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Ok so now, let me ask you this for you guys that have board, are boarding or want to board your horses... what kind of care do you get for pasture boarding? Does pasture boarding include feed? if so is included in your rent? do you have to provide it? how about hay?
How about stall/ pasture (full board)? What do you expect to get?
Right now we are keeping two horses for a friend but it is a very temp situation. And yes, I think my husband and I are going to be crazy enough to open our peaceful, nice little barn for a few boarders. We want mb 2 or 3 pasture boarders and 1 or 2 full board. So no more than 5 people which it is a lot!
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| To me, full board means you do everything, feed, clean stalls/pens, water etc. I would include hay prices in with the boarding cost, if they want to provide a certain grain great, but this way you can ensure the horses basic needs are met to your standards since they are on your property - this way you aren't having to throw poor quality hay to a horse on your property because thats what the owner supplied, etc. or running in to the issue of someone not cleaning their pens etc. the smoothest operations I have experienced are when the barn owner manages it all. A lot more work but that also means more $$ coming in and peace of mind because you know the animals are cared for correctly. |
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| yes, we will be managing it all. I won't do "owner takes care of stall etc" crap LOL. I like my barn clean and smelling fresh! We are thinking of providing a all stock feed so many lbs with full board. If the owner wants a different feed or bigger ration, then we will have to adjust the rates. Does this sound reasonable?
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Location: South Georgia | I full board my horse currently. My horse stays out all day, but comes in just to eat. He could stay in the stall all day or part of the day if I ask, though. The farm provides:
Stall with shavings
Hay in stall
Hay in pasture
Grain twice a day
Adequate pasture
Bring him in twice a day to eat in his stall.
Feeds the required/requested supplements as directed.
Will blanket if I ask them to.
Contacts me if anything seems amiss with my horse that day.
Will administer meds if directed.
Clean stall 1x daily.
Fill water buckets as needed.
Covered arena, washrack, outdoor arena with lights, Arena grounds are dragged every couple days, trailer parking allowed for free.
I clean the water trough in the pasture myself and usually bring him in to feed him myself in the PM because it is on my way home from work. I also clean my stall buckets weekly.
I pay $350.00 and then provide my supplements.
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Location: Kansas | love2ridepre - 2019-01-15 10:51 AM yes, we will be managing it all. I won't do "owner takes care of stall etc" crap LOL. I like my barn clean and smelling fresh! We are thinking of providing a all stock feed so many lbs with full board. If the owner wants a different feed or bigger ration, then we will have to adjust the rates. Does this sound reasonable? is feed provided with pasture boarding? I think you should include hay as needed (winter months, drought, etc.) for pasture horses. Don't depend on the owners to provide it or come feed it.
I also would just figure out how much grain most horses eat and charge accordingly. Some will require more, others less. It should balance out and is easier than having various prices.
I also would not allow boarders to supply different brands of grain. It takes up storage space, they will run out and it is easier on you to feed all the same grain
I board my horse is in a stall. Hay and grained twice daily, water changed daily, stall cleaned daily and fresh bedding as needed, that varies with horses, some are neat and others are pigs
He is turned out to pasture either daily or nightly. The pasture has a small barn left open so they can get in out of the weather if they choose. If the ground stays snow covered for days they will put out a round bale so they can munch during the day
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Location: South Georgia | love2ridepre - 2019-01-15 11:51 AM
yes, we will be managing it all. I won't do "owner takes care of stall etc" crap LOL. I like my barn clean and smelling fresh! We are thinking of providing a all stock feed so many lbs with full board. If the owner wants a different feed or bigger ration, then we will have to adjust the rates. Does this sound reasonable?
is feed provided with pasture boarding?
Pasture board is offered where I board as well at 250.mo and includes hay in the pasture and grain once per day. |
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| horsegirl - 2019-01-15 10:58 AM
I full board my horse currently. My horse stays out all day, but comes in just to eat. He could stay in the stall all day or part of the day if I ask, though. The farm provides:
Stall with shavings
Hay in stall
Hay in pasture
Grain twice a day
Adequate pasture
Bring him in twice a day to eat in his stall.
