Trailmark Equine Clinic

22/04/2024

Congratulations Lauren Love and Chexi Chic!

07/03/2024

19/10/2023

We love helping celebrate our client’s successes.

Thank you Cory Fuesz and Heather Huntington Fuesz for sharing this video of Cash and Banjo!

CONGRATULATIONS and keep up the good work!

19/10/2023

We love helping celebrate our client’s successes.

Thank you Cory Fuesz and Heather Huntington Fuesz for sharing these images of Cash and Banjo!

CONGRATULATIONS and keep up the good work!

08/10/2023

Trailmark recently welcomed back innovator and mentor, Dr. Per Spångfors, for another week of development and collaboration.

Dr. Spangfors and Dr. Devon Livingston were able to focus on several areas of interest, including:

🔹axial dysfunction and treatment
🔹 compressive carpal canal disease
🔹advanced doppler applications
🔹biomechanics of motion compensation patterns
🔹optimal nutritional parameters for performance

Dr. Spangfors pioneered the utilization of the treadmill to standardize equine gait evaluation and began optimizing techniques for musculoskeletal ultrasonography in equine sports medicine practice as early as 1994.

Dr. Spangfors has charted gait deviation patterns in over 50,000 horses and trained equine veterinarians across Sweden, Italy, United Arab Emirates and the United States, including Dr. Devon Livingston.

Dr Spangfors continues to be an important consultant at Trailmark Equine Clinic.

06/10/2023

Marked slab pattern demineralization and stress fracturing in the front knee (third carpal bone) of a 3 year reining futurity prospect.

Mare was sound on presentation but struggling to stop compared to previous effort and form.

Before (right) and after (left) 4 days treatment in house with nearly normalized mineralization (bone density).

Front knee problems are common in all disciplines and stress fractures are a major cause of poor performance in the absence of gradeable or noticeable lamenesss.

24/05/2023

Thank you Colin Fitzpatrick Performance Horses

23/02/2023

Ask about our new gear!

21/02/2023

Thank you to Dr. Per Spangfors of Euro-Vets in Halmstad, Sweden for a great week of collaboration and development.

Dr. Spangfors pioneered the utilization of the treadmill to standardize equine gait evaluation and began optimizing techniques for musculoskeletal ultrasonography in equine sports medicine practice as early as 1994.

Dr. Spangfors has charted gait deviation patterns in over 50,000 horses and trained equine veterinarians across Sweden, Italy, United Arab Emirates and the United States, including Dr. Devon Livingston.

Dr Spangfors continues to be an important consultant at Trailmark Equine Clinic.

17/02/2023

Happy Friday from our happy patient, Happy himself 😋

Happy arrived for a pre-season check up. We are sure he appreciates his proactive owners.

22/12/2022

Please note that our office is closed for the holidays until January 4. All calls, texts and emails will be answered at that time.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all our friends and clients! We look forwards to continuing to serve you in 2023!

20/12/2022

To all who feed alfalfa cubes, please be advised on a dangerous current recall for Top of the Rockies alfalfa cubes:

FDA, in cooperation with state departments of agriculture in CO, LA, NM, and TX, is investigating cases of illness and death in horses.

08/11/2022

Thank you, Colin Fitzpatrick Performance Horses!

23/10/2022

Great job, Nicole!

Nicole works part time in our office during the week and has been an integral part of the Trailmark team for several years now. We are so excited to share in the success of this talented duo!!! Great job! Well deserved Remi Martin!

WOW! LOVE this horse!! ❤️❤️🦄
US NATIONAL CHAMPION HA JR REINING & US NATIONAL CHAMPION HA REINING FUTURITY 😁😁😁

01/07/2022

Congratulations Angela Eubank and Banksy, you guys look amazing!

“Dr. Livingston and crew,

I just wanted to send a note thanking y’all for being so amazing to work with. Banksy is feeling better than he ever has and I am so excited to confidently start moving him up the levels with peace of mind knowing he is comfortable and continuing to get stronger. I really appreciate you all and thank you for always being so kind and fun when we come for our visits! It makes the 3 hr drive worth it!

I wanted to send some pics of Banks at our last show a couple weeks ago. Please feel free to put him on your wall of healthy and happy horses you have helped! We will see you all again in the future.“

12/06/2022

Happy birthday to our girl, April Bruneau! We hope you have a very special day!!!

12/04/2022

We are hiring!

Trailmark Equine Clinic is looking for a self-motivated team player interested in a full or part time position as a veterinarian assistant and rehabilitative technician.

Candidate should have plenty of experience handling horses, including young stallions.

Assistants are required to handle, lift and hold multiple legs per day, which can be very physically demanding at times.

Previous experience in a veterinary clinic is not required.

Strong work ethic and positive mindset is a must.

Please send resumes to [email protected]

21/03/2022

all creatures great and small… happy 💕

03/03/2022

Aberrant blood vessels (red arrows) in a middle patellar ligament of a stifle compared to normal signal surrounding an incidental finding on routine ultrasound screen.

MFI is a type of doppler study that highlights abnormal vessel patterns that accompany inflammation and injury.

22/02/2022

Very common presentation of front knee pain in reiners. The video illustrates a painful right forelimb, which the horse protects by changing leads before going to the ground.

Horses may also become rough or proppy on the forehand, lean away from the pain, or quit stopping all together.

Radiographs illustrate bilateral hairline fractures in the front knees of a reiner exhibiting the above behavior that failed to resolve after joint injections alone.

Both horses recovered fully with appropriate treatment.

17/02/2022

Before (top) and after (bottom) treatment with smart RLT laser of severe carpal (front knee) tendon sheath fibrosis after major bleed.

29/01/2022

Thank you to the Tex Cauthen group for organizing a great seminar last week! For anyone interested, presentations will be available to view at the link below.

The treadmill we presented is manufactured by SÄTO Equine Treadmill.

https://gluck.ca.uky.edu/2022-cauthen

18/01/2022

Intra-articular debris of an elbow joint in a reining horse during routine screen.

Elbow health is especially important in the reiner, cow horse and barrel horse, since repetitive schooling in the turn around, roll backs and around barrels can place excessive stress on this joint and supporting structures.

Elbows should be routinely screened because elbow problems do not cause appreciable lameness until severe damage or dysfunction is already present.

16/01/2022

We are very excited and honored to be a part of this year’s Tex Cauthen Research Seminar in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Devon will be introducing dynamic evaluation of the equine hindlimb on a treadmill.

We look forward to sharing our unique perspective on soundness evaluations and networking with a talented group of vets and farriers.

Presentations will be available on Gluk University website after the meeting.

14/01/2022

Happy new year to all of our clients, friends and trainers!

2021 brought many exciting changes, most notably growing our in house rehabilitation services. Check out our website for more information on our Piezowave 2 shockwave, RLT regenerative laser and Horse Gym cold salt water spa and WALK treadmill at www.trailmarkvet.com.

Additionally into 2022, we will continue to limit the scope of our practice to in house equine lameness and sports medicine only. This allows us to provide care for the most patients at the highest level that our clients have come to expect. For other recommendations including ambulatory and emergency services, give us a call!

We look forward to continuing partnering with our owners and trainers as part of their soundness team into the new year. Happy 2022 🎉

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