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Glade Valley Equine Dental Services, LLC, Woodsboro, MD (2025)

11/30/2025

We had reschedules for this upcoming Thursday December 4 and Friday December 5- grab ‘em up!

**FILLED** but we have December availability!

11/29/2025

✨ Small Business Saturday ✨

Today is all about celebrating the heart of our communities… the small, hardworking, people-powered businesses that keep things personal, honest, and real.

At Glade Valley Equine Dental Services, we are proudly women-owned, women-operated, and 100% fueled by passion—not corporate backing, not investors, not hidden fees or inflated pricing… just real people doing work we love.

Every appointment booked, every referral shared, every kind word posted about our services directly supports:

• A woman-run business
• The care and well-being of horses in our local communities

There is no corporate greed here—just sweat, heart, and true craftsmanship.

If you value personalized service, transparent pricing, and supporting small local business, we’d be honored to earn your patronage not just today, but all year long.

Thank you for keeping small businesses alive.
Thank you for keeping women-owned businesses thriving.
And thank you for trusting us with your horses. 🐴💛

— Glade Valley Equine Dental Services
Every horse, every year.

11/27/2025

Feeling extra thankful today for every single one of our amazing clients (and their equally amazing horses).

In a job where we regularly end up covered in spit, blood, tooth dust, and a fine mist of mystery goo, you’d think we’d question our life choices… but honestly? We wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Every long day, every wiggly horse, every barn aisle conversation, every “hold on, let me grab a halter real quick”… it all reminds me that I’m living the dream that my horse-crazy little girl self used to pray for.

Thank you for trusting us with your horses’ smiles, for cheering us on, for the referrals, and for making this wild, muddy, tooth-filled career so worth it.
We appreciate you more than words (or our laundry detergent) can handle. 🐴💛

— Grateful, tired, and still horse-obsessed,

Kelsey and Alli

11/26/2025

Proper dental care plays a vital role in your horse’s overall health. Balanced dentistry supports efficient chewing and digestion, helps maintain a healthy body condition, and significantly reduces the risk of issues such as choke and colic. When forage—especially hay—is not adequately chewed, it passes through the digestive system with minimal nutritional benefit. In some cases, poorly chewed hay can form quids, which may increase the risk of choke if swallowed.

Routine dentistry is one of the most effective forms of preventive care. Every horse, every year. A proper float is far more affordable than an emergency call for colic or choke—and it keeps your horse healthier, safer, and more comfortable.

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11/25/2025

📌 A Quick Note About Our Payment Policy

We love working with all of our clients—owners, trainers, and boarding barns—and we want every visit to run smoothly for everyone involved. To help keep things simple and transparent, we just want to gently remind everyone of our payment policy:

Whoever books the appointment is the responsible party for payment.

Because our pricing is fully transparent, many barns and trainers choose to:

• Collect payment from their boarders or clients ahead of time, or
• Pay us directly and then be reimbursed by their boarders, training clients, or owners.

Either option works perfectly—we just ask that the person scheduling the appointment is prepared to handle payment at the time of service.

This policy helps eliminate confusion, ensures accurate scheduling, and allows us to continue providing high-quality, safe dental care for every horse we work with.

We accept cash, check, paypal, venmo and zelle

Thank you all so much for your understanding and continued trust in Glade Valley Equine Dental Services. We truly appreciate you! 🐴🦷🤎

11/24/2025

Have you scheduled for December yet?

11/21/2025

🦷 Important Update on EHV-1 & Our Biosecurity Protocols

With recent concerns surrounding EHV-1, we want to reassure our clients that the health and safety of every horse in our care remains our top priority. While equine dentistry naturally puts us in contact with multiple farms and horses each day, we take biosecurity extremely seriously — always, but especially now.

Here’s what we are doing on our end to minimize risk and maintain the highest standard of cleanliness:

• Thorough Equipment Sanitation
All equipment is scrubbed clean and fully submerged in a chlorhexidine solution between every horse and every stop

• Clothing Changes Between Farms
We change into fresh, clean clothing before stepping onto each new property.

• Boot Disinfection
Our boots are sprayed with disinfectant at every stop.

While these steps significantly reduce the spread of pathogens, no biosecurity method is 100% foolproof. We rely on our clients to partner with us in keeping the equine community safe.

👉 If your horse is showing any signs of illness — fever, nasal discharge, lethargy, cough, or anything that seems “off” — please let us know ahead of time so we can reschedule. Your honesty and caution help protect not only your horse, but every horse we work with.

