Fieldstone Equine Clinic

04/03/2026

We had a well attended and wonderful client education event earlier this week! 📝

A huge thank you to Dr. Phil with Merck Animal Health Equine for his engaging presentation on colic and field emergencies. And to High Horses Center for Equine-Assisted Services for setting up such a beautiful space and hosting us all!

Added bonus - Dr.Sam and Dr.Glass didn’t even get any emergency colic calls during the event! 😜

🐴 Thank you to all who attended! 🐴

📸 High Horses

03/24/2026

‼️Cool (gross!) Case Alert! ‼️

This poor horse presented with a swollen face and difficulty eating a few weeks ago (photo 1).

After taking a closer look, we discovered that she had a big abscess in her upper lip! We simultaneously discovered a new breed of horse: the thoroughbeaver 🦫!!

A big wood splinter (from chewing the fence) made its way into the mucosa of her lip and an abscess formed around it.

Dr. Sam was able to pop the abscess and thoroughly debride the area. It was so big that after cleaning out all the pus and wood remnants, there was a huge hole all the way through her lip! 🤕 (Photos 2-4)

After a couple weeks of antibiotics, flushing, pain meds, and TLC from her owner, she is as good as new! (Photos 5-6)

Just in time for spring grazing! 🌷🐴

02/23/2026

🚨No emergency coverage March 6-7th 🚨

Both Citadel Equine and FEC are not available. This means, during these dates, there will be no veterinarians available for any on-farm emergency services for current clients. In the unlikely event your horse needs emergency treatment, you will need to be prepared to go to a referral hospital.

🛻 Please have your trailers plowed out‼️
Don’t have a truck/trailer? Make a plan with a friend who does.

☎️ Who do you call? A referral hospital of your choosing. You MUST call the hospital first, DO NOT just show up. We often refer to Tufts Hospital for Large Animals, but a complete list of options are below:

🐎 Tufts (MA) 508-839-7926
🐎 Myhre (NH) 603-335-4777
🐎 NEEMSC (NH) 603-749-9111
🐎 Rood & Riddle (NY) 518-583-7273

02/18/2026

⭐️Only a few more spots are left in our client education event. Snag your spot today! ⭐️⬇️

📩 To be added to the waitlist OR to tell us you can no longer attend: email [email protected]

🌟FREE Client Education Evening! 🌟

Join FEC/ Citadel Equine for a fun, educational evening sponsored by Merck Animal Health Equine and hosted by High Horses Center for Equine-Assisted Services!

🗓️ Tuesday March 31, 2026

⏰ 5-7pm (Dinner included! BYOB 🥂)

📍High Horses - 138 Horse Farm Rd Sharon, VT

🐴 Topic: Colic & Field Emergencies

Dr. Phil the founder and former owner of the
Vermont Large Animal Clinic/hospital will speak about Colic & Field Emergencies. After 25 years of field and surgical practice, Dr. Phil has transitioned to working as a professional service veterinarian with Merck Animal Health. If it has happened to a horse, Dr. Phil has seen it, cared for it, and probably fixed it‼️

✏️ Sign ups are available until March 17th or until we reach maximum number of attendees. RSVP IS REQUIRED and you must be a current client to attend. To be added to the waitlist email [email protected]

🔗 Sign up form ⬇️

https://forms.gle/Qc5gjT81ypgtxADM9

🌟😎 See you in March!

01/27/2026

Farm call on a powder day?
We got you

❄️🐴🎿🤠

01/22/2026

Seems like the right time to remind everyone of some VERY important cold weather tips 🥶🐴

Those sub-zero temps are rolling in! Tips for cold weather horse care 👇

❄️ FEED EXTRA FOOD
During extreme cold the most important thing to do is feed extra forage (hay). Horses keep warm by digesting food.

❄️ EXTRA NON-FROZEN WATER
When horses eat more forage they HAVE to drink more water or we can end up with impactions. Pretty simple. Feed warm, wet mashes, feed salt/electrolytes. Trick them into consuming extra water.

❄️ ACCESS TO SHELTER
Horses need to safely be able to get out of the wind. Access to barn/stalls/shelter and maybe blankets is necessary in extreme cold.

