile digital X-ray, endoscopy, or ultrasound equipment so that we can accurately diagnose and successfully treat your sick animal.

I want you to think long and hard about taking away the enjoyable work and needed income from us and giving that to someone who you don’t have a relationship with, who might be practicing those procedures ILLEGALLY (dentistry for instance can only legally be performed in Montana by a veterinarian or under the direct visual supervision of a licensed veterinarian; “equine dentists” who do not fall under these categories are not properly trained to handle dental diseases and have been known to cause more harm than good), who won’t be available when your horse has a joint injection reaction, who won’t get out of bed to come to your place and help get your hypothermic geriatric horse off the ground before it freezes to death.

All of us as veterinarians put a lot into the relationships that we build with our clients and it’s because of those relationships that we dedicate ourselves to becoming better at what we do and trying harder to keep your horses healthy. So when we find out that you use a traveling vet or a non-veterinarian dentist for your horses dental work because it’s $20 or $30 dollars cheaper, you’ve just put a price on what our commitment is worth to you."

01/18/2022

Just a reminder how our ages relate.

We have shared this before, but it is always interesting to see how old our horses are in human years...especially as they change.
This week our 26 year old has just been diagnosed with Ring Bone and I was devastated, then I realised that he is "75 1/2 yrs old" so of course he will have some degeneration, but just like my Dad I think he's invincible.💪
Today our youngest horse turns 3...so effectively 18....and we all know about 18 year old males 😂