Feeds the required/requested supplements as directed.
Will blanket if I ask them to.
Contacts me if anything seems amiss with my horse that day.
Will administer meds if directed.
Clean stall 1x daily.
Fill water buckets as needed.
Covered arena, washrack, outdoor arena with lights, Arena grounds are dragged every couple days, trailer parking allowed for free.
I clean the water trough in the pasture myself and usually bring him in to feed him myself in the PM because it is on my way home from work. I also clean my stall buckets weekly.
I pay $350.00 and then provide my supplements.
That's basically what we are offering except for the indoor facility. Our outdoor has tracking sand and lights so unless the weather is frightful, you can ride all year around. |
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| Also let's say a boarder decides to take her horse to a trainer for a month or two... should she still pay for board? |
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Location: South Georgia | No |
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| so if the boarder doesn't pay for her spot while she is at the trainers, can the barn rent it out then? after all the spot is available.... and it is lost of income....
Just trying to figure it all out, that's all |
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Location: Kansas | love2ridepre - 2019-01-15 12:55 PM so if the boarder doesn't pay for her spot while she is at the trainers, can the barn rent it out then? after all the spot is available.... and it is lost of income.... Just trying to figure it all out, that's all
Some barns have a reduced monthly fee since thay are not out feed and labor, others still charge full price and some do not charge for holding the stall.
You might check how other barns in your area handle it
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| will do... I know some people will send horses to a trainer for months at a time, mostly full board boarders.. I want it to be fair for all parties. |
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| Right now I am boarding at a facility with full care pasture board. It costs $150 per month. They get hay every time it is either too rainy or the temp gets below 30. Since my mare is out on 20 acres and still needs grain, I am charged $2.50 per day for feeding where she will bring her in and feed her grain and some extra hay. If she was in a different pasture, it would be free. They get fresh water every day and will be checked on and made sure their blankets are staying on. |
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | I no longer board and absolutely never will again! The biggest problem I had was another boarder moving my horse around and acting like he owned the place! Make a strict contract about conduct and what you are not liable for etc!!!!! You will need rules and more rules!!! |
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Location: Dubach, LA | love2ridepre - 2019-01-15 12:36 PM
Also let's say a boarder decides to take her horse to a trainer for a month or two... should she still pay for board?
Yes. If you want to hold your spot |
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| I board. I pay $300/month and the barn owner feeds grain 2x a day, 24/7 hay outside via roundbale, automatic waterer outside. Outdoor wash rack, indoor and outdoor arena, easy access to miles of trails. Horses are out 24/7 and come in only to eat their grain and they go back out. The pastures are gorgeous, 100% flat, they are dragged frequently and manure is picked up from pastures daily. Arenas are dragged daily. They feed the supplements I provide, and always call/text if they notice something out of the ordinary with my horse. Barrel racing clinics are held a few times a year, and jackpots are held weekly from May-Sept. |
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Location: Washington | We offer boarding. We have an 80 X 180 indoor arena which is great up here in the PNW.
We offer Full care only, No way am I relying on someone else to supply feed or clean stalls to my standards. And I REALLY hate having one horse fed hours before or after the rest.
We have three options........
Option 1: Is standard, Stall with regular individual, unless multple horse owned by same owner and get along, turn out. Left out if weather permits. Hay and grain provided, suppliments or special feed owner provides.
Option 2: Includes all standard care PLUS horse under lights and blanket/unblanketing as needed. Supplements we feed included. For those who have show horses.
Option 3: Is a special offer since our regular stalls filled. This was for people who wanted to take advantage of the indoor arena but not haul in iffy weather. Stalls are smaller 10 X 10 and no turn out, since owner will be out regularly to exercise. Feed, hay & grain, provided water and stall cleaning.