Thank you for doing your part and for trusting us with your horse’s dental care.
Together, we can help keep our equine community safe, healthy, and thriving

11/19/2025

On my list of things I’m thankful for- for the FIRST time in probably 10 or more years, the answer to this is actually YES since we now have multiple providers 💃🏼

A few stops are open before Christmas- procrastinators, it’s your time to shine

11/18/2025

Just like every horse has an ideal dentist… every dentist has ideal clients, too.

At Glade Valley Equine Dental Services, our ideal clients are the ones who:

✨ Value equine health and performance
You know a horse can’t work its best with a mouth full of issues—just like we can’t run a marathon with a rock in our shoe.

✨ Understand that safety matters
For the horse.
For the handler.
For the dentist (hi, that’s us).
Doing an ideal job requires a still, cooperative horse—not a circus reenactment.

✨ Want quality—not a kidney donation
We’re not out here trying to take your arm, leg, or favorite organ.
We just need to use the best skills, tools, and equipment so your horse gets the best care possible. That’s non-negotiable.

✨ Respect routes & schedules
Last-minute reschedules don’t just affect us—they ripple through the entire route and keep other horses from receiving care.

✨ Know that dental work isn’t a “one and done” thing
Horses need annual or bi-annual care. Their mouths change, grow, shift, and sometimes surprise us.

✨ Love performance horse standards
We especially adore barns where trainers won’t start a horse until their wolf teeth are pulled and their mouth is balanced.
That tells us you’re knowledgeable, ethical, and not trying to train through pain.

✨ Call us first when rescuing a hard-keeper
If your new project horse is ribby and you’re dialing our number before jumping into supplements—you’re our people.

✨ And above all, value loyalty
We love clients who stick with us, trust our process, and know we genuinely care about their horses year after year. Loyalty goes both ways—we pour our hearts into the horses who are in our care

And if you like quirky gals with OCD tendencies who nerd out over teeth, you’ll fit right in with us.
We probably care too much about your horse, take their oral health very personally, and show up prompt, picky, and fully committed to safety and success.

We’re obsessed with precision, safe motorized equipment, and continuing education—for ourselves and for you.

If you want a dental team that’s knowledgeable, slightly nerdy, mildly neurotic, loyal, and wholly dedicated to your horse… we’re your match.

11/15/2025

🎄 DECEMBER dates available🎄 pre-paying for your significant other’s dentals is a great “stocking stuffer” 😊

A friendly reminder to let me know if we will be working outside so that we can plan timing (and how many layers I need) accordingly ❄️

11/11/2025

When did your older horse last have a dental examination?

As winter approaches, and there is less grazing available, it’s really important to address the dental health of your geriatric horses.

Older horses are more susceptible to dental issues due to natural changes in their teeth over time, so regular check ups are so important to ensure their comfort and maximum chewing ability.

Common dental issues found in geriatric horses include: Sharp enamel points, senile diastemata, periodontal disease, wear abnormalities, displaced teeth, mobile teeth, absent teeth, infundibular caries and equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EOTRH).

Equine teeth naturally wear down over their lifetime due to having hypsondont dentition. As the tooth wears apically, the enamel thickness decreases, resulting in a thinner enamel layer on the chewing (occlusal) surface. Another structural change, which affects the upper teeth, involves the infundibula. Infundibula only extend through 80-90% of the reserve crown; over time these infundibulum will wear out. With thinner enamel and worn infundibula, the teeth become more prone to wear, leading to a faster rate of attrition. This results in smoother teeth surfaces, which can reduce the efficiency of chewing hay.
These age-related changes create irregular wear patterns, contributing to uneven crown height and therefore further compromising chewing effectiveness.

Another physiological age related change is the natural tapering of the teeth which will lead to the development of gaps between the teeth which can trap food and lead to periodontal (gum) disease, mobile teeth and even tooth loss. These gaps are called senile diastemata. In cases of senile diastemata, treatment should be on a case by case basis. Early identification and long term management is really important to ensure the comfort of your horse.

If your older horse does have difficulty chewing hay due to compromised grinding surfaces, dietary changes may need to be considered such as switching to fibre mashes to ensure adequate nutritional intake. It’s important to discuss with your EDT or Vet if this is the case.

Horses are known for their stoic nature, which means they often don’t show obvious signs of discomfort until dental issues are advanced. This highlights the importance of frequent dental care, ideally every six months for older horses, to ensure their comfort and identify any problems early to give them the best chance of prolonging their chewing efficiency.

Visit www.baedt.com to find a qualified equine dental technician near you!

11/09/2025

Books are open for December through February, evenings and weekends available!

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