For appointments: 706 783 8128 Livestock Emergencies: 762 234 6108 Equine Emergencies: 762 338 9756
Holiday Hours: All CLS branches will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day. Emergency services may be limited for CLS Northwest and CLS Southeast due to vet availability.
For sponsorship inquiries, advertising opportunities, and speaking engagement requests, please email our marketing director, Dallas Duncan, at Dallas@CustomLivestockSolutions.com.
O U T & A B O U T
Vet assistant Lexi and Dr. Anders, along with marketing director Dallas (not pictured), represented CLS at the 2026 Equine Owner Seminar presented by the UGA student chapter of American Association of Equine Practitioners. It was a great opportunity to connect with customers and students!
Dr. Strickland and Dr. Ridings spoke at the June 2026 Madison County Cattlemen's Association meeting, discussion the recently announced confirmed cases of New World Screwworm in Texas and New Mexico.
These young exhibitors found CLS' logo at the Georgia Club Lamb Association's Heartbeat of the South show in Perry!
Thank you to CLS friend and agricultural photographer Katie Williams for snapping this photo during the Some Pig Showdown! She caught our logo perfectly framed behind this exhibitor during the competition put on by Jefferson FFA Alumni.
Dr. Strickland and Dr. Josey, along with marketing director Dallas (not pictured), attended the 2026 Georgia Cattlemen's Association Convention in Perry. They had a great time meeting with producers, hearing from industry experts and leaders like Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper, and spreading the word about what CLS has to offer! Our tradeshow booth even won an award.
Dr. Quinn revisited her old stomping grounds, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, to speak with a first-year vet student class about her profession. She gave the class realistic expectations of what life is like as an ambulatory veterinarian with a practice like ours at CLS, where some of our vets focus more on production work and some concentrate on hobby and non-production farms.
Dr. Josey was honored to judge the UGA Beef Team Top Hand Contest in Carrollton alongside Breck and Kacie Debnam of Innisfail Farm. Teams of three high school students competed in animal handling skills. Pictured is the first-place team, the Coweta County Moo Crew, comprised of Riley Adler, Cy Thompson, Josiah Benjamin, and Coach Lowell Kissinger. They are going on to represent Georgia at this fall’s National Youth Cattle Working Contest!
CLS was represented at the 2026 Blessing of the Farms Breakfast by extern Matt; Drs. Strickland, Anders, and Quinn; and vet assistants Cheyenne, Victoria, and Lexi. We appreciate the opportunity to be a sponsor of this annual event celebrating agriculture and the spring harvest season!
Joining the Comer Vet team to sponsor Rodeo Night at the Rock Lobsters hockey game! We gave away exclusive co-branded bandanas, and it was so fun to see everyone wearing them in the audience.
Dr. Ridings represented CLS at the UGA Extension Small Ruminant Summit. In addition to manning our sponsorship table, he presented a lecture on small ruminant reproduction.
CLS is so proud of Bella Grace Hambrick, owner of BG's Heartmade Creations, for coming in third place in the MadiCo FLEX student entrepreneurship competition! Her mentor was our marketing director, Dallas.
Dr. Strickland represented CLS at the UGA Northeast Georgia Beef Short Course in early February.
The keynote speaker for February's UGA Cattlemen's Association meeting was none other than Dr. Strickland! He spoke on the importance of networking in college, and discussed low-hanging fruit when it comes to herd work on cattle farms.
Dr. Strickland represented CLS at the Georgia Dairy Conference in January.
CLS proudly sponsored the Three Rivers Invitational Bull Riding at the Forum in Rome in January. Dr. Josey was able to attend and represent our team.
CLS sponsored the 2026 Jackson County Cattlemen's Ed Tolbert Memorial Livestock Show in early February. Check out our banner in this photo of showman Lucas Webb with his lamb!
Our idea of Leader of the Year, indeed! Dr. Strickland poses for a photo op at the American Veterinary Medical Association leadership conference.
Members of the CLS team joined forces with our sister clinic, Comer Veterinary Hospital, to attend the 2025 Comer Christmas parade. It was a cold but fun day spent waving to our neighbors and handing out candy to kiddos!
CLS was a proud sponsor of the 2025 Georgia Junior Livestock Foundation Expo show. Thank you to client Shalon Huff for snapping the photo of our logo!
Dr. Josey wrapped up our first-ever BSE Day in mid-December 2025. This event was a great success and we look forward to offering more such opportunities for CLS clients in 2026!
CLS joined forces with our sister clinic, Comer Veterinary Hospital, at the Madison County Harvest Festival in late October. Vet assistant Lexi brought her pet goat, Penny, and CLS client farm Big Sandy Creek Dairy brought Gouda the Holstein calf for kids to meet and take selfies with.
Dr. Josey gave some students their first agriculture experience at a recent Ag Day held in Cave Spring. She spoke about her experiences in vet school, as a production vet in Iowa, and now transitioning into running the CLS Northwest satellite truck.
Each fall, our local Chamber of Commerce hosts Scarecrows in the Cities, a competition between small businesses to decorate parts of town. Please meet the newest member of the CLS team: Dr. Skellie Strickland! She’s a bone-ified expert in cattle breeding and loves palpating cows.
Marketing director Dallas and Dr. Strickland spent a Saturday at the Hart County Ag Day in August, introducing visitors to the field of large animal veterinary medicine. We caught up with clients in the area as well, and enjoyed networking with fellow industry professionals.
Dr. Strickland was honored to be invited to give the keynote speech at the first National Youth Cattle Working Contest this fall. Students from across the Southeast gathered at the University of Georgia to compete in cattle handling skills.
R E C O G N I T I O N
— Business Person of the Year —
At the 2026 Madison County Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and dinner, Dr. Strickland was named 2025 Business Person of the Year! This extraordinary accomplishment was complemented by his wife, Anna, former Chamber president and CEO, being honored with the inaugural Leading Lady Award.
— 40 Under 40 —
Dr. Strickland was named as one of the University of Georgia’s top 40 Under 40, a designation honoring young leaders who go above and beyond in their career field. He was able to attend several events just for honorees, including a sky box at a UGA football game!
— Business of the Month —
Custom Livestock Solutions was selected as the July 2025 Business of the Month for Madison County. We are so proud of this accomplishment and what it means for how our services and team have grown in the past nine years!
Pictured here with Dr. Strickland, from left, are vet assistant Cheyenne, marketing director Dallas, office manager Melissa, Chamber representatives Sami Johnson and Tyler Mize, Chamber Board member Stephanie Harvin, and Chamber President Jill Parham.
P R O U D S U P P O R T E R S O F ...
Georgia 4-H, Georgia Agribusiness Council, Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, Georgia Club Goat Producers Association, Georgia Farm Bureau, Georgia FFA, Georgia Junior Livestock Foundation, Georgia Sheep & Wool Growers Association, Georgia Young Farmers Association, Great Southland Stampede Rodeo, Madison County Chamber of Commerce, National Youth Cattle Working Contest, UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, UGA Extension, and UGA College of Veterinary Medicine.