by Melissa | Jun 29, 2011 | Farm Management, Horse Retirement Farm |
The topic of weight has come up in my conversations with people a lot lately in a variety of contexts. Weight is a subject where everyone seems to have a different opinion. It is one of those topics where if you ask three different horse people to pick out a horse...
by Melissa | Mar 11, 2011 | Herd Dynamics, Horse Retirement Farm |
Over the last few years of living on a retirement farm a few common themes have emerged. When horses first arrive their owners are typically very worried about the same thing. Without question the two most common concerns are transitioning out of shoes and...
by Melissa | Feb 18, 2011 | Feed & Care, Horse Retirement Farm |
Someone in the comments asked about managing pain in older horses or horses with long term issues. That is a really tough question to answer simply because each individual horse owner has a different philosophy in regards to this subject.I will say for myself and my...
by Melissa | Jan 7, 2011 | Farm Stories, Horse Retirement Farm |
I had a conversation with someone today who is in the initial stage of retiring their horse. Right now they are still in what I refer to as the phase of acceptance. It really is a crummy place to be, trying to accept that your horse that you love riding so much needs...
by Melissa | Jan 15, 2010 | Feed & Care, Horse Retirement Farm, Jason |
In other posts I’ve touched on some of the common questions and concerns people have when it comes to retiring their horse. Many owners have no doubts that their horses will love retirement, but equally as many have concerns. Common concerns include: my horse...
