Live with Dr. Sue Dyson: Equine Enrichment & the Mind-Body Connection

Many people are familiar with the experience of giving their stabled horse a toy to play with, only to be disappointed when it is briefly investigated (or ignored) and rarely touched again. Slow feeders and food toys can help keep a bored horse occupied, but eating isn’t the only natural behavior horses need to express in order to thrive. There are reasons why the typical equine enrichment strategies fall short of truly improving a horse's overall quality of life. The good news is there are well established methods for getting better results! Dr. Sue Dyson and the Train with Trust Project present an overview of equine enrichment that goes beyond the hay net and the Jolly Ball, and examine how you can engage your horse mentally, safeguard soundness and promote other aspects of physical and mental wellbeing. The Train with Trust Project invites you to join our ongoing conversation with Dr. Sue Dyson about the well-being of ridden horses and the future of the equine industry. Through our YouTube playlist, ”Live with Dr. Dyson & the Train with Trust Project” and our Facebook Live events, you have an opportunity to engage with and learn from a world-renowned expert on issues affecting horse owners, riders, vets, trainers and other professionals. Dr. Sue Dyson is an equine orthopedic veterinarian, researcher and author whose lectures are in high demand internationally. With her colleagues she created the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE), featured in the award-winning documentary The 24 Behaviors of the Ridden Horse in Pain: Shifting the Paradigm of How We See Lameness which is available for free and has been viewed nearly 450,000 times on YouTube. The Train with Trust Project is a 501c3 nonprofit organization making equine behavior education accessible while promoting the use of evidence-based training. To donate, learn more, and to find Free Resources visit www.TrainWithTrustProject.org and www.24HorseBehaviors.org