Jennifer M. MacLeay, DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVIM

Dr. Jennifer MacLeay is an author and lecturer who is currently based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Dr. MacLeay was born and grew up in Northern New Jersey. Her interest in horses began early and she participated in hunt seat equitation and eventing for many years. Dr. MacLeay has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Hampshire and received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ohio State University. After of a year of practice in Charlottesville, Virginia Dr. MacLeay pursued advanced training in equine medicine at the University of Minnesota. She is now boarded by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialty of Large Animal Medicine. After her residency Dr. MacLeay completed a PhD in equine medicine at the University of Minnesota. Her thesis was titled Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (Tying-up) in the Thoroughbred horse: genetic, epidemiologic and dietary studies.

Dr. MacLeay's interest in equine behavior began in Minnesota and she now lectures on equine behavior to veterinary students at Colorado State University and to lay audiences around the country. Dr. MacLeay's book entitled: Smart Horse: Training your horse with the science of natural horsemanship has been extremely well received. In this book Dr. MacLeay describes the underlying principles of learning as they apply to the current trends in horse training often referred to as "horse whispering" or "natural horsemanship".

An avid student, Dr. MacLeay is currently studying the sciences of veterinary acupuncture and manipulative (manual) therapy. In her spare time Dr. MacLeay continues to ride her 3 horses in dressage and jumping. She is currently employed as an assistant professor at the Colorado State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. MacLeay is a dynamic and entertaining speaker. She has lectured for several years on the topics of Equine Behavior, Equine Muscle Diseases, Feeding the Performance Horse, General Equine Medicine, The Science of Acupuncture and Manual Therapy and Exercise Physiology.

Dr. Jennifer M. MacLeay, is available for seminars and clinics. Serious inquiries can be made to DrJMacLeay@aol.com.