• "A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue" -Author Unknown
  • "Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother willing to let him have one." - Anonymous
  • "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." - Gene Hill
  • A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. - Elbert Hubbard
  • "A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away." -Bil Keane
  • "A meow massages the heart." - Stuart McMillan
  • "There is more to life than increasing speed." -Mahatma Ghandi
  • "Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it." - J. Petit Senn
  • "If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong." - Pat Parelli
  • "There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." - Winston Churchill
  • "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -Roger Caras
  • "No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill
  • "Agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." - George Eliot
  • "To err is human - to forgive, canine."
  • "Money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail." -Kinky Friedman
  • "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France
  • "I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am." - Unknown
  • "Horses - if God made anything more beautiful, he kept it for himself." - Author unknown
  • "Are we really sure the purring is coming from the kitty and not from our very own hearts?" - Terri Guillemets
  • "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams

Equine Skin Tumors

We offer several treatment options:

  • Surgical excision
  • Cryosurgery (freezing with liquid nitrogen)
  • Laser photo vaporization
  • Immunotherapy 
  •  Local injection chemotherapy

Larger tumors that have invaded deep into local tissues are more difficult and expensive to treat.

The chances for complete recovery are better the sooner the problem is detected and treated.

The most common form of cancer in the horse is skin cancer. There are generally three kinds 1) sarcoid 2) squamous cell carcinoma 3) melanoma.

Sarcoids are more common in younger horses. They can occur as a single nodule or multiple lesions any place on the body. They can even occur as simple hair loss and crusting. Common places include legs, groin, ears, eyes, lips and behind elbows.

Squamous cell carcinomas are malignant. They appear at mucus membrane junctions-eyelids, lip, nose & gential region.

shutterstock_56212723Melanomas are most common in white or gray horses. They frequently occur around the tail and anal area, ears, eyes and genital region.

 Regardless of the type of skin tumor, early detection and treatment are crucial. Observe your horse closely on a regular basis and have a veterinarian examine any suspicious lesions. Check them over even during the winter months with their thick hair coat. Changes in skin that should be examined include discoloration, roughening, crusting, scaling or hair loss.