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Valley Veterinary Services Inc. We offer both mobile and in clinic Veterinary Services, from exotics, small animals to livestock and horses!

Call or text today at (559) 942-1101 to schedule your appointment!

🐴💡 HORSE BREEDERS — IT’S TIME TO PUT THOSE MARES UNDER LIGHTS! 💡🐴If you’re hoping for EARLY 2027 breeding dates, your ma...
10/13/2026

🐴💡 HORSE BREEDERS — IT’S TIME TO PUT THOSE MARES UNDER LIGHTS! 💡🐴

If you’re hoping for EARLY 2027 breeding dates, your mare should be under lights ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 1ST!

Mares are seasonally polyestrous, meaning their reproductive cycles are strongly influenced by the length of daylight. During the shorter days of fall and winter, many mares enter a period of reproductive inactivity or transition.

By artificially extending the hours of “daylight,” we can help stimulate the mare’s reproductive system and encourage her to begin cycling earlier in the breeding season.

☀️ OUR RECOMMENDED LIGHTING SCHEDULE:
4:00 PM – 11:00 PM EVERY SINGLE DAY

Consistency is extremely important! The goal is to create a reliably extended photoperiod every day—not just turn the lights on occasionally.

💡 YOUR ENTIRE ENCLOSURE NEEDS TO BE WELL LIT!

If your mare is housed in a:
• Barn stall
• Stall with a run
• Pen
• Covered enclosure

…the ENTIRE area she has access to should be adequately illuminated.

A good practical rule: After dark, you should be able to comfortably read a newspaper in ANY part of her enclosure.

Dark corners matter! Your mare should NOT be able to “get away from” the lighted area between 4 PM and 11 PM. If she can stand in a dark run, corner, shelter, or other portion of her enclosure for extended periods, you may not achieve the consistent photoperiod you are trying to create.

For best results, evaluate the enclosure after it is completely dark. Walk through the stall, run, and pen and make sure the lighting is adequate throughout the entire space.

🐴 ANOTHER OPTION: EQUILUME MASKS

An Equilume Mask can provide an alternative to traditional barn lighting by delivering targeted blue light to the mare. This can be especially useful for mares living outside, mares without access to adequately lighted stalls, or management situations where maintaining whole-enclosure lighting is difficult.

🌟 WHY PUT YOUR MARE UNDER LIGHTS?

An appropriately managed lighting program can help:

✓ Encourage mares to begin cycling earlier
✓ Shorten the winter reproductive transition period
✓ Promote more regular estrous cycles earlier in the year
✓ Improve the likelihood of having a mare ready to breed early in the season
✓ Allow better planning for ovulation, breeding and artificial insemination
✓ Assist with scheduling embryo transfer, OPU and ICSI programs
✓ Increase your opportunity for an early 2027 pregnancy and an early 2028 foal

⚠️ DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOU WANT TO BREED TO START LIGHTS!

The reproductive system needs time to respond to the increased photoperiod. Starting on or before November 1st gives your mare time to transition toward normal reproductive activity before those early breeding dates arrive.

🍼 WANT A JANUARY FOAL? PLAN AHEAD!

If your goal is a January foal, we recommend scheduling a Breeding Soundness Examination in early to mid-January.

Depending on the mare and her reproductive history, we may also recommend a uterine culture +/- additional reproductive diagnostics.

This gives us an opportunity to determine whether:

✓ Your mare is actively cycling
✓ Her ovaries and reproductive tract are progressing appropriately
✓ Her uterus appears healthy and ready to receive a pregnancy
✓ Additional treatment or reproductive management is needed before valuable breeding time is lost

The goal isn’t simply to get your mare pregnant—it’s to establish the healthiest pregnancy possible and ultimately produce a healthy mare and foal. ❤️🐴

📅 NOVEMBER 1ST IS COMING!

If early breeding is part of your 2027 program, NOW is the time to get those lights and timers set up or get your Equilume Mask ready!

Valley Veterinary Services Inc.
📞 (559) 942-1101
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From House Pets to High Performance Horses — Delivering Advanced Equine Reproduction and Total Veterinary Care!

🚨 NEW SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE AT VALLEY VETERINARY SERVICES INC! 🚨We’re excited to announce that SHOCKWAVE THERAPY is now ...
10/10/2026

🚨 NEW SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE AT VALLEY VETERINARY SERVICES INC! 🚨

We’re excited to announce that SHOCKWAVE THERAPY is now available as another advanced treatment option for our mixed-animal patients! 🐴🐶🐱🐮🐐🐑

What is Shockwave Therapy?
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) is a non-invasive regenerative treatment that delivers focused acoustic energy to injured or painful tissues. It can help stimulate the body’s natural healing response, improve local blood flow, reduce pain, and promote tissue repair.

⚡ Potential benefits include:

* Promotes healing of tendons, ligaments, muscles, and bone
* Helps reduce pain and inflammation
* Stimulates circulation and tissue regeneration
* May improve mobility and comfort
* Can support recovery from orthopedic injuries
* May help chronic injuries that have been slow to heal
* Non-surgical and minimally invasive

🐴 HORSES

Shockwave therapy has extensive applications in equine sports medicine and rehabilitation, including tendon and ligament injuries, suspensory injuries, back pain, arthritis, navicular-region pain, chronic lameness, muscle soreness, bone injuries/non-unions, and selected post-surgical rehabilitation cases.

