I found Dr. Tookie Myers in 2000 when my event horse was written off with severe navicular syndrome, 4 vets suggested euthanasia and my rescued donkey considered unrecoverable from severe founder. Thanks to Dr. Myers' expertise in metabolic horses and supreme knowledge in equine hoof care, my event horse went on to live a fully functional, atheltic life, retired at age 25, then 5 years later, passed at the age of 30! My donkey runs around full of life and will likely outlive me!. He is extremely busy, because when he isn't helping horses directly, he is Skyping on consult calls, helping vets and farriers and horseowners around the world, who are desperately seeking help and guidance. He is a walking library of knowledge, and we need to clone him! Between teaching vets and farriers, and working on research in the field, and his amazing surgery skills on small amimals, as well as being both a vet and farrier on regular calls, he is a rare gem of a find and I highly recommend him if you want the job done, at reasonable cost, with thoroughness through to completion. You are never left hanging and he empowers you with knowledge so you become very dangerous! :} He is the most genuine, honest professional I have ever met, and a blessing to the horse industry. He is so well rounded in his expertise, he often nips things in the butt, long before they become serious issues and evaluates and treats the whole horse. Not for the client who wants a quick fix, without responsible stewardship. But for those of us seeking long term solutions with healthy happy horses, that are willing to listen, learn and follow his advice, I can't think of anyone better who works for the horse's best interest.

Dr. Myers has been my families vet since before I was born. He's gotten our horses through some crazy situations that other vets in the area either misdiagnosed or wouldn't touch. He's willing to do whatever it takes to help the animal. That's rare to find in today's society. The only downside is that he can be difficult to get hold of sometimes as he's a very popular conference presenter. But well worth the effort!

Dr.Myers was the worst vet I have ever worked with. My horse had messed his eye up some kind of bad, so bad I was afraid he was gonna loose his eye. Dr. Myers suggested squirting 3 kinds of medication into his eye for a week to see if it heals on its own. Well any horse person knows that's gonna make your horse extremely head shy. We tried anyway for about three days until my horse wouldn't let us touch him. We tried for a week and a half to get a hold of Dr. Myers and to this day (2 years later) he hasn't returned our call. Needless to say we carried our horse to Richmond to get his eye checked on and fixed. We use dominion vet now.