What is your best advice for choosing a nice stable for my daughter's horse?

Question

What is your best advice for choosing a nice stable for my daughter's horse?

Answer 1

Check the pastures

- Is the drainage adequate?

- Do the horses get turned-out daily and for how long?

- Do the pastures have enough shelter for all the horses?



Facilities

- Is there an indoor riding area

- Is there room for all the horses in extreme weather?

- Can you access your horse 24 hours a day or are there set visiting times?



Vets

- Will you be contacted if your horse is sick (before any treatment)?

- Are you allowed to use your own vet?

- Are you allowed to use your own farrier?

Answer 2

First posters have a great points. Yes check out the stables in your area. first find the ones that have the amenities that you are seeking that are within your price range then Visit them more than once and at different times of day. Talk to the boarders if they are stuffy and are too good to answer your questions move to the next stable. You want to check that the stable is Clean and orderly (as much as a stable can be of course) that it is in good repair (no exposed nails or other objects or items that could cause an injury). Check how clean the stalls are (more than one of course as some horses are generally more messy than others) Also you will want to find out how thick they have their bedding and how often the strip the stalls. Some stables are so cheap they will leave bits of poo behind to save on shavings and just spread it around. Also check the water sources the horse will have access to (bucket or trough) This should also be clean and free of debris within reason of course. (some horses like to dip their hay so if there is hay in the water the question to ask yourself is: is it from today or days ago)

If you take the time to be thorough you will know when you find the right facility

Answer 3

go around the stables and ask as many questions as you can think of.speak to horse owners who are on the farm, maybe speak to the surrounding houses, has it got everything thereneeded? is it acsessable for your daughter? is the stable big enough.

Answer 4

Some good answers here. Something else you can do is ask the local vets and horse shoers, they will generally know who takes the best care of horses.