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Re: [RC] Boarding horses - Stephanie E Caldwell

For those of y'all that are thinking about moving boarding barns here's my list of things I check and why; an unethical boarding barn here in town tried to kill my horse and threatened me over some "issues" with Star's care, I ended up walking out of that facility leading a severly ill horse; I will never board another horse again without doing some extensive background checks on the owners. My current situation is a leased barn by myself, the only thing I could get with Star, she had Strangles when we left.
 
1) Here in North Carolina you can do a civil and criminal background check by name at your local courthouse. People that I boarded with last summer had judgements agains them by 2 boarders for injuries, one vet, and one farrier. If I'd know that would I have boarded there? They also had criminal convictions. I felt like I was invading people's privacy doing that, but I'm paying them to care for my animal and I want to know what kind of person they are.
 
2) Call local equine associations. When I checked on this barn after the fact they had been rejected for membership in both county associations.
 
3) Find boarders that have left there for various reasons, I found some people by asking around at Southern States. I also talked to current boarders, but they were like I was, happy for a short time and left like I did with severly ill horses.
 
4) Get references from both vet and farrier. I always just got vet referrences, but farriers know more what goes on at farms than vets do alot of times.
 
Just my two cents; I've boarded at four places. One was pretty good, but my horse didn't fit in. Next one my horse got beat and starved. Third place was very country, but we were happy, left to have people to ride with... fourth place was a nightmare!
 
Stephanie
----- Original Message -----
From: Kat Forst
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: [RC] Boarding horses

In my opinion, and just opinion, I prefer the boarding facilities like the one I'm at now.  I only pay $50 mth.  I go EVERY day to the barn and feed, water, clean the stall, etc. I have a mare, and a stallion.  The mare is allowed to stay out in the pasture, and she does.  I feed her grain in the afternoons while I'm there, and thats that.   My stallion however has to stay in a stall.  I feed him in the afternoons and fill up both water buckets.  If the round pen isn't TOO wet I let him out while I'm cleaning his stall out, or getting his food ready.  Everyone that boards there does the same.  Then we all leave out however much hay and feed we want them to have for breakfast, and the owner puts it in their stalls before he goes to work in the morning.  They have my number in case anything goes wrong. 

Honestly, I don't think it's fair to own a horse if you can't spend at least 30min a day to feed it.  I understand not having anywhere to keep it though. My husband and I are trying to buy a house right now with enough room to keep my horses, but we are living in an apartment right now. 

Anyways, like I said that's just my opinion. 



Kat d. Forst

Night Star Arabians




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