Robinson Equine Vet & Dental Surgery

22/09/2025

🎉🐴 Huge Congratulations! 🐴🎉

A big well done to our sponsored rider Jess (daughter of our wonderful practice administrator, Heather) and the whole West Hants Pony Club team for a fantastic double win at The Newbury Show this weekend! 🏆✨

To top it all off, they were crowned Overall Champions 2025 – an incredible achievement! We’re so proud to be supporting you, Jess – what a brilliant season! 💙🙌

👉 Come and see Jess and her teammates, along with some of the junior riders, at the West Hants Pony Club Open Day on 5th October, where they’ll be demonstrating their games, show jumping, and even a musical ride. We’ll also be there giving a talk, showcasing our services, and running fun competitions with lots of prizes up for grabs! 🎁🐴

Plenty for all the family to do and see – we can’t wait to see you there!

20/09/2025

Beth & Nicky are enjoying a day out at Newbury Racecourse 🏇 The horses are looking beautifully turned out – a real credit to their owners and trainers. 💙

22/08/2025

👁🐴 Case Report: Queenie’s Enucleation & Remarkable Recovery 🌟

Enucleation is the surgical removal of an eye, and while it may sound dramatic, it is a safe and common procedure that can significantly improve a horse’s comfort and quality of life.

Queenie, a semi-feral forest-run mare was found with a severe eye injury. After her dedicated owners spent time building her trust so she could be safely caught and handled, we were able to examine her. Unfortunately, the injury was so severe that enucleation was the kindest and most appropriate option. To minimise stress from travelling, the procedure was carried out at home in her field shelter by Saf, a specialist soft tissue surgeon, with Nicky & Beth assisting.

The procedure was performed as follows:
• Sedated to ensure comfort and safety
• Area clipped, scrubbed, and surgically prepared
• Local nerve blocks placed to fully desensitise the area
• Eyelids sutured together
• Eye surgically removed
• Eye sutured closed and stent placed to support healing.

This surgery is typically recommended when:
🔹 The eye is chronically painful due to injury, glaucoma, or severe infection
🔹 There is an intraocular or eyelid tumor
🔹 The eye has lost vision and medical treatment is no longer effective

✅ Horses adjust remarkably well after enucleation. Most return to their usual activities, including ridden work, and live pain-free, happy lives. Their wide field of vision and strong adaptability allow them to compensate quickly.

📸 You can see from the photos that Queenie has recovered remarkably well and is now living comfortably again. 💙

🙏 A great team effort and a testament to Queenie’s owners for their patience, dedication, and care in supporting her throughout this process.

21/08/2025

✨ Great to see our clients GEM Equestrian
out riding in their practice-branded hi-viz jackets! ✨
These jackets are included in our registration goody pack – keeping you and your horse safe. 🐴 💚

👉 Sign up today at www.robinsonequinevet.co.uk to get yours!

21/08/2025

We are delighted to be sponsoring the West Hants Pony Club Annual Show. Entries will be open on the day for anyone interested in attending! 🏵️🐴

Robinson Equine Vet & Dental Surgery have kindly sponsored our Annual show this Sunday and are sponsoring and gifting “The Best Turned out” Class. Based on the edge of the new forest covering most local areas with veterinary and dental needs.

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09/08/2025

🌟 A wonderful day at the Ellingham Show!🌟

It was an absolute honour to sponsor the Hound Parade in the main ring, featuring the The Wilton Hunt, New Forest Hounds and Wessex Bloodhounds. The horses, hounds, and riders were immaculately turned out, and the atmosphere was fantastic.

Everyone loved getting the chance to meet and interact with the hounds – including Beth & Nicky, who were all smiles! 🐴🐕

The private driving and Shetland pony racing were also real highlights of the day, bringing even more excitement and fun.

It was such a joy to watch our clients competing – you all did us proud! Please do share your photos, we’d love to see them. 📸 💛

06/08/2025

🐴 We’re excited to be sponsoring the Hound Parade at 2:30pm in the Main Ring at the Ellingham Show this Saturday! 🎉

As your local independent veterinary practice, we’re proud to support this much-loved event that brings our community together. From ponies and donkeys to showjumpers, hunters, and hounds, we know how much care and dedication goes into preparing for a day like this.

Are you competing? Let us know which classes you’re in – we’ll do our best to come along and cheer you on! 🐎 🏵️

We can’t wait to see you there – it’s set to be a fantastic day! And if you’re at the Hound Parade, do come and say hi at the end – we’d love to see you! 👋

17/07/2025

📢 We've Got a New WhatsApp Number! 💬🐴

To help us respond quicker and make sure no messages are missed, we’ve set up a dedicated WhatsApp channel for all client communication.

👉 Please send all messages and queries to +44 7882 969083
(instead of contacting Beth or Nicky’s mobiles).

✨ Beth, Nicky, Heather & Jo will all have access - so your message goes straight to the right person, and we can keep delivering the personal, responsive care you know us for.

Not on WhatsApp? No worries - you can still send us a text 👍

📞 For emergencies or to speak to someone directly, please call us on 01794 840280.

Thanks for your continued support!
The Robinson Equine Vet & Dental Surgery Team 🐎

09/06/2025

New Treatment for Headshaking: Electroacupuncture 🐴✨

Today, Beth and Nicky had the pleasure of working alongside the brilliant Dr. Sue Devereux to learn how to perform Electroacupuncture – an exciting and promising treatment option for equine headshaking, specifically trigeminal nerve-mediated headshaking (TMHS).

TMHS causes involuntary and often distressing head flicking and shaking in horses. Electroacupuncture offers a valuable management tool to help alleviate pain and reduce nerve sensitivity, allowing affected horses to remain comfortable and continue in work.

✨ How it works:
The treatment involves stimulating the trigeminal nerve with a combination of acupuncture needles and electric current to help modulate pain perception.

📊 Encouraging results:
In a study Dr. Devereux was involved in (RVC), nearly two-thirds of the 42 horses treated with electroacupuncture showed improvement – a promising outcome for such a challenging condition.

✅ Key benefits:
• Targets pain associated with TMHS
• Shown to improve quality of life in many horses
• Generally well-tolerated and can be performed in the yard
• A useful tool in ongoing management – though not a cure

We’re excited to bring this knowledge to our practice and offer another supportive treatment option to help horses live and work more comfortably.

08/06/2025

🐾 Exciting News! 🐾

We are so pleased to introduce Barley, the newest (and furriest!) member of the REVDS team 🥰🐶

Barley will be Beth’s new sidekick, joining her out and about on visits – and we’re sure he’ll be making plenty of new friends along the way!

A huge thank you to All Animal Rescue U.K for entrusting us with this lovely boy. We already adore him 💛

Keep an eye out for him on the road – he’s already stealing hearts! 💕

04/05/2025

Nicky had the pleasure of giving a live demonstration and talk on equine dentistry for the Beaulieu Young Farmers on Friday evening! It was a fantastic opportunity to share her passion and knowledge with such an enthusiastic group. Inspiring the next generation and helping increase their understanding of the importance of regular routine dental care is something Nicky is truly passionate about. 🐴🦷

The evening was rounded off perfectly with a delicious BBQ — thank you to everyone who came along and made it such an enjoyable event! ☺️ 🍗

12/04/2025

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