We have limited turn out space and only our personal breeding stock gets pasture. We live on premises and have security cameras. The barn is my job, so horses are monitored 24/7. We have heated bucket in stalls for freezing weather and tank heaters. Shared locking tack room. Stalls cleaned daily if not twice a day. We regularly schedule events from barrel races to cow working and have a trainer on sight.
Be sure your contract is CLEAR! And cover all your bases. Require applications include asking for referances. Be sure to include power, insurance, garbage, etc in your board fees, the little things add up.
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Location: Jersey Girl | Pasture board to me means the same as full board but you don't get a stall. You as the barn owner provide hay, feed and all the care.
My boarding situation currently is I provide everything the same as self care, clean my stalls and my field but I don't feed. The barn owner does that.
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Location: Jersey Girl | NorwegienPower - 2019-01-15 4:01 PM Right now I am boarding at a facility with full care pasture board. It costs $150 per month. They get hay every time it is either too rainy or the temp gets below 30. Since my mare is out on 20 acres and still needs grain, I am charged $2.50 per day for feeding where she will bring her in and feed her grain and some extra hay. If she was in a different pasture, it would be free. They get fresh water every day and will be checked on and made sure their blankets are staying on.
Holy crap. Wish I could find a deal like that. Most self care places in my area start at $200 and you have to provide and do everything. |
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Location: MN | It was $150 for me to board but that only included hay during the winter months. I went out every afternoon to feed. Thankfully the other horse's owner that was in the same pasture as my guy, offered to go halfsies on a load of hay so that our guys could have happy stomachs throughout the summer. The pastures were very over grazed. I did have access to a small out door pen and a stall when I needed one. That was really nice. I was occasionally offered to reduce my board when she needed to go out of town and "paid" $15 an hour that I would just deduct from board.
It wasnt all that bad but boy am I glad to have my own place again!
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Location: TExas | Pasture Board includes
-2 or 1 ac lots with grass with barn grain(Bluebonnet 12x8)1x a day with coastal round bales $350 $325 per horse if you have multiple horses
- Same size pasture if you supply feed and hay but we feed and water 2x day $275
- Same pasture partial care we feed every once in a while for you $175
- Same pasture complete self care we do nothing $100 per horse. If only one horse $175
All these are up in the pastures by our arena and round pen and 75ac to ride out on
15ac pasture with barn has 4 horses on it total. $325 includes hay and grain as needed
15ac pasture self care $100 per horse
Mare motel stalls full care BB 12/8 and coastal $400
These are down at our other place with a small riding area outside
If the horse requires a sr feed or anything more. I take the feed cost of feed included and subtract that from the cost of the higher feed per month. Then just charge the difference. SO I have a customer that has 3 horses all on Sr therapy, they require per her request 10lbs a day of feed. Her horses go through 12 bags a month cost $282 in that feed a month compared to the feed I normally go through on those same 3 horses $120. So her board is the monthly per horse plus $162 on top for the higher and extra feed.
If I need to add alfalfa I charge extra for that. I just charge the amount of the bale not a blanket fee.
I text all customers when vet comes out to do coggins and shots. I will schedule it, handle your horses then bill them. If they use my farrier I will schedule that and hold horses for him, they have to have the money to me before he comes to get done. If they do not use mine they have to take care of it on their own. I do not charge to blanket, free trailer parking, if you supply supplements there is no extra charge to add them. When dentist comes out I schedule and handle that, but I must have a payment before the horse is done. |
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| This is pretty much what we have in mind for our place. We want to keep it very small, so all the horses (including pasture horses) get the best care and attention and also we maybe can eliminate a lot of drama too LOL.
3-4 horses pasture boarding: $150 includes hay as needed and feed one time a day. I don't mind blanketing if needed.
2 horses for Stall/private turn out with private shed $350 includes hay as needed, feed two times a day (we will have to pro-rate this as some horses might need more than others). Owner will provide supplements and we will be happy to feed them. Daily stall/shed cleaning (sometimes twice a day) We will blanket etc
We have a 180x100 outdoor arena with sand and lights (barrels/poles can be set). We ride there all year around except when the weather is too nasty to do anything anyways. We also have beautiful fields to ride and we are located not 2 miles from a State Park with designated areas for trail riding.
