Mallo Equine

09/05/2025

📋 What is a Pre-Purchase Exam (PPE)?

A Pre-Purchase Exam (PPE) is a comprehensive evaluation of a horse’s current health and soundness before you commit to buying.

✅ Benefits of a PPE:
• Informed Decision Making – Know what you’re buying, from health status to potential risks.
• Identify Soundness Concerns – Detection of lameness, musculoskeletal conditions or conformation faults.
• Uncover Unknown Medical Issues – Heart murmurs, dental problems, past injuries, and more.

🐾 What’s Included in a Standard PPE:
• Full physical exam (head to toe)
• Conformation assessment
• Limb palpation and flexion tests
• Gait evaluation on different surfaces
• Hoof exam (including hoof tester evaluation)
• Lameness evaluation
• Optional: radiographs, ultrasound, drug testing (We always pull blood for this regardless just in case), bloodwork (based on intended use & buyer request)

🚨 Why YOU Should Schedule Your Own PPE:
Even if the seller offers a previous PPE or lameness exam and states the horse is “sound,” horses can change day to day. Lameness can be intermittent, issues can develop over time, and vets may have varying findings.

A lameness evaluation’s purpose is to diagnose a specific performance or soundness issue, that focuses on one or more problem areas vs looking at the horse as a whole.

A PPE is your investment , protect it with an independent, unbiased assessment by your own veterinarian.

📞 Ready to Schedule?

Contact Mallo Equine today to book a pre-purchase exam or learn more about what’s best for your situation. We’re here to help you find a horse that’s a perfect fit for your goals and your future. We pride ourselves in thorough pre-purchase exams with a performance horse focus.

09/04/2025

‼️ WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE WEEKEND, PLEASE HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN IN PLACE ‼️

Mallo Equine will be closed starting Friday 09/05/25 at 3PM until Sunday 09/07/25 9PM. We will not be available for emergencies during this time. We kindly remind all clients to have an emergency plan in place for your horses during this time (check your email for more details).

Thank you and we will be back Sunday night to continue serving you and your equine partners! 🐴 ♥️

09/01/2025

📣 LABOR DAY HOURS 📣
Mallo Equine is closed today (Labor Day Monday September 1st).

As always, we remain available for emergencies for established clients- Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, September 2nd.

We hope you and your horses have a safe and enjoyable holiday!! 🐴

08/31/2025

We have service again! Yay!

Thank you!

08/30/2025

Hey all! Phone is not working. Please message Mallo equine on Facebook if you have an emergency. Reminder: we are only seeing emergencies for established clients.

Thank you!

Dr Hames

08/26/2025

Mallo Equine is closed for the remainder of the day because of this glorious engagement! We strive to provide individualized, focused care, but in this instance our attention must be directed elsewhere.

Just kidding. 😉

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the couple captioned a joint post on Instagram announcing the news on Tuesday. https://nyti.ms/4n5x3AQ

08/13/2025

This marks our second year sponsoring the Open & Limited Wrangler Division at the Mille Lacs County Fair Shoot— and watching those kids win their buckles (Some for their very first time!) is the best part of it all. 🐎 ✨

One of our favorite events to sponsor each year! ♥️ We love celebrating the future generation of the horse community and recognizing all their hard work.

Help us congratulate Carsten, the 2025 Open Wrangler Champion and Kyree, the 2025 Limited Wrangler Champion!!!!

07/24/2025

🚨 Mallo Equine will be closed from Thursday July 24th through Monday July 28th at 7AM🚨

We will be unavailable for any emergencies so please have a plan in place if your horse has any medical needs. Jolee will be in the office in case medications need to be picked up for clients.

07/23/2025

We have also had an increase in eye cases! Even if it’s hot or the flies aren’t too bad, please keep the fly mask on! 🙏🙏

07/17/2025

In honor of World Emoji Day…

We want to know- what’s your ride? 🐎

Horses bring us together, but everyone rides differently! Drop your emoji below and tell us what discipline you and your horse do. 👇

My main riding discipline is…

👑Western Pleasure
💨 Barrel Racing/Gaming
💃Dressage
🌲 Trail Riding
🔫 Mounted Shooting
🏃‍♀️Endurance
🐄Cattle Events
🏇 Eventing/Hunter/Jumper
✨ OTHER- TELL US WHAT YOU DO!

Let’s see which style rules the barn aisle- and dont forget to share a pic of your horse doing what they love 📸 🐎

07/12/2025

Resharing!

🔥 Wildfire Smoke & Horse Health 🐴💨

As wildfire season heats up, so does the risk of poor air quality — not just for us, but for our horses too. Smoke from wildfires can irritate a horse's respiratory system and cause fatigue, coughing, difficulty breathing, etc.

You can monitor air quality at www.airnow.gov. During periods of poor air quality, you can protect your horse by:
🐎 Limiting exercise
💧 Providing fresh water
💦 Controlling dust such as watering dry lots and soaking or feeding dust-free hay
🕰 Allowing time for recovery: airway damage from wildfire smoke takes 4 to 6 weeks to heal after air quality returns to normal.