The Equine Lameness Center

11/05/2024

🌟 Joint Injection Questions 🌟

How long are your horse’s joint injections lasting?

Have you tried Noltrex to extend the time in between them?

10/25/2024

💥💥 Huge congratulations to our sponsored rider Wesley Thorp Professional Team Roper and to his talented partner T Wade! These guys make it look so easy on these fantastic horses!

10/21/2024

🌟Acute Lameness 🌟

This patient was found acutely lame, the owner administered an NSAID and made an appointment.

Upon examination, this patient was a grade 4/5 lame, had an increased digital pulse and heat appreciated between the heel bulbs.

What do you think is going on? See pic 📸

Radiographs and a diagnostic block were offered.

A few days later, this patient became significantly more sound and comfortable.

This patient is expected to make a full recovery.

10/17/2024

🌟 Happy Vet Tech Week 🌟

Today’s spotlight is on Andrea!

Caring for horses to kids, she rolls with whatever walks through our clinic! We are incredibly fortunate to have Andrea at TEqLC, we can always count on her to bring positive energy to our work family ❤️. If you see her this week make sure you thank her!

10/06/2024

🌟Be the Person You Once Needed 🌟

Yesterday, Dr. Hamilton joined a few of her colleagues in a panel discussion for veterinary students! Veterinarians encouraging and teaching (V.E.T.) hosted “Pathways To Success,” where students from 5 different veterinary schools had the opportunity to ask questions about pursuing a career as an equine practitioner.

This event was an incredible opportunity for students to get real advice from people in the industry with diverse backgrounds. A special thank you to everyone involved who put this event on, it’s important for the future of our industry ❤️.

At this time, equine veterinarians are getting harder to come by, and it is imperative to reinforce you can have student loans, you can pay them off, you can start your own practice, have a family and be super happy with equine practice.

09/30/2024

We love sponsoring the breakaway roping at the CCPRCA rodeo but we also love to help support the amazing flag team! These women put in hours every night at the performances in addition to attending the parade!

We want to a say a special thank you to our clients & friends, without your business we would not be able to donate to these events and groups!

We appreciate each one of you and we look forward to being able to sponsor more events in the future ❤️.

The 2024 Cowboy Capital Pro Rodeo is officially over! There will be a ton of pictures that we will be posting after we all recover a little, but I wanted to give a special thanks to Jessica Hamilton with the Equine Lameness Center. Year after year Jessica not only is there for our horses, but she makes sure that all of our girls are taken care of!

Only 363 more days until our 2025 rodeo!😁

09/28/2024

🌟 Stephenville PRCA Rodeo 🌟

It’s rodeo time!!!!

TEqLC is proud to be the Breakaway Roping Sponsor for rodeo 🔥 and the official veterinarian for Friday & Saturday’s Performance!

Thankful for the beautiful ladies of the and especially for carrying TEqLC’s flag!

Let’s Rodeo!

09/26/2024

🌟 Name This Condition 🌟

6 months ago this patient had an accident involving falling on the left shoulder.

Immediately after getting up this patient had instability of the shoulder.

(Advanced Quiz Below) ⬇️

This patient has damaged the _________ nerve.

This patient had complete atrophy of the ________ and __________ muscles within 7 days.

The pic is 6 months from injury. This patient is sound and will go back to work. The muscles may never return back to normal but time will tell.

Can you name the condition described above?

Bonus: This patient has had multiple adjustments and acupuncture after radiographs and ultrasound of course 🙂.

09/17/2024

🌟Name This Condition 🌟

The soft, mobile, swollen area is located caudal to the elbow.

The swelling is due to trauma (front shoes hitting the elbow when lying down or lack of adequate bedding, etc..).

Treatment is varied.

Sometimes treatment can be as simple as removing front shoes, adding more bedding, an injection to remove the fluid, injecting steroids, having the horse wear a boot or even surgery.

