KOTA Territory NewsHorse masseuse fills a niche

Horse masseuse fills a niche

Jared Andersen

Some state laws only allow veterinarians to give massages to farm animals.  However, in KOTA Territory you don't have to be a vet to have an animal massage business, and one horse masseuse believes she's helping many area horses. 

Jamie Scott says, "you get better performance, increase range of motion, better state of mind, they'll travel better, do their job."

Scott first starts with the horse's ears.  She says, "when I go in and kick loose a trigger point and allow the vertebrae to fall back where it belongs there's no popping, there's no snapping, there's no cracking, there eyes don't get wild."

Scott says some horse owners are skeptical about horse massages, but after 6 years of practice she's seen positive results from horses and riders alike.   She explains, "with a skeptic I would say let me work on your body a little bit and we'll see what you think, and then we'll go work on your horse and you guys can go win some money."

Next, after the ears are worked on Scott will work on the neck.  Scott then works on horse's legs, and finally after an hour horse is stretched out.