Does this sound reasonable? Also what is " the must rule to have"?
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| I know! It was a steal  There is also only one other boarder and I can work off a majority of my board(I am a student) by working around the farm. |
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Location: Texas | love2ridepre - 2019-01-15 10:37 AM
Ok so now, let me ask you this for you guys that have board, are boarding or want to board your horses... what kind of care do you get for pasture boarding? Does pasture boarding include feed? if so is included in your rent? do you have to provide it? how about hay?
How about stall/ pasture (full board )? What do you expect to get?
Right now we are keeping two horses for a friend but it is a very temp situation. And yes, I think my husband and I are going to be crazy enough to open our peaceful, nice little barn for a few boarders. We want mb 2 or 3 pasture boarders and 1 or 2 full board. So no more than 5 people which it is a lot!
anyways, any ideas, suggestions, comments, warnings, prayers etc will be more than welcome
So it's what you make it..
Around here, Pasture care varies from completely self care to being fed twice a day in a paddock.
Full board- barn provides feed, hay, shavings, feeds horse for owner 2-3 times a day, cleans stall 1-2 times a day, fills water, turns out horse- owner just has to come out when they want to see the horse.
Partial care- this also varies. I've been at places where partial care was barn staff fed in AM if feed was put out the night before. Horse owner responsible for providing feed, hay, and shavings. Owner cleans stall and feeds in evening, owner fills water, turn out can either be included or additional cost. I've also been at a place where they provided hay and I provided feed, they fed twice daily, and I just had to clean stall and fill water. Turn out was my responsibility.
What I currently do, because I cant afford to buy land yet, is I lease a pasture with a shed from a fellow barrel racer. It's completely self care- I drive out there twice a day, provide my own feed and hay, feed myself, and they have a water trough with a float. She helps me feed on occasion when needed.
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Location: Texas | love2ridepre - 2019-01-18 7:35 AM
This is pretty much what we have in mind for our place. We want to keep it very small, so all the horses (including pasture horses ) get the best care and attention and also we maybe can eliminate a lot of drama too LOL.
3-4 horses pasture boarding: $150 includes hay as needed and feed one time a day. I don't mind blanketing if needed.
2 horses for Stall/private turn out with private shed $350 includes hay as needed, feed two times a day (we will have to pro-rate this as some horses might need more than others ). Owner will provide supplements and we will be happy to feed them. Daily stall/shed cleaning (sometimes twice a day ) We will blanket etc
We have a 180x100 outdoor arena with sand and lights (barrels/poles can be set ). We ride there all year around except when the weather is too nasty to do anything anyways. We also have beautiful fields to ride and we are located not 2 miles from a State Park with designated areas for trail riding.
Does this sound reasonable? Also what is " the must rule to have"?
Thank you all for responding
That's pretty affordable for where I live. Most pasture care places still charge $300 per horse. Ridiculous.
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Location: Missouri | I'm about the cheapest there is, but I only board 2 horses at a time. 150.00 per month, you supply grain and do your own stall. I feed them twice a day, hay as needed, 24 hour turn out and they have access to come in and out on their own free will. I lock them up in their stall during feeding only. In the winter months if/when we have to get round bales, I charge for those. I will blanket within reason, like if it's going to be zero, but I'm NOT putting on and taking off all the time. You want it on and off, come over and do it yourself. I have a small outdoor arena to ride in and lots of fields around and a small strip of woods along the river. |
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Location: North MS | Don't forget blanketing fees- $/day fee to be put on the horse per owners needs/temp requirements.
Farrier Requirements- Use your farrier or theirs? Different days and schedules or just have a barn farrier day
Rule list- *No new additions without proof of coggins/vaccinations before they set foot on the property. Come up with a rule regarding "Rescues" as it will probably come up and you don't want an infectious disease exposure.
*Stud rules *Pregnant Mare Rules *Lockers for owners (seems like it would come in handy. Or a spot in front of stalls for a Jobox or something that they could lock up).
