Woman specializes in treating horses through mobile veterinary clinic

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IDAHO FALLS – A leisurely horseback ride on eastern Idaho’s trails is the way Abby Matthaeus prefers to spend her time.

The 34-year-old Idaho Falls woman owns a mobile vet clinic for horses called Teton Equine Mobile Veterinary Practice. She grew up in Seattle in a non-horse-loving family, but somehow developed a passion for the animals early on.

One day, her horse developed collic, something Matthaeus describes as a severe gastrointestinal condition.

“My horse almost died and was in the hospital for two weeks. As a kid, I was so scared and didn’t know what was going on and the vets didn’t necessarily go through everything with me and explain it. I felt very helpless,” Matthaeus tells EastIdahoNews.com.

Though her horse survived, Matthaeus knew in that moment she wanted to become a horse vet.

She moved to Idaho about five years ago after taking a job at a clinic in Boise. She worked at a local vet for a while before launching her clinic in Jackson last year. As of March 4, she’s now serving clients in the Idaho Falls area.

“There’s only one ambulatory mobile clinic in Victor, but around Idaho Falls, we’re the only ones,” Matthaeus says. “In an emergency, a mobile clinic is less stressful for the animal.”

Teton Equine caters primarily to performance horses but will treat any horse that needs medical attention. One of the most common services is lameness exams, which focus on treating joint soreness, arthritis and similar ailments.

The clinic is also set up to do artificial inseminations, castrations and other reproductive services, as well as vaccinations, laceration repair, dental work and maintenance care.

Watch Matthaeus bandage an injured horse in the video above.

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