Vet recommendations - Cheshire

[blitznbobs]

Hi guys

I’ve used the same vet practice for years and years but the vet I trusted has retired. My horse has a pain problem... I think it’s an si issue but I’m not sure... it’s subtle and seems to be related to her seasons. After her season she goes lame and this is only resolved when a Physio ‘does her back’ ... I’ve had a vet out to her who has told me that there is nothing wrong with her... and they were right for a few weeks she is fine then she’ll be 1/10 th lame on a hind... it’s very subtle and tbh most people can’t see it but I can feel it and the really obvious thing is she bucks into canter on the left rein...

I need a really good back/ lameness vet to see if there is any hope for her. She is not the easiest horse to deal with so if she can’t do her job (dressage) then i need to know and if she’s in pain it needs sorting out. But I need someone who will believe that I’m not mad too.

 

[JillA]

Don't know where in Cheshire you are but for most of us in North Shropshire Fyrnwy Equine near Shrewsbury are the referral and specialist vets. Can you get your vet to refer her (and will your insurance stump up)? Or Leahurst if you are further north?
As a preliminary would they agree to a trial period on bute just to prove it is a pain issue as opposed to a mechanical one?

 

[lamlyn2012]

Highly recommend Nantwich practice.

 

[ycbm]

Robin, co partner at Agnews, has the latest gait analysis gizmo which will show if your mare is lame and where.

 

[Tiddlypom]

I need a really good back/ lameness vet to see if there is any hope for her.

But I need someone who will believe that I’m not mad too.

I seem to keep recommending this chiro vet, but IMHO she's brilliant and your type of performance related issue is right up her street. She was an experienced equine vet at Leahurst, who since having a young family has additionally trained as a chiropractor and set up on her own. She's just over into N.Wales but will travel or you can take the horse there.

https://www.equineveterinarywellnessclinic.co.uk/

She will forward a report of her findings to your vets if appropriate. Re vet practices, I use Nantwich vets, have done for over 30 years, I rate them highly.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

We use Tom Walters Equine at our yard.

 

[jj_87]

If you can it might be worth a trip over to Halifax to see Peter Schofield at Hird and Partners. Worth the trip!

 

[HBII]

Nantwich all the way

 

[SilverFilly]

I use Page and Gunstone.

Nadine is lovely Or if you use Leahurst ask for Joanne, she is amazing and very patient.

 

[Hack4fun]

I use Orrell Equine

 

[ROMANY 1959]

Cambel Thomson at Nantwich vets

 

[Fire sign]

I am with Tom Walters Equine . Tom is a brilliant vet and specialises in lameness . Highly recommended

 

[KautoStar1]

Campbell at Nantwich.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

If you can it might be worth a trip over to Halifax to see Peter Schofield at Hird and Partners. Worth the trip!

I would stay in Cheshire, if I were you

 

[shergar]

NANTWICH best vets we have ever used if you want to ring them Telephone 01270 628888

 

[jnb]

Simon Woods at Lower House Equine nr Oswestry isn’t far from you & regularly visits Cheshire
He is Vet to the GB SJ team & is a performance specialist

 

[Gift Horse]

Cambel Thomson at Nantwich vets

^^ very good vet

 

[ycbm]

I'm intrigued that nobody is mentioning two big practices in Cheshire with vet hospitals, Wright & Morten and Ashbrook.

Any reasons anyone wants to share?

 

[hottoddy]

Another vote for Angela Holland at the equine wellness clinic. This would be right up her street

 

[VRIN]

I'm intrigued that nobody is mentioning two big practices in Cheshire with vet hospitals, Wright & Morten and Ashbrook.

Any reasons anyone wants to share?

I was wondering this too

 

[HashRouge]

I'm intrigued that nobody is mentioning two big practices in Cheshire with vet hospitals, Wright & Morten and Ashbrook.

Any reasons anyone wants to share?

Might depend where they are in Cheshire? I used to use Wright and Moreton when in the area and they were the most commonly used vet by others in the same area. Never had any bad experiences and they have some excellent vets.

 

[Gift Horse]

I'm intrigued that nobody is mentioning two big practices in Cheshire with vet hospitals, Wright & Morten and Ashbrook.

Any reasons anyone wants to share?

Personally my priorities when choosing a vet include things like location, trust, consistency, skill, and a good reputation maintained over years.
These things are more important to me than facilities.
How about you? The Staffs practice you recommend on this thread don’t have a hospital

 

[lannerch]

I would stay in Cheshire, if I were you

Totally disagree Peter Schofield is recognised as one of the best vets in the country. I too would recommend a trip to Halifax any day, as well as Peter being based there they have all the facilities and diagnostic tools , giving you and your horse the best chance of accurate diagnosis and best up to date treatment which long term may end up saving you an awful lot of money .

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Totally disagree Peter Schofield is recognised as one of the best vets in the country. I too would recommend a trip to Halifax any day, as well as Peter being based there they have all the facilities and diagnostic tools , giving you and your horse the best chance of accurate diagnosis and best up to date treatment which long term may end up saving you an awful lot of money .

I won't go into detail but I certainly wouldn't recommend Hird's.

 

[ycbm]

Personally my priorities when choosing a vet include things like location, trust, consistency, skill, and a good reputation maintained over years.
These things are more important to me than facilities.
How about you? The Staffs practice you recommend on this thread don’t have a hospital

I completely agree with your list.

I deliberately use a vet without a hospital.

Firstly because I got fed up with my horse being taken out of my control into a hospital at the slightest excuse.

Secondly because treatment was decided and done by whichever vet was on hospital duty that day, sometimes in conflict with what the previous vet had said, and once in direct contravention of instructions the vet had been given not to do further tests if an x ray was abnormal.

Thirdly that once they have your horse in their hospital they don't give a damn about how much of your money they spend on simple stuff like bandages. £80 in bandages alone, to bandage an inch long cut on the inside of a hock, for example.

But most importantly because my current vet says to me 'if your horse has to go into hospital for specialist care, then I want it to go to the specialist for its particular problem, not just anybody' and I see total sense in that.

 

[Louby]

Another vote for Angela Holland at the equine wellness clinic. This would be right up her street

Excellent vet

 

[shergar]

I was wondering this too

We lost a very nice pony due to the negligence of Ashbrook ,this was confirmed by the R C V S
I also spoke to a lawyer who keeps hunters not far from Ashbrook ,he seems to know a lot about the practise ,he said he would not touch the place with a barge pole.

 

[shergar]

A friend had a horse with a hind leg lameness that was taken to LEA HURST he had nerve blocks ,x rays and scans but no diagnosis ,she was advised to turn him out in the field ,she was later told to ride him ,this cost almost all of the horses £5,000 insurance.
As the horse had now been lame for almost a year the owner thought about having him PTS ,but we advised her to take him to Nantwich vets to see Campbell ,the horse should never have been turned out or ridden .
Treatment from Campbell got the horse sound and he has competed very successfully in dressage.