Sandpoint Area Veterinary & Emergency - SAVE

03/02/2025

Thank you so much to all of you who gave up a gorgeous Saturday to come and hang out with us and talk about Equine health topics. A huge shout out to Dr. Jaqueway for not only organizing the event but doing all of the baking for it! We always enjoy the opportunity to engage with our clients and hope you enjoy it as well. If you were there today, comment on something you enjoyed and learned that you didn’t know before!

03/01/2025

Still not sure what to do tomorrow? Come to our client education day at 10am and learn about some interesting topics while snacking on banana bread and lemon pound cake.

02/27/2025

Cabin fever got you down? Come see us this Saturday!

02/25/2025

Just a reminder to come see us this Saturday in Sandpoint! Come learn about Eyes, PPID, Behavior, and Joint injections!

02/14/2025

Our last speaker for our client education day will be Dr. Jenni Grimmett. Dr. Grimmett will be talking about behavior and ways to help modify your horse's behavior so everyone can have a more enjoyable vet visit. Come join us March 1 at 10am at our office at 1636 Baldy Park drive.

02/10/2025

Our third speaker for our client education day is Dr. Eli Paros. Dr. Paros will be speaking about equine eye diseases. Our client education day is March 1, 10am at our office on Baldy park drive in Sandpoint. See our event page for more information!

02/05/2025

Do you have a mare that is due to foal soon? Join AAEP as they discuss foaling season in a webinar covering the basics of foaling, including how to create a foaling kit that can be kept stall-side, the timeline of parturition, the newborn foal examination, and some common foal abnormalities to help owners recognize when prompt veterinary intervention is required. The webinar is free but registration is required; a recording will be available for those who can’t attend the live event. The webinar will be Feb. 12 at 5pm PST

02/03/2025

Do you have colostrum available for newborns? Is there a difference between types of store-bought colostrum and milk replacers? What is the point of colostrum? Colostrum is “the first” milk that most mammals produce when they are giving birth. This milk is packed with antibodies and energy. This milk is normally thicker and usually has a yellow/off white color to it. Colostrum is important because when animals are born, they do not have a fully developed immune system and get some protection from the colostrum. When animals are born, they absorb the colostrum which includes all the antibodies, and they have 24 hour window to do it with the first 12 hours being the best time. In horses, we measure an IgG. Foals that don’t get enough colostrum have the ability to get plasma intravenously if their IgG level is too low. Unfortunately, ruminants don’t have the ability to get plasma if they miss the window. This is why it is important for them to nurse within a few hours of being born.
When making sure you have all your birthing things, one suggestion is to have colostrum or milk replacer on hand. When trying to decide what product to get, consider the label. A “milk” replacer compared to a “colostrum” replacer could have some significant differences when it comes to the nutrition it provides as well as any immunoglobulins. Another consideration is the species that it covers. Something designed for a specific species (sheep and goats vs cattle or horses) might be better suited for those specific animals compared to a general milk replacer designed for all animals. Products labeled “Bovine IgG” should have actual bovine immunoglobulins in them. In most cases, you can milk the colostrum from mom to give to the newborns if they are having issues. In cases where that might not be possible, it might be handy to have a form of colostrum available. If you have a animal with an abundance of colostrum (or lost babies), you can milk some out and freeze it to save for another situation (to use frozen colostrum, warm it up using hot water baths).
When making up the solutions, it is important to follow directions because it will ensure that they get what the label says they're suppose to get.

01/31/2025

Our next featured speaker is Dr. Celeste Grace. Dr Grace will be speaking about joint injections that could be beneficial to your equine athlete. Dr. Grace will cover a variety of options including Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) which might becoming to SAVE in the near future. Join us March 1st at 10 am in our Baldy Park office to learn more.

01/29/2025

01/27/2025

Do you have your supplies ready? Also don’t forget to include your veterinarian’s number. If you are comfortable pulling animals, lubrication and chains could be added to the list if you are comfortable.

01/24/2025

First up for our speakers for our client education day is Dr. Katelyn Jaqueway. Dr. Jaqueway will be speaking about Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) or more commonly known as Cushings disease. You will learn about the how's, whys, and what to do about it. Dr. Jaqueway is originally from NY where her own PPID miniature horse resides with her parents. Come to our client education day March 1st, at 10 am at our office on Baldy Park road to learn about Cushings disease and how you can help your horse.

01/22/2025

Just a friendly reminder that while lambing/kidding season is almost underway, we are available for emergencies including dystocias. Call 208 946 1998 and use extension 0 if you are having any kidding or lambing problems.

01/20/2025

While spring seems like a dream, it's just around the corner. Here at SAVE, we will be spending most of our spring with baby animals and getting horses ready for the summer season. Now would be a great time to organize any barn days. If you have 10 or more horses that need vaccines, coggins (EIA test), passports, floats or any other work, you might be able to wave the ranch call if all 10 horses are at the same place. If organizing a barn day, we ask that you please have an approximate number of horses and what services you might need at that time when making the appointment so we can ensure proper scheduling. While we can't wave the fee unless we get 10 or more horses, we are willing to split fees if you and a friend want to haul to each others house. So if you and a friend both live in Usk but live 10 miles down the road from each other, instead of each paying a ranch call, the ranch call would be split between the two if both of you are at the same location. Saturdays are possible but limited.