07/09/2022
Time to listen to your horses and stop turning a blind eye. Just because they can walk, doesn't mean they can work!
https://youtu.be/nbn0b0W_isQ
This is a trailer to "The 24 Behaviors of the Ridden Horse in Painโ, a 35-minute documentary featuring world-renowned expert in equine orthopedics, Dr Sue Dyson, and her research on how โbadโ horse behavior can actually be an early indicator of pain. The film follows Dr Dyson and Dr Jim Myers of Gold Coast Equine, as they examine and diagnose show jumper Lauren McMahonโs beloved mare Galina, who was not obviously lame, yet seemed increasingly unhappy under saddle. Lauren had โtried everythingโ to figure out what was wrong, including ulcer treatments, multiple joint injections and specialized shoeing but Galina only became more resistant under saddle. Galinaโs story is not uncommon for horses that do not present with an obvious head bobbing lameness. Oftentimes these are horses that get labeled as โresistant,โ โlazy,โ and for horses that buck or rear from pain, โexplosive.โ Trainers often tell riders to โpush them through it.โ
The film will educate horse lovers on how to spot the early signs of pain while taking viewers on an emotional โrideโ through the eyes of a young girl who loves her horse and will stop at nothing to try to figure out how to make her comfortable.
The full documentary will launch on September 30! Learn more on https://www.24horsebehaviors.org/
โWE ARE CONDITIONED THAT MANY HORSE BEHAVIORS ARE NORMAL, BUT THEY ARE NOT. WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THAT WHAT WE CALL โNAUGHTY HORSESโ ARE ACTUALLY THOSE IN PAIN.โโ Dr. Sue Dyson Shifting the paradigm of how we see lameness.The 24 Behaviors of the Ridden Horse in Pain is a film that dares to...