I MUCH perfer having my
horses and mules home. I have done it each way you have mentioned. For
many years I rented stalls and/or pasture space and took care of them
myself. I have had them at home for 20 yrs. now. But, for several
winters boarded out for a few months to have use of an indoor arena. It
was nice not to have to go out twice a day in the cold but I was so
glad to get them back home. I find a spend a lot more time with them at
home. I do a LOT of short training sessions with them that I would
never travel to do. A lot of thing I do just while working around them
such as "sacking" them out (rubbing them all over) with the plastic
bags the shavings come in. I often groom them while they are eating and
many other small things that I would never bother to drive anywhere to
do.
