Natural Boarding Directory United States

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Natural Boarding Directory United States: California

Los Gatos: Great Room Equestrian

Paddock paradise boarding in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Los Gatos/San Jose and Santa Cruz, CA. Horses are fed 4x day in varied locations and have scent stations, water buffet, rolling hay balls and hanging treat balls with small amounts of different hay varieties to reward natural foraging behavior. Our horses flourish on varied terrain, a seasonal creek, and the companionship of the herd. Contact Suzanne (415) 519-8031 for more information.

Kelseyville: Highland Springs Equestrian Center

Enjoy seeing your horse be healthy and happy by keeping him in a more natural setting in a pasture with run-in shelters, free to move around, free to socialize with other horses, with forage always available. Or, choose a more controlled and protected environment with a stall, private paddock, and rationed hay. We have several options and plenty of turnout available.
Favorite activities here are dressage, trail riding, clinics, and a weekly group ride and potluck. This year we have had clinics with Jillian Kreinbring, John Saint Ryan, Audrey Brennan, Charley Snell, Leo Van Sistine, and Sandy Smyth.

Highland Springs Equestrian Center is located at 8900 Wight Way, Kelseyville, on 80 acres of rolling hills, with panoramic views of mountains, vineyards, pastures, and forests. Natural beauty abounds here! Enjoy tranquil on-site trails or many more miles of trails at nearby Highland Springs Recreation Area. We have a 90’ x 235’ covered arena with sand and fiber footing, large open arena, square pen, round pen, 4 pastures, 11 paddocks, 11 stalls, tack building, hot-wash rack, bathroom & porta-potty, picturesque main barn, and 3 small barns. Boarding starts at $395 per month and includes all the hay you want, feeding your supplements, fly masks and blankets on & off, and trailer parking.

Call Juliana or Paul at 707-279-1903 for more information.

Tehachapi: Rising Moon Horse Retirement

Rising Moon Horse Retirement is a 21 acre ranch located in Tehachapi, CA. At our ranch we provide loving attention and care for horses while allowing them to live naturally as part of a herd. The pastures consist of two 4 acre dry lots as well as 11 acres of grazing forage with multiple pasture sheds and a large indoor arena.

The caretakers live on site allowing for constant care and monitoring of horses. