How often (on average) do you have to call the vet out for your horse(s)?

How often, on average, do you have to call the vet out to your horse(s)?

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This year I have had 1 visit for vaccinations, 1 for colic, 1 when my mare had her foal, 1 general health check the day after I got the mare in foal and her yearling cos they were in such a poor state and 2 visits to check on the mare in foals progress between getting her and the foal being born. In average year I would have one visit for vaccinations and maybe one or two others apart from that :)
 
I chose twice per year.

I definitely have the vet out once a year to do vaccs and check teeth, and invariably have him out once more for something minor durign during the year.
 
I have two beasties

Brownhorse, once a year for vacs and that is it. He is never sick or sorry

Nitty, probably four or five as she has her jabs done and then usually needs ABs every quarter or so as she has stupid TB legs and a young immune system coupled with a penchant for mischief!
 
My boy has only had the vet out for vaccs for the last 5/6 years. Before that maybe vaccs plus a visit for something minor each year or so. He's a tough little horse and is never (touch wood) sick or sorry :)
 
it depends how many times my horse decides to do his dying act! in the last year with 2 horses i have seen the vet 4 times, once when my mares eye was swollen, once for jabs and twice when he decided to try and die.
 
I put monthly, but I've had a bad couple of years.

April 09 - veteran gelding has sarcoid treated
June 09 - veteran mare goes to vet for lameness tests
September 09 - Arab Mare has accident and cuts leg badly, week in vets.
September / October 09 - Twice weekly dressing changes needing sedation, teeth checked on Arab mare, Jab arab mare, Pastern dermatitis picked up
November 09 - Veteran mare found down, has hypothermia.
November 09 - pastern dermatitis flaring up - steroids - arab mare.
December 09 - Veteran mare has laminitis - box rest and x-rays.
December 09 - veteran Mare lame, arthritis worse, goes to vets for tests
December 09 - Arab Mare puts leg down drain. (cover gave way when she was walking over it), walking on three legs, feared worst, fortunately just badly grazed.
Jan/Feb - veteran mare lame, keeps getting worse, diagnosed with EMS as well as arthritis.
Feb - Sarcoids on Arab Mare treated (x5 visits)
Feb - Breeding swabs for Arab mare
March - veteran mare put to sleep, nothing more vets can do for arthritis and EMS difficult to stabilise, was on permanent bute and still lame.
March - Teeth for Arab mare and veteran gelding, Wolf Teeth removed from Arab Mare.
April - Jabs for gelding
May - sarcoid wound gets infected (Arab Mare)
June - PG jab for Arab mare as won't come into season properly
July - scan for Arab mare x2, jab for Welsh A filly
August - Jab for Welsh A filly.
September - Arab Mare gets colic, colic surgery, ten days at vets
End september - back to have stitches out
October - 4 week check, Jabs for Arab Mare
November - 8 week check, EHV vaccine
December - Popped into the surgery for a newsletter, as Arab mare is the case report re her colic surgery..... probably their best customer too.

Arab Mare has foal due in May..... please let that be my only need for the vet next year!!!!
 
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Every 6 months for vaccs. Very infrequently for other things but with 3 colics (Same pony 3 times, surgery at the RVC and still not sorted), one broken knees and an op to remove a tooth growing the wrong way out of the skull this year has been quite a few visits. 14 ponies here atm before this year had hardly had the vet out apart from for vaccs!
 
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