Personal Expert Help

If you would like personalized expert assistance in identifying pain and creating a follow-up plan, choose this option. Before the remote consultation, it is recommended that you use Equine Pain Finder to assess your own horse’s pain-related behavior and movement. Send the list you receive from Equine Pain Finder to Mervi along with the other basic information.

The videos you take for the Equine Pain Finder movement analysis can also be used during the remote consultation, so it is recommended that you send those as well.

If you would like help identifying pain or assessing the horses gaits, please book this appointment.

For assessing possible lameness, take the following movement videos and send them to Mervi via WhatsApp at +35844 902 8282 in HD quality:

1. Film the horse directly from behind as it walks, preferably on a firm surface, moving away from the person filming and then back towards them. You may zoom in, but only once. Zooming causes a brief interruption in the video, which means that part of the movement may not be visible.
2. Same as above, but at the trot.
3. Film the horse on a circle in all gaits, in both directions, from outside the circle. When filming, follow the horse with the camera so that the horse remains visible in the video at all times.
4. Backing up. Ask the horse to back up continuously for approximately 15 steps. Film from the side.
5. Yielding the hindquarter. Make small circles in both directions so that the horse crosses his hind legs over one another.

Your remote consultation will be provided by Mervi Pakola, a specialist in equine pain, equine osteopath, equine massage therapist, specialist in equine muscle care (Master Stable Manager, EAT), and animal trainer

Please contact Mervi via WhatsApp at +35844 902 8282. The remote consultation can be conducted as a chat consultation via WhatsApp. With this product, you are booking a 30–45-minute appointment.