04/12/2026
Dissection has taught me things living horses could not. The gratitude I feel for the gift of learning is incomparable. π
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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β the ones we've lost, and the ones still with us."