Lots of News

[ranunculus]

Starting with:
http://ranunculus.dreamwidth.org/2016/08/15/
and finishing with:
http://ranunculus.dreamwidth.org/487446.html

Comments

[ravenfeather]

Sorry about the horse owner issue, but it sounds like excuses were given, and he was always going to be a problem. It sounds like you have a full load though, do you have openings to rent out, or are they mostly filled all the time?

Congrats on the steady job!

[ranunculus]

That guy was a real "piece of work". I'm glad he's gone, he had no business owning a horse.

I have openings. Almost always. That is because I ask people to take care of their own horses. It is AMAZING how many people want a horse but don't want the work that goes with it. When I do get good tenants they tend to stick with me for years.

[ravenfeather]

I guess all I know is our horses, and boarding through the military, but I have never heard of a place that cared for the horses for you, and all you had to do was come ride.

[ranunculus]

Lots of places do "full care". The definition of full care varies, but generally includes doing the work of feeding and mucking, often includes daily or weekly turnout for specified times. Many places will schedule the farrier and hold your horse for him/her. Sometimes blanketing and grooming is included. Higher priced places might add a rider to exercise the horse and even offer services to have your horse groomed and saddled when you arrive.

[ravenfeather]

We used to keep horses, then "rent" them for trail rides. It amounts to the same thing, only WE owned the horses, and daddy led the trail rides, so the horses were never away from him.

In the military, the horse owner was responsible for mucking out and feeding, and all the rest. The military did provide the stalls, the corralled area, and a bin to dump the muck. Of course, I was on the other end of that, and would go remove material from the bin to take it home with me. I did not have a horse, but I appreciated the fertilizer. By letting us remove it, the facility did not have to pay to have the bin emptied as much.

[ranunculus]

I think the "pay to have the muck hauled away" days are gone here. The Permaculture revolution has come to California and organic material, muck, wood chips and basically anything that can be composted is becoming a commodity.