Just a few things I would mention. I've never even boarded but these are things to bring up and take care of in advance. I did have a boarder once. Ended up owning the horse when they quit paying.
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Location: Kentucky | I fairly recently sold my farm and am having to board. First two months was pasture board. Very nice facilities with a small indoor. For the most part it was ok, but a couple times I came out with no hay to be seen. They normally had rounds out there. I asked the owner about it. They said help had threw a square bale of alfalfa out there and a roll would be put out in 2/3 days. now one small square bale for 4 horses for a day??? Plus there was no remnants of any hay that had been thrown out there. Last straw was when I went out there two weeks later, same thing. Plus no water. This was after evening feeding time. So there should of been some sort of sign hay was fed.
I moved him to a lesser fancy facility, with more of full board for less money. I am happier there. But sure can't wait to buy my own place again. Even though he is getting good care where he is at. Its still not the same as what I would do. But I am thankful. |
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| I have boarded for the past 15 years. Unfortunately living in a major city with the high cost of land, Ill never be able to buy my own place and have them in the backyard. With that being said.....I have had some interesting encounters with boarding facilities.
I recently moved to a small western pleasure show barn. It is the most expensive place I have had my horses at ($450 a month) but they take great care and are on top of everything. The place is always spotless. Everything is highly organized. This price includes indoor stall, hay, cleaning, and blanketing. There is no access to pasture and the few that do have it here charge $750+ monthly. You must provide your own grain, but barn owner will feed.
Some of the issues at previous places.
Dangerous stall w/ refusal to fix
No access to arena
Removal of water because horse plays in it
Forgetting to feed
Not cleaning
Hostile boarders
My advice, write up a contract and cover EVERYTHING. What services you will provide, the rules, what you expect of the boarders, etc. I would be as detailed as possible so if you do have an issue you can refer to the signed contract. |
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | When I had to board for a few years the worst problem I had was hostile boarders! One guy was always acting high and mighty towards me and would move my horse or throw her out in the pasture etc... she was put in with very aggressive mare in a tiny run and I ended up with a hefty vet bill! She was kicked over and over and her skin was hanging off in some spots. The owner was hands off and did nothing he was in it for any money he could get! One of the girls decided that everyone should split the cost of hay equally but the problem was she had three horses and wanted others that had one horse to pay the same, she said it should be per boarder not per horse!! My grain would go missing and my brushes would go missing or be broken! One time the water line froze so I hauled four huge water containers out, the type you put in an office that hold several gallons, those things were stolen by the time I came back that evening! Again it’s the aggressive hateful boarders that can hurt your business! |
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| oh wow!!! Hopefully by keeping it very small, we won't have to deal with issues like that. We shall be able to keep a close eye on things. For pasture horses I don't want more than 3 or 4 and they will be in a 8 acre field. And I don't think they will be a need for any other boarder to handle someone else's horse except their own. |
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| I boarded most of my life - $235 for pasture which included hay and grain 2x a day. In a pinch they would help with blankets but I rarely asked.
For the training question, for pasture our barn charged $50/mo to hold pasture spot and $100/mo for stall to hold the stall spot.
I "board" my nieces horse and I charge her $100 in hay + grain which is about $30 so $130 total. Obviously I switch blankets and she helps whenever she can.
I boarded for a friend and charged her the same as my niece and it didn't workout. I wouldn't do it again. |
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| stayceem - 2019-01-23 11:04 AM
I boarded most of my life - $235 for pasture which included hay and grain 2x a day. In a pinch they would help with blankets but I rarely asked.
For the training question, for pasture our barn charged $50/mo to hold pasture spot and $100/mo for stall to hold the stall spot.
I "board" my nieces horse and I charge her $100 in hay + grain which is about $30 so $130 total. Obviously I switch blankets and she helps whenever she can.
I boarded for a friend and charged her the same as my niece and it didn't workout. I wouldn't do it again.
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If you are boarding... what do you expect?