Colic is the leading cause of premature death in domesticated horses. The reasons horses colic vary, including diet, activity, dehydration, exposure to toxins, emotional distress and the list goes on and on. The severity of colic can be as simple as minor digestive upset to severe digestive upset requiring surgery, and the most severe causing death. One major reason the early onset of digestive upset is not usually as serious in dogs, cats and humans, is that they all have wh

No horse owner wants to deal with a horse that has colic, but it will invariably happen to us all if we’re around horses long enough! Colic is one of the most serious health issues that can happen in horses and is life threatening! Treatment can be very expensive if the horse requires additional care off the farm at an equine veterinary clinic. This sometimes includes IV fluid therapy and an ICU stay at an equine vet clinic or surgery to resolve a displacement, impaction or d

Many people are not familiar with the benefits that body work can have on an animal and rarely think their dog needs work if it is not in pain.  They are often surprised when after examination I find a slew of issues on a dog they consider ‘normal’.  In my practice and just wondering around in life I see very few dogs (or people ) that I consider to be normal or without some sort of structural limitation that is keeping them from being their best.  In general what we accept i