San Luis Obispo Equine Medical Center

San Luis Obispo Equine Medical Center San Luis Obispo Equine is a full service equine veterinary hospital providing in-hospital and ambulatory services. Emergency services available 24/7!

Our hospital is prepared and equipped to service any equine medical need. Whether it be emergency, diagnostic, neonatal, preventative, rehabilitative or reproductive care, we are available to meet your horseโ€™s needs. Our facility includes a full surgical suite, recovery room, intensive care stalls, breeding shed with a reproduction lab, nuclear scintigraphy suite, and a high speed treadmill. The E

quine Center also provides on-site farm call (ambulatory) service, making us uniquely equipped to serve all of your horsesโ€™ needs. For basic health care we offer specific vaccine protocols, deworming programs and nutritional advice for the individual horse or large farm. For emergencies, there is always a veterinarian on call for TEC Established Clients; 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 805-541-6367

๐ŸŽ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ (๐๐๐ˆ๐ƒ) ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐š๐ญ?When most owners think of Cushing's (PPID) ...
09/09/2026

๐ŸŽ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ (๐๐๐ˆ๐ƒ) ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐š๐ญ?
When most owners think of Cushing's (PPID) in horses, they think of a long, dull haircoat, that doesnโ€™t shed well, as the key sign. While this is a strong indicator that your horse should be tested, this is unfortunately a sign of more advanced disease. Some other signs you might see are:
โœ… ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ
โœ… ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
โœ… ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†
โœ… ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€
โœ… ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€
โœ… ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

If you have seen any of these symptoms in your horse it may be wise to have them tested for Cushingโ€™s.

โญ๏ธNow through the end of September we are providing ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ '๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž (๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ/ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž) ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ! This is also a great time to have your annual testing done if your horse has already been diagnosed.

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

โญ๏ธSan Luis Obispo Equine (San Luis Obispo, CA)
(805) 541-6367 / [email protected]

โญ๏ธ๐™๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™šโ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜. ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค...
08/30/2026

โญ๏ธ๐™๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™šโ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜. ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™‹๐™๐™€๐™‘๐™€๐™‰๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰!
Some of the best practices when trying to prevent sand colic include:
โœ… Feeding your horse on rubber mats that are swept off regularly
โœ… Horses on dry lot should be fed small meals more often and consider using a slow feeder to extend meals
โœ… Rotate pastures so they do not become overgrazed (too short, dry, and patchy)
โœ… Establish a monthly psyllium regimen (๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต)

๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™™๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™“-๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™–๐™™โ€ฆ during the month of August we are providing 2 lower abdominal X-rays for $196 - contact us by August 31st to take advantage of this program!

๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™จ.
๐Ÿ“ž (805) 541-6367 ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

More info: https://sloequine.com/2026-sand-colic/

๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž?It's important to recognize signs that your horse may have a build up...
08/20/2026

๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž?
It's important to recognize signs that your horse may have a build up of sand (ground debris) in their stomach and GI tract. By recognizing it early we hope to avoid a full sand colic episode in your horse. Horses with a large sand burden risk impaction and even blockage that can require surgical intervention.

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ซ๐ž:
โœ… loose manure/diarrhea
โœ… intermittent (recurrent) colic
โœ… poor hair coat
โœ… weight loss
โ€ฆ.to name a few.
If your horse has experienced or is experiencing any of these signs itโ€™s important to investigate and address it before it gets worse.

๐“๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, we are providing ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐›๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”. To schedule an appointment to check for sand build-up in your horse contact us today!

For more information: https://sloequine.com/2026-sand-colic/

โญ๏ธSan Luis Obispo Equine (San Luis Obispo, CA)
(805) 541-6367 / [email protected]

The USEF released a notice recently regarding the use of cetirizine (human product - Zyrtec) and also regarding methocar...
08/08/2026

The USEF released a notice recently regarding the use of cetirizine (human product - Zyrtec) and also regarding methocarbamol (brand name Robaxin) during competition.

