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With mine I've been able to find homes for them as they got tons and tons of training. But even at that, it was at a great financial loss - I basically 'gave them away', and my riding went on 'hold' for the 18 months to 2 years it took to find them a perfect home. One, who I just was really...

I'm not going to flame you, but I'm sure someone else will. There are several sides to the slaughter issue and no easy answers. A person can be 'right' and be on either side of the issue. The problem is that both sides of the argument seem to ignore certain inescapable realities. But there...

It is not about how hard they work in college - they work VERY hard in many cases. I worked in barns for 42 years, including college, and owning your own place, purchasing one's own horses, feed, bedding, building one's own barn and riding area, all that comes with having your own riding...

At least a year and a couple years, the difference between those two, it isn't enough to where it bothers me. I don't think there's any point in picking apart line by line. The point is that this lady is going about things the right way, she is thinking about it and talking to people about it...

You're overseeding with an annual rye or a perennial? I have found alfalfa and clover is taking over my clay soil, and the ag office told me to fertilize and lime more, the grass can't compete with alfalfa and clover otherwise. We got a mix with like 1% alfalfa and the seller assured me that...

"It breaks my heart" Yeah, it breaks my heart too. "...pasture better feed than any feed you can buy" As with everything with horses, 'that depends'. Most parts of the USA, you will be buying hay 6 months or more of the year, no matter how hard you work on your pasture. August in New...

I read and understood that you rode in a college program. That is not the same as having horses at home. And riding the college's horses in the show ring is nothing like having horses at home and trail riding. Whole different set of problems. And surprisingly....riding years later, when one...

My suggestion to the OP is that instead of coming to a BB and asking such a question, she could research the costs of horse ownership herself. Google, 'cost of horse ownership'. The other thing I'd suggest, is that you set aside several hours a day, as well as several hundred dollars a...

Quote: If this change is made, no one will have to ask, 'can I afford a horse?' They will KNOW that the answer is 'no, you can't afford it'. People who suggest this change don't really understand what an extreme effect it will have on their ability to afford a horse.

Quote: That would be adequate in some states and not others, as well as subject to inspection, were there complaints. Last year a gal in Maine had all 6 of her horses confiscated because she did not have what the local AC deemed as 'adequate shelter' - a textile fabric with a plastic frame...

I learned from a very strict old timer too. I can hear her memorable phrases again every day, every time I do anything with my horses - 'No decent rider ever turns a horse out with dried sweat anywhere on him' 'Are you grooming that horse or catching butterflies? If you are grooming that...

Most areas will not allow you to burn manure these days. These days most areas require a burn permit and they won't allow people to do weekly burns, esp of manure. And if an manure pile gets hot enough to smolder or catch on fire, you will find a local government official at your door VERY...

Such questions always seem to make people tense and argumentative. The simple fact is this - horses are expensive. That is all there is to it. MANY people assume boarding is 'expensive' and keeping them at home is 'cheap'. Welll....let us say basic board is 300 dollars a month in your...

We keep ours at home. We have 2 horses and a pony. Horses usually do not do well apart from other horses. Having horses at home usually means having to get a companion horse for the first horse. Many places you can not keep horses at home - or if there are homes/subdivisions nearby, you have...