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Things to consider in castration of male horses; the scarring can and will be internal and external, and carries many repercussions.

From Concept to Ex*****on

Thrilled to see this track system in Waxhaw, NC come to life! 😍

At recommendation of a fellow bodyworker, these owners reached out to me to consult on a track system for their horse with a history of laminitis and metabolic sensitivity. 🐴

We wanted to utilize the barn-adjacent pasture, keep grazing space for non-sensitive herd mates, and create lanes for equipment access to the front pastures. 🚜

Enrichment stations will include a sand pit, logs for traversing, different footing substrates, herb foraging stations, and scratching posts! 🌿

Another approach to whole-horse wellness and care; track systems offer a creative way to increase movement, decrease or eliminate grass intake, set up sustainable forage-based diets, promote healthy hooves and bodies, and enrich the lives of our equine partners. 🐎

This has been such a cool project to help with, even from another state. We walked the track yesterday and discussed further enrichment and footing adjustments, along with some grass barrier suggestions for future success. 🌾

I have the coolest job, and love the wonderful clients I get to meet and work with. 🤩

Another great post explaining some of the gut’s impact on the rest of the body! 👏🏻 I have been seeing an uptick of ileocecal valve restrictions with the spring grass coming in.

Fantastic information.

Dissection has taught me things living horses could not. The gratitude I feel for the gift of learning is incomparable. 💚

A couple of negative comments caught my eye recently. Those who know me know I avoid drama and confrontation like a horse avoids a plastic bag. But here we are. Some things deserve a response."

"To those who feel the need to judge what they don't understand.

I do equine dissections. And no, I won't apologise for it.

Before you type your comment, let me tell you what actually happens — because I've lived both sides of this.

A year ago, I stood where many of you stand emotionally. Sleepless nights searching for answers. Counting good days against bad ones. Watching closely for any sign of improvement. Asking "what else can I do?" until there were no more options left. And then came the hardest decision — the one that broke my heart into a million pieces even though every part of me knew it was right. The kindest thing I could give my horse was a good death, on a good day, free from pain.

That horse was loved. Deeply. As are every single horse whose body I have had the privilege to learn from since.

Dissection is not desecration. It is not cruelty. It is the final act of care.

These horses are not taken from fields mid-gallop. They have already passed — most euthanised for health reasons, after their owners exhausted every option, after sleepless nights just like mine. The dissection is a gift they leave behind. And every single time, without exception, what I find confirms the same thing: the decision to let them go was the right one. Timely. Kind. The most loving thing their humans could do.

And what we learn? It goes back to the living. Better diagnosis. Better treatment. Better approach. Better understanding of what our horses carry inside them, so we can catch problems earlier, manage conditions better, and give living horses a fighting chance.

So yes — I will keep doing this work. With respect. With gratitude. With full knowledge of what it costs emotionally, because I have paid that price myself.

You are welcome to live in a world where animals don't get sick, don't suffer, and death is something that only happens on TV. But please don't confuse your fantasy with my reality.

This work is done out of love. For horses. All of them — the ones we've lost, and the ones still with us."