About Fox Run Equine Center
Fox Run Equine Center is an excellent place to take your horse. The facility provides very thorough exams and the staff is extremely helpful, professional, kind, and compassionate. They are very reassuring and take great care of the horses, making even anxious animals feel calm and comfortable. The veterinarian is one of the best, with great experience and knowledge. He is very easy to talk to, explains things well, and takes time to discuss treatment plans and answer all questions. The center is a great educational resource, always explaining equine health and medicine and providing informative articles. They are very thorough and will try anything to get to the root of a problem for the best prognosis possible. Clients feel very comfortable and welcome, with a peace of mind knowing their horse is in the best hands possible, even for procedures like surgery or a stay for intravenous medication. The center is highly recommended for its ability to help horses fully heal and be ridden soundly again.
Fantastic, amazing experience. We brought our horse in for an apparent colic episode that was not cleared by our regular vet giving her fluids and medicine. Dr Burke was incredibly thorough and detail focused- he wanted to find the cause of her problems and not simply treat them in the short term. Other people have mentioned the cost- and the cost for medicine and treatments for horses are not cheap- but Dr Burke provided a breakdown of every single charge for care, and I have 0 problems with any of them. Horses are expensive but because of him we had a horse who was able to come home to us. Not only that, he knew how she took her medicine the easiest because he...read full review
Owning animals is expensive and everyone should always budget for them. With that said, he prepared to pay exorbitantly for any admittance or surgery. The first thing they ask for is your credit card. Then you sign a paper giving them the ability to charge whatever they want. Forget giving them a budget, they will just go right over budget. Despite a $2k per day bill, no or little daily communication. Like pulling teeth getting any information.
3 stars because Dr. Burks knows horses but honestly it’s cheaper to drive 4 hours east to Penn Vet (they are actually cheaper if you can imagine that) or 3.5 hours west to Columbus. But if you are stuck and have thousands...read full review
Fox Run Equine is an excellent place to take your horse. Dr. Burks is extremely helpful and one of the best veterinarians I've seen! After months of struggling with a non-healing hock injury, the horse was taken to Fox Run Equine and had surgery. Most veterinarians turned her away and said she would never heal, but after a visit to Fox Run, she was able to fully heal and be ridden soundly again!! Another neat thing was we were able to see pictures of the surgical process. Fox Run is a great educational resource, as they are always explaining Equine health and medicine