Courtney S. Diehl, DVM
Vet Adventures: A Difficult Mare
I took a deep breath, put my stethoscope on, and slowly reached out a hand to a skinny sorrel mare…
Vet Adventures: Justice for Charlotte
The two Mini Horses peered fearfully at me through the rails of the pen. The pen was wired shut, and…
Vet Adventures: Reflecting on Horses’ Past Lives
Three or four pinto horses nickered to us hopefully as we trudged up to the sagging wire fence, pulled on…
Vet Adventures: Coffee Ruined
My 5 a.m. alarm blaring in my ear startled me out of whatever half state of sleep I’d been in.…
Vet Adventures: How Not to Treat a Horse’s Wound
I’d been treating my patient, a sweet Quarter Horse mare named Maizey, for almost two weeks. Maizey had been running…
Vet Adventures: Prolonging a Procedure
I wasn’t worried about performing the actual mass removal; it was a procedure I’d done on many horses and wasn’t…
Vet Adventures: The Fight of a Neglected Mare
In this edition of Vet Adventures, a neglected mare pulled from the kill pen has a long journey back to…
Repercussions Needed for Some Horseback Outfitters
I’ve been privileged to provide vet care for many horseback outfitters, guest ranches and dude ranches throughout the course of…
Vet Adventures: Personal Boundaries
A veterinary colleague on social media recently posted a meme and a long, frustrated rant that made me simultaneously laugh…
Vet Adventures: A Unique Equine Companion
I sighed as I watched Gander growing smaller in the distance, tail flying and dust clouds rising behind him as…