History
Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center started in 1972 as Dr. Doug Herthel's one-man equine practice in California's Central Coast. That first year the practice was limited to field calls in the Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo. Then, in 1973 Doug and his wife Sue Herthel began construction of the original 5,000-square feet Alamo Pintado medical and surgical facility in the heart of California's