December Case of the Month: A Christmas Miracle! Sandy, a spirited Thoroughbred, decided to kick up his heals during our Christmas snowfall and caught himself in every horse owner’s worst nightmare. The terrified owner witnessed him rear up over...
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November Case of the Month: Peroneus Tear Fancy came in from her paddock with a hind limb lameness. Her owner noticed a little bit of heat above her hock but no obvious swelling. The most unique finding was that when her owner picked up her hind...
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September Case of the Month: Breeding Season! As breeding season has come to a close for another year, we wanted to take an opportunity to congratulate and brag on our expecting mares from this season. Cedar Vista Stables Cedar Vista Stables...
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July Case of the Month: An Odd Swelling This summer our patient “Jenga” developed an odd swelling of his upper inner hindlimb with an associated lameness, but no visible wound. At that time, it seemed like Jenga had strained the muscles of his...
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June Case of the Month: A Sideways Problem Roger was a 27 year old Tb gelding that developed acute, progressive hind end instability over several days. He was first noted to seem more stiff in his hind end than usual and was placing his hind...
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May Case of the Month: An Unexpected Happy Surprise! Inara is a 4-year-old Andalusian mare who was bought by her current owner this past fall. She bought her as a project horse and has been putting lots of work into her training through the fall...
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April Case of the Month: Spring Vaccines and their Reactions Lucy is an 8 year old warmblood mare who the owner recently purchased as a dressage prospect. Lucy came from a training barn in Alberta where she was vaccinated and dewormed last year...
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March Case of the Month: Veterinarian & Farrier Teamwork Brian is a 12 year old draft gelding who presented for an intermittent non-weight bearing lameness on the left hind limb. Lameness exam revealed that Brian was remarkably sound in a...
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February Case of the Month: Gastroscopy Explained So, you’re concerned your horse may have gastric ulcers; maybe he’s been a bit colicky lately after eating his grain, or he’s started making angry faces when you tighten his girth, or he kicks...
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January Case of the Month: A Donkey Feature! This case of the month is more a “featured patients of the month” than a specific case. We wanted to highlight two of Dr. McDonald’s regular spinal manipulation patients: miniature donkeys Libella and...
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