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Courtney S. Diehl, DVM

Courtney S. Diehl, DVM, has been an equine veterinarian since 2000. She is the author of Horse Vet: Chronicles of a Mobile Veterinarian and Stories of Eric the Fox, first place winner of the CIPA EVVY award. She is currently working on her third book.

Vet Adventures: High-Altitude Rescue, Part 1

In this edition of Vet Adventures, another law enforcement rescue intake requires getting 30 horses in poor condition off a…

3 weeks ago


Vet Adventures: Treating a Joint Wound and Humanitis

“Well, that’s right in the joint,” I said to no one in particular, and sighed in frustration as I pulled…

2 months ago

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…

3 months ago

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…

4 months ago

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…

5 months ago

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.…

6 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

9 months ago

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…

11 months ago
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