tall pines eventer wrote:
Hunter Princess wrote:
Depends on what you want to do with the horses, and how you plan on spending your life. Keeping your horses at home means ALWAYS being there, no vacations, no shows unless everyone is going, etc, etc etc. For me, boarding is, and probably always will be, the best solution. They are taken care of better than I could myself. I physically cannot dedicate enough time to them to take care of them to my satisfaction, so they are boarded. Now, I will say the ONLY way I will ever board again is in a barn, with a trainer on site, completely in said trainer's program.
This is an excellent post.  I keep my horses at home and it is a 24/7 job.  

  
Not if you have great horse neighbors to swap chores with.  The only time you cant go somewhere due to chores is if you have a milk cow.



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Expect more from your horse, and you will get it

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When I ride my horse I get to forget I have a brain injury


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I was the daughter who wouldn't lift a finger in the house but cycled madly off in the pouring rain to spend all morning mucking out a stable.

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