by Melissa | Jul 22, 2016 | Horse Retirement Farm |
The picture of Charlotte and Norman grooming below is my pick for picture of the week. It isn’t a particularly good picture as far as the quality of just about any aspect of the picture, but the content of the picture is what is so surprising to me. I was...
by Melissa | Aug 13, 2015 | Horse Retirement Farm |
Yesterday was an exciting day for one group of horses. One of their family members, Lotus, left a few weeks ago to see if a return to work was going to be possible. Although it became quickly apparent that he was not going to be able to return to work Lotus is pretty...
by Melissa | Mar 20, 2015 | Herd Dynamics, Horse Retirement Farm |
We get lots of questions about herd dynamics, especially when we have a new horse. Transitioning new horses into a group is always an event that owners worry about. We stress over it as well although for different reasons. The owners worry about the social...
by Melissa | Nov 30, 2012 | Feed & Care, Herd Dynamics, Horse Retirement Farm, Jason |
(Post written by Jason) We have a group of horses that come in every day to get a hay cube mash, some year round and some seasonally. There are a variety of reasons owners may choose to have their horse handled this way. Some of the horses are hard keepers that...
by Melissa | Nov 7, 2012 | Herd Dynamics, Horse Retirement Farm |
There are many wonderful things about having a retirement farm but there is definitely one major downside, saying goodbye to horses you have come to know and love. Whenever a resident passes on we are always asked by an owner of at least one other horse in the...