🐶 DOGS

Shockwave may be incorporated into treatment plans for osteoarthritis, chronic orthopedic pain, tendon and ligament injuries, selected CCL-related conditions, hip and elbow disease, muscle injuries, delayed bone healing, and rehabilitation following orthopedic procedures.

🐱 CATS

For appropriately selected feline patients, shockwave may be useful as part of a multimodal treatment plan for arthritis, chronic musculoskeletal pain, soft-tissue injuries, and selected difficult-to-heal wounds.

🐮🐐🐑 LIVESTOCK & SMALL RUMINANTS

Shockwave therapy can also have applications in our production and livestock patients, including lameness, tendon and ligament injuries, joint-associated pain, soft-tissue injuries, chronic wounds, and selected orthopedic or post-surgical cases.

Because every injury and patient is different, shockwave therapy is not a one-size-fits-all treatment. Our veterinarians will determine whether shockwave is appropriate, the treatment area, energy settings, and recommended number of sessions based on the individual patient and diagnosis.

❤️ From house pets to performance horses and livestock, we’re continuing to expand the advanced treatment options available right here at Valley Veterinary Services!

📞 Call us to ask whether Shockwave Therapy may be appropriate for your animal or to schedule an evaluation and consultation:

(559) 942-1101

Valley Veterinary Services Inc.
From House Pets to High Performance Horses — Delivering Advanced Equine Reproduction and Total Veterinary Care!

10/08/2026

🍂 Crisp mornings are a sure sign that fall is here, and it's time to start checking items off your horse care to-do list! 🍂

Our Fall Care Checklist covers some of the essentials, and here's a little more on why each one matters:

💉 Fall vaccinations: Vaccine recommendations vary by location and individual horse, so talk with your veterinarian about what your horse needs this season.

🪱 Parasite control: Parasite risks and the best deworming approach differ depending on where you live. Your veterinarian can help you design a program that fits your horse and your region.

⚖️ Evaluate body condition: Thick winter coats can hide weight changes, so use your hands as well as your eyes. Assess condition now so you can plan any changes to your winter feeding program ahead of time.

🦷 Dental care: Good teeth help your horse chew and make the most of forage, which becomes even more important when pasture quality drops. Regular exams with your veterinarian are key.

🩹 Check your first aid kit: Replace anything expired, restock supplies you've used, and make sure your veterinarian's number is easy to find. A routine check now means you're ready when you need it.

❄️ Colic prevention: Cold weather can change how much your horse drinks and eats. Watch closely for changes in appetite and water intake, and call your veterinarian if something seems off.

And the to-do list doesn't end there! Don't forget to:

🧥 Repair and waterproof your horse's rugs: Fix tears, replace worn straps, and re-waterproof now so they're ready before the first cold, wet day.

🌾 Secure and store your hay properly: Keep it dry, covered, and off the ground with good airflow to help prevent mold and spoilage.

🏠 Assess your shelters for safety and soundness: Look for loose boards, protruding nails, roof leaks, and drainage trouble spots so your horses stay protected all winter long.

Not sure where to start? Your veterinarian can help you build a fall care plan tailored to your horse. 🩺

Save this post for later and share it with a fellow horse owner! 💙🧡

10/08/2026

When something feels wrong with your dog, trusting your instincts can make all the difference. You know their normal behavior, and even a small change can be worth bringing to your veterinarian’s attention. It may turn out to be nothing serious, but getting reassurance is always better than wishing you had acted sooner. Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is make that call.

09/29/2026

Start prepping NOW for 2027 Horse Breeding Season!

09/26/2026

This is not something we would normally do but in light of the recent loss of life in our vet world I feel it is pertinent to share why su***de is so high in our industry.

We're told to let it go and not let the hurtful and inconsiderate comments bother you while still putting yourself out there to provide life saving care for people's livelihood and family, but sometimes they hit a nerve. And sometimes this needs to be said; at some point we have ourselves, our families and our own animals that need to be looked after.

This person didn't realize that Dr Victor hadn't been home yet that day. We had emergent and urgent cases on top of the already fully booked schedule. Multiple surgeries to perform, a completely double booked afternoon. He hasn't been able to take an actual lunchbreak this week (maybe in the last month), then left at the end of most people's day to go preg check a herd of cattle. When he received a phone call for this urgent care case, he stopped on his way by home to finish helping with his own chores so he could focus on the impending surgery to provide care for a patient he had never seen before and knew he would be there until well after midnight. So because of that, the patient had to wait. 15 minutes.

Please be patient. Please give our team respect and decency. We are all people and we're are trying our best to care for our clients. Plus the clients of all the other practices who choose not to provide these critical services to their own clients, forcing others like us to do so. We love what we do and our purpose in life is to help our clients through caring for their pets and livestock.

Don't be the reason someone closes their doors to offering emergency services in your town. Don't let it be ok for another aspiring vet to take their own life because of comments like these. We are all a team in your animal's health and care. We need you to be our team mate. Please thank your vet care team for everything they have given up in their life today to help look after your animals.

UPDATE: The review has now been removed and client has sincerely apologized. 🙏🏻

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