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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: Smelling Like a Rose

After several painful interactions, I had promised myself that I would no longer provide vet services for Rose. She usually…

2 weeks ago


Vet Adventures: Barn Cat Showdown

"Hello, Dr. Diehl? I have a question about a cat named Devil Breath. He’s at our clinic today and Laurie…

4 weeks ago

Vet Adventures: A Colt Named Blossom

Carl was unusually grumpy. “My wife goes to a sale to buy a harness and comes home with these instead!”…

2 months ago

Vet Adventures: High-Altitude Rescue, Part 3

Read Vet Adventures: High-Altitude Rescue, Part 1 and Vet Adventures: High-Altitude Rescue, Part 2 for the first two installments of Doreen’s…

3 months ago

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…

7 months 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…

8 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…

9 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…

10 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…

11 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.…

1 year ago
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