Cetirizine is a popular and very useful medication for horses with many types of allergies and methocarbamol is often prescribed as a muscle relaxantโ€ฆ
Read more about the updated regulations and how these changes might impact your horse: https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/us-equestrian-releases-new-guidance-for

๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ/๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž?Sand colic is caused by the ingestion of sand, dirt...
08/05/2026

๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ/๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž?

Sand colic is caused by the ingestion of sand, dirt, DG, and other similar matter. The build up of this matter causes painful irritation and inflammation in the digestive system which leads to colic including diarrhea and sometimes even fever. This build up can also become so great that it causes actual impaction which can require surgical intervention๐Ÿ˜ข

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:๏ฟฝโ˜‘๏ธ Horses fed directly on the ground without mats covering the ground (ingest dirt and sand with their hay)
โ˜‘๏ธ Horses foraging on dry and overgrazed pastures (can take in dirt while trying to continue grazing)
โ˜‘๏ธ Horses fed infrequently on a dry lot may search the ground for something to nibble on (causing sand ingestion)

๐Ÿคฉ๐€๐›๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ so during the month of August we are providing ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐›๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”!

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š
๐™จ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ!

โญ๏ธSan Luis Obispo Equine (San Luis Obispo, CA)
(805) 541-6367 / [email protected]

Happy Fatherโ€™s Day to all those dads of horse crazy kids! We know it takes a special type of man to love and support our...
06/21/2026

Happy Fatherโ€™s Day to all those dads of horse crazy kids! We know it takes a special type of man to love and support our obsession ๐Ÿ˜…โค๏ธ
We hope you have a wonderful day!

โญ๏ธ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ?Hock arthritis can aff...
06/09/2026

โญ๏ธ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ?

Hock arthritis can affect horses of ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ.
Some signs of hock arthritis might include:
โœ… ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€
โœ… ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜
โœ… ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
โœ… ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ/๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜€
โœ… ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€
โœ… ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น
โœ… ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

If you are noticing any of these signs in your horse or if you just want a baseline for future comparison, this is a great time to take advantage of our Hock Health Program and ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ’ ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค(๐ฌ)โ€ฆ but itโ€™s only available for a limited time!

More info: www.lbemgroup.com/2026-hock-program/

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

โญ๏ธSan Luis Obispo Equine
(805) 541-6367/ [email protected]

๐ŸŽ๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ of our Endocrine Awareness month.If youโ€™re seeing signs of or are concerned about Cush...
05/28/2026

๐ŸŽ๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ of our Endocrine Awareness month.
If youโ€™re seeing signs of or are concerned about Cushingโ€™s (PPID) or Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) / Insulin Resistance (IR) in your equine friend now is a great time to get them tested at 50% off!

โœ… ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ (or donkey or mule) ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€.
*This is also a great time to have your annual testing done if you have a horse with one of these endocrine diseases.

To help make testing more affordable, we are providing ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  (Cushing's/ACTH and Glucose/Insulin), but youโ€™ll need to contact us by May 31st to schedule your horseโ€™s appointment.

(805) 541-6367 [email protected]

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธHappy Memorial Day!Today we want to honor the men and women who lost their lives serving in our armed forces. We know ...
05/25/2026

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธHappy Memorial Day!
Today we want to honor the men and women who lost their lives serving in our armed forces. We know that many of you have friends or family members that bravely served and sacrificed for our freedoms. We invite you to share their name and a photo in the comments in honor of them.
We hope youโ€™re having a wonderful long holiday weekend and getting some barn time and riding time in!๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐€๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‹๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ)Did you know that a published study showed that approximately ...
05/14/2026

๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐€๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‹๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ)
Did you know that a published study showed that approximately 90% of laminitis cases were related to endocrine disease?
๐’๐š๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ“ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ˆ๐ƒ (๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ) as they age, and incidence of horses with ๐„๐Œ๐’(Equine Metabolic Syndrome/ Insulin Resistance) ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ’.
โœ… ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€!

To help make testing more affordable, we are providing ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  (Cushing's/ACTH and Glucose/Insulin), but youโ€™ll need to contact us by May 31st to schedule your horseโ€™s appointment.

โญ๏ธSan Luis Obispo Equine
(805) 541-6367 ๐ŸŽ [email protected]

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4850 Davenport Creek Road
San Luis Obispo, CA
93401

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