❄️NORMAL ROUTINES
Horses love their routines. Although extreme cold will require us to make some changes, it is very important to keep their schedule and routine as normal as possible. Now is not the time to make any drastic changes.

And remember, the horses don’t care how clean the barn is this weekend. You can’t freeze, because you have to feed them! 😉

01/21/2026

🌟FREE Client Education Evening! 🌟

Join FEC/ Citadel Equine for a fun, educational evening sponsored by Merck Animal Health Equine and hosted by High Horses Center for Equine-Assisted Services!

🗓️ Tuesday March 31, 2026

⏰ 5-7pm (Dinner included! BYOB 🥂)

📍High Horses - 138 Horse Farm Rd Sharon, VT

🐴 Topic: Colic & Field Emergencies

Dr. Phil the founder and former owner of the
Vermont Large Animal Clinic/hospital will speak about Colic & Field Emergencies. After 25 years of field and surgical practice, Dr. Phil has transitioned to working as a professional service veterinarian with Merck Animal Health. If it has happened to a horse, Dr. Phil has seen it, cared for it, and probably fixed it‼️

✏️ Sign ups are available until March 17th or until we reach maximum number of attendees. RSVP IS REQUIRED and you must be a current client to attend. To be added to the waitlist email [email protected]

🔗 Sign up form ⬇️

https://forms.gle/Qc5gjT81ypgtxADM9

🌟😎 See you in March!

12/31/2025

Cheers to some of the extra cute faces who visited FEC in 2025!! 🥳🎉♥️

We are so grateful to do what we do everyday and look forward to spending time with you and your healthy horses in 2026!🐴

Ps - the last photo isn’t at FEC but he is just TOO cute!! 🥰

12/29/2025

As we all weather this very equine friendly ice storm 🧊😣 it seems like as good a time as ever to talk about the FUN, GREAT, WONDERFUL specials we will be running starting January 1, 2026! ✨

🦷 Dental Deals

✨Haul in and receive 20% off your dental exam/float. No haul in office fee‼️
✨More than 5 horses at the same location? Receive 10% off each exam and float‼️
It is very important to our horses quality of life that they receive annual or bi-annual dental exams. (Note: Must be above 25° for on farm dental work)

👣 Foot Balance Radiographs

✨Buy 6 and get 8‼️(complete set of foot balance films for 4 feet)
Start your horses year off on the right🦶 Foot balance radiographs or “farrier films” are a great way to make sure your horse is as comfortable as possible from the ground up. And a great way to provide valuable information for your farrier too.

📷 Scope Savings

✨ Haul in and receive 10% off your first scope and 20% off your rescope (following 30 days of treatment). No haul in office fee‼️
Gastroscope procedures are the only way to diagnose gastric ulcers and to pinpoint what treatments are going to work best. And remember horses can fast in our clinic during the winter months too! Nobody needs to be hungry and out in the cold.

🗓️ All specials will run Jan 1-March 31, 2026

Please take advantage!! Win-win, saves you money and allows us to help you before the spring rush. 🐴

12/22/2025

🎁🎄Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁

Fieldstone Equine Clinic will be closed December 24-28 and closed December 31-January 4.

🚑 As always emergency care is available to our current clients as needed (although a holiday cookie or two might be required!)

We are so grateful to be a part of your horses medical team. Wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a happy new year! 🎆🎄

12/18/2025

⭐️ Fun Gastroscope before and after ⭐️

🐴 Photo 1: This horse was diagnosed with grade 4 squamous ulcers.
Ulcers are graded 1-4. Grade 1 are mild areas of irritation to the stomach mucosa and grade 4 are extensive, deep ulcerations that are often bloody (as seen here).

🐴 Photo 2: This is the exact same place in the stomach and it’s what a stomach should look like. Upon completion of an appropriate month-long treatment regime, this horse now has no ulcers‼️‼️ Grade 4 to zero. Gone.

Symptoms vary greatly in horses and they never present quite in the same manner. Scoping is the ONLY way to diagnose gastric ulcers and know for sure you are spending your money treating something that needs to be treated‼️

Don’t want your horse to fast out in the cold this winter? ❄️ Bring them over and they can fast in the heated clinic (photo 3)… we will even give them a buddy! 🐴

💵 Stay tuned for some Gastroscope saving opportunities after the first of the year 💵