My sister moved to the Tri-Cities area of WA about a month ago and is preparing to move her mare up there with her. She's looked at a couple different board situations for her, and is considering two that seem to have the best living situation with the safest fencing.
Both facilities would provide a stall or shelter in inclement weather, both would have the mare on irrigated pasture 24/7 otherwise. Both usually feed alfalfa hay. Both have access to extensive trails. One of the places will feed 50/50 timothy and alfalfa when they can get decent quality timothy, their horses are on "NW supplement" (some sort of vit/selenium supplement) and are willing to feed supplements the owner provides. There's a nice sized round pen with decent footing, and another arena with no real footing to speak of (grass/dirt). There is no onsite trainer or instructor, but boarders can bring someone in. It would be about a 15-20 minute drive. The other place feeds alfalfa only, and the pasture used to be an alfalfa hay field. They charge quite a bit extra to feed any sort of supplement. They have better footing in the arena, but no round pen. There is an onsite trainer abailable for training/lessons. This place is about a 10 minute drive, and is a little less expensive. This is my sister's first horse, so she'd like to have access to a trainer to help her out, take regular lessons, etc. She's leaning toward the first place as their fences are in better repair, they seem more flexible in terms of feed/supplements, etc. but she doesn't know any trainers in the area. Does anyone have thoughts on these two board/care situations? Anyone live near Richland-Kennewick-Pasco who can recommend trainers, instructors, farriers, chiros, etc? My sis would also love to find some riding buddies up there. Thanks, Kimberly [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