📸 Check it out 👀 this is what we removed before injecting this area! Approximately 30mls of fluid was removed!

Can you name this condition?

09/10/2024

🌟 Quiz Time 🌟

What part of the Equine Spine is pictured ⬇️ ?

A. Cervical
B. Thoracic
C. Lumbar
D. Coccygeal

Bonus: normal or abnormal radiographic findings?

Answers will be posted later in comments 🙂

09/02/2024

🌟 Saying Goodbye 🌟

Euthanasia Means “Good Death.”

Euthanasia is the act of ending an animals life painlessly and mercifully.

Euthanasia may mean good death but it can feel terrible for the individual having to make the decision for the animal.

It’s an easy process most of the time. In our practice, anesthesia is Induced then the euthanasia solution is administered. It’s quick, easy and truly a beautiful gift you can give your animal when the time is right.

What’s not easy are the feelings of extreme guilt which can come later. Did I make the right decision? Could something have been done differently? Is there any other option?

These questions may arise and it’s best to know you are making the best decision for your animal and for you.

A few guidelines I use are:
1. Is the animal able to eat/drink on their own?
2. Is the animal able to urinate and defecate with out assistance?
3. Is the animal chronically lame and/or in pain?
4. Does the animal have a disease or condition that is incurable?
5. Is the animal generally happy?

Euthanasia may mean “Good Death,” but it also needs to feel like a “Good Death.”

Celebrate the animal and try to see how much your life was improved by loving something that depended on you. My heart breaks for any person having to have this internal debate. Making a choice for your animal is hard but allowing your animal to have a “good death,” is a beautiful gift.

📸 Before we induce anesthesia for euthanasia we try to offer a last meal or feed extra treats 🤍. It’s important to us to show kindness to the animal we are helping.

This job is hard and coming back to an empty stall over a horse we treated and prayed for is also hard but sometimes doing the hard thing is what is best for the animal.

Sending 🤍 to anyone who has had to make this decision.

08/28/2024

🌟 Iron Sharpens Iron 🌟

Dr. Heather came to TEqLC today to get some hands on practice thanks to a few of our wonderful clients and their equine athletes! Dr. Heather is a veterinarian who has successfully completed the animal chiropractic course and will take the AVCA exam this September! We wish Dr. Heather the very best 🤍 and thanks again to everyone who participated in todays activities!

08/25/2024

🥳Happy Birthday Andrea 🥳

TEqLC wants to wish Andrea the best year yet!!! We love you and appreciate you!!

08/23/2024

🚨Eye Issues 🚨

Did you know……an eye issue should be treated like an emergency?!

Check out this picture 📸 , we have applied stain to see if there is any uptake. Can you see the green dye? These areas are where the superficial corneal ulcers are. This owner noticed some eyelid swelling and called us out asap.

This patient is expected to make a full recovery.

08/02/2024

🌟Horse Doctor Meeting 🌟

Excited to meet up with colleagues, see what’s new in equine med and catch up with old friends!

07/29/2024

🌟Chiropractic or Horse Hug 🌟

You can be the judge! Remember to get those equine athletes adjusted! Happy Monday friends!

07/23/2024

🌟 HIVES 🌟

This patient was found as pictured coming out of the pasture…we are unsure what exactly occurred, however this is a hypersensitivity reaction .

For this reason, it is important to have a relationship with a veterinarian to call and consult, especially with emergencies.

This specific patient was rinsed off and received a dose of steroids and has since made a full recovery.

07/15/2024

🌟Animal Chiro Class of 2024 🌟

Congratulations to Animal Chiropractic class of 2024!!

What an incredible weekend it was teaching and testing students from all over the world! These new animal chiropractors have endured months of training and testing and yesterday they graduated!!!

Teaching was never on my radar but it has been something I really enjoy and appreciate being around these talented individuals. Congrats to all ❤️!
Question: How can I become an Animal Chiropractor?

Answer: To be a Student in this program you have to be a Veterinarian or Human Chiropractor.

