{"id":15,"date":"2026-05-16T01:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=15"},"modified":"2026-05-17T00:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:03:44","slug":"is-this-pony-in-pain-what-an-equine-vet-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"Is This Pony in Pain? What an Equine Vet Found&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<p><span style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">A young rider\u2019s pony was having difficulty with canter leads and moments of \u201ccrankiness.\u201d Is it behavior\u2026 or is it pain? In this episode of Equine Vet Life, Dr. Jenna Donaldson, DVM is called to the Caledon Equestrian Park to perform a full physical exam on a pony hunter and uncover what might really be going on.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll see:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>How vets assess soreness in performance horses<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Signs of a horse being uncomfortable under saddle<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>What to look for in hind-end issues and canter difficulties<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you\u2019re a rider, trainer, or horse owner, this episode will help you better understand the subtle signs that something isn\u2019t right.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzq-D1EuuBk?si=ZLclPHgL0vqaoASO\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young rider\u2019s pony was having difficulty with canter leads and moments of \u201ccrankiness.\u201d Is it behavior\u2026 or is it pain? In this episode of Equine Vet Life, Dr. Jenna Donaldson, DVM is called to the Caledon Equestrian Park to perform a full physical exam on a pony hunter and uncover what might really be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}