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Pre-Surgical Information
Spaying or neutering your pet is a big step! There is a lot to consider
when we are planning your pet’s surgery. Here is some information to help
you make wise decisions.
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Special LibraryOur Special Library
is a collection of informative articles on a variety of health topics.
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Discharge InstructionsClick here for
information on how to care for your pet at home.
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A Message to Our New Clients
(and to those who are thinking
about becoming new clients)
Thank you for taking the time to check out Sunnyside
Veterinary Clinic. We appreciate your interest.
If you are looking at this web page, you are probably
trying to decide whether or not you want to bring
your horse in to see us. To help you make your
decision, I'll cut to the chase and list the things that
I believe set us apart from the other clinics in Idaho
Falls. If you are in a hurry, just read the big
red headings. For more information, please read
the fine print, and for more than you probably want to
know, click the links.
We do all the regular stuff: vaccinations &
deworming, lumps & bumps, sprains & strains, lameness,
breeding, you name it. But there are some
things that we feel we are particularly good at.
These are the things that set us apart.
We are leaders in pain management.
We believe that animals feel pain just like humans do.
Many practices now are realizing that dogs and cats feel
pain, but not many practices apply these principles to
horses. We do. That is why we cut no corners when it
comes to pain management. Whether it is an
older horse with arthritis, a young colt being gelded,
or an injured horse of any age, we employ a variety of
innovative, potent pain control techniques, such as
pre-emptive pain medication, multi-modal pain
management, pain patches, pain drips, and local
blocks.
We believe that every surgery patient deserves excellent
post-op pain control, so we use potent pre-op
medications, and we believe every surgery patient should
go home with enough medication to make them comfortable
while they heal. We don't believe a single
injection can cover all the bases. For more
information, Click
here for more than you ever wanted to know abou t
pain management. All of these principles can be
applied to horses. We don't use every trick on
every patient, but we have the clubs in our bag, so to
speak.
We do Laser Gelding. The gelding surgery hasn't
changed much in the last 1000 years. The latest
innovation happened back in the early 1900's with the
advent of anesthetics. But Equine Castrations
remain the number one reason Equine Veterinarians get
sued. It's because of the high complication rate:
bleeding, swelling, infection, etc. There is a new
and better way. Using a surgical laser, we are
able to geld horses and close the incision, resulting in
much faster healing with fewer complications, minimal
swelling, no bleeding, and minimal aftercare.
Click the link to go to a discussion on
Laser Geld Surgery
We do dentistry right.
Dr. Nield has been doing Advanced Equine Dentistry since
1996. That's a long time. Long enough to know what is
n ormal and what is not. Long enough to be able to
treat the problems safely and effectively. There are a
lot of folks out there doing d entistry.
Some hold themselves out as specialists of varying
sorts. But when your only tool is a hammer,
everything starts to look like a nail. Dr. Nield's
broad background in equine medicine, surgery, and equine
dentistry makes him uniquely qualified to treat
the problems and to leave the normal stuff alone.
Click here to go to the equine dentistry page.
We follow the new AAEP vaccination guidelines.
There is some exciting new stuff in the field of
equine vaccinations, and not every clinic has joined the
21st century. We may break with "tradition,"
but that's what progress is all about. So don't
ask us for a "4-Way" for your horse. That went out
with Disco. The new AAEP (American
Association of Equine Practitioners) recommendations
cover all the bases, but add a few things, and do it in
a different way. And since many of the lameness
problems we see are actually due to long-term shoeing,
trimming, and conformation problems, we recommend an
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