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About Us

We are proud to serve Garwood Texas and the surrounding areas. We are 2 hours from San Antonio, 1 1/2 hours from Austin, and 1 hour from Houston. We are dedicated to providing the highest level of veterinary medicine along with friendly, compassionate service.

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We welcome all new clients to our FULL SERVICE veterinary facility. We invite you to contact us today. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to call us at (979) 243-4969.

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At The Whole Horse Veterinary Clinic and Rehabilitation Center, we offer a variety of services to care for your horse. If you have any questions or would like more information on how we can care for your horse, please contact us today.

Shana Pinxten DVM, EDO, CDOe

Dr. Shana Pinxten is a distinguished veterinarian and equine osteopath originally from Belgium. Born in 1984, Dr. Pinxten cultivated an early, deep passion for animals while growing up on a small family farm. This passion fueled her early life in equestrian sports, where she began riding at age four and later competed in jumping and eventing. As a teenager, she extended her expertise to canine behavior, excelling in agility and obedience competitions with dogs.

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Services

What We Can Offer

Acupuncture

Dr. Groves is certified by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS). Acupuncture can be used for pain management, back problems, cervical problems, hard-to-breed mares, stallion and mare reproductive problems and infertility, scar tissue…

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Equine Touch

Dr. Groves has completed levels 1-4 of Equine Touch with Jock and Ivanna Ruddock. She uses the Equine Touch moves to relax muscles before applying osteopathic techniques, and to release muscle spasms.

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Dentistry

We provide the horses with advanced dental procedures using a full mouth speculum and hand tools. We perform performance floats and bite alignments as necessary. A horse should have his teeth done once a year by a qualified dental technician.

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Meet Our Team

Dr. Shana Pinxten

DVM EDO CDO

Dr. Shana Pinxten is a distinguished veterinarian and equine osteopath originally from Belgium. Born in 1984, she grew up on a small family farm surro...

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Dr. LuAnn Groves

Dr. Groves graduated in 1981 from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She has been an equine veterinarian for 44 years, and hors...

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TESTIMONIALS

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Shana is my mom and let me tell you she is the best

Tibe L.

These ladies are AMAZING. Our performance horses seemed mostly fine, just thought they were getting older. But after being treated for EPM they have both kicked it up a notch, and seem like they’ve gotten younger!

Jacelin C.

I appreciate that The Whole Horse offers cutting-edge treatments like ozone therapy that reduce the need for antibiotics while promoting natural healing.

Jonathan L.

Dr. Groves is fantastic, extremely educated, and cares about her clients. Our filly has been consistently an interesting case, and I am so glad to have Janek and Dr. Groves on my horses’ health team.

Riley W.

So pleased …
Is amazing what they did for my mule!

kathy T.

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