Question: The person who adjusts my horse is an animal chiropractor and is NOT a doctor, how can I be like them?

Answer:
Anyone claiming to be an Animal Chiro or who “adjusts” horses who is NOT a Vet or Human DC is illegally working on animals. You do not want to be like them.

Question:
Why does this happen?

Answer:
These individuals have no license, they have no liability insurance, and they are probably less expensive then a trained Veterinarian or Human Chiropractor. Unfortunately, these people still advertise they “adjust” horses, are equine “chiropractors,” and will continue to adjust because many horse owners do not know the laws. This is happening all over Texas. The only way to prevent an untrained individual working on your equine athlete is to educate yourself on who is working on your horse and what credentials they have.

Education is key to positive change, and I am grateful to be one of the Equine Chiro Lab Instructors for this years talented group of DVM’s & D.C.’s.

07/15/2024

Radar ❤️🐴🌟

07/15/2024

We like to watch Radar 🐴 work!

07/12/2024

Way to go Thorp & T Wade! 🔥

07/11/2024

🌟Over-reaching Remedies 101 🌟

Have you ever had your equine athlete over-reach? If so, it can be a painful time for them and they may need a little time off depending on the severity and lameness.

A few helpful tips to consider:

🌟 soaking the foot in water and epsoms salt can be helpful to keep the area clean (usually soak once daily 20 min for 3-7 days)
🌟applying Zinc Oxide is a good way to keep the area moistened and protected from the sun, it also serves as a nice layer to keep flys away (apply fly spray over the zinc for added protection)
🌟 turn out boots may be used
🌟keeping a good farrier schedule for your athlete is also important

It is always best to consult with your veterinarian on the best treatment plan for your equine athlete.

07/08/2024

🌟 Puncture Wound Complications 🌟

This patient had a history of a puncture wound a few months prior to these photos. The wound did not heal completely and there was a noticeable firm mass starting to form where the puncture wound was.

After an ultrasound exam revealed dense tissue with a fluid pocket, the mass was removed.

Checkout the 1st pic, why did we need to place a drain? Anyone know or want to guess?

Pic 2 is of the tissue removed and 3 is highlighting the pus pocket opened after removing the scar tissue.

This patient is expected to make a full recovery.

07/01/2024

🌟Animal Chiropractic Program🌟

Check out what Animal Chiropractic Program “docs in animal chiro training,” did this weekend 📸!

Doctors were tested on material from the last 3 months via a written/lab practical and learned some new adjusting techniques this weekend.

A few questions and comments addressed ⬇️ from previous post:

Question: How can I become an Animal Chiropractor?

Answer: To be a Student in this program you have to be a Veterinarian or Human Chiropractor.

Question: The person who adjusts my horse is an animal chiropractor and is NOT a doctor, how can I be like them?

Answer:
Anyone claiming to be an Animal Chiro or who “adjusts” horses who is NOT a Vet or Human DC is illegally working on animals. You do not want to be like them.

Question:
Why does this happen?

Answer:
These individuals have no license, they have no liability insurance, and they are probably less expensive then a trained Veterinarian or Human Chiropractor. Unfortunately, these people still advertise they “adjust” horses, are equine “chiropractors,” and will continue to adjust because many horse owners do not know the laws. This is happening all over Texas. The only way to prevent an untrained individual working on your equine athlete is to educate yourself on who is working on your horse and what credentials they have.

Education is key to positive change, and I am grateful to be one of the Equine Chiro Lab Instructors for this years talented group of DVM’s & D.C.’s.

06/25/2024

🌟Blind Wolf Tooth 🌟

Check out the bump on the side (of the bar) of the mouth. This is not your typical location for a wolf tooth but it’s good to check the bars of the mouth for these.

This patient has been elevating the head when leaving the box. The bit is putting pressure on this blind wolf tooth.

Stay tuned for the treatment and follow up on this case!