Boarding your Horse - Boarding Stable & Equestrian Facilities

If you are looking to own a horse and don’t want to avoid some of the responsibilities involved with keeping a horse at home, then boarding your horse is a good option.
If you look around your area, you’ll find places near by where you can board your horse. There are also those who have a horse or two & welcome the opportunity to board a horse on their property to help pay for bills, hay & supplies. They may also ask you help take care of their horses when they are away in exchange for a discount on your board for that month. You can find these type of people through the internet or classified ads. You can also drive around and ask people that might be in your neighborhood that keep horses.

Here’s some words of wisdom, be careful when selecting a place to board your horse. You may find that the care and treatment horses get at certain horse boarding facilities varies, and my not be suitable and up to your standards. You want your horse to be treated like you would treat him. So make sure you ask a lot of questions, such as how they feed, handle and care for their horses. Observe the horses that are there and see how they are kept. Are they well fed and look healthy? Do they look like they are well treated? Are the grounds clean? If you happen to see some folks that board there ask them a few questions as well and see if they are satisfied with the facility.

Good thing to keep in mind is that boarding cost varies considerably. So do the services provided. For example you may find horse boarding facilities that provide an indoor or covered arena, keep horses in stalls or stalls with paddocks, clean everyday or every other day, provide bedding, hay twice a day, provide grooming and exercise daily, administer medicine as needed, and supply feeds or supplements.
Another facility may only keep horses in a pasture or paddock with a shed, feed hay twice a day, and you’ll have the responsibility of grooming, feeding supplements, giving medicine to your horse, exercising your horse etc….

There are many solutions and equestrian boarding facilities to board your horse. It all depends on you what’s comfortable for you and your horse and what you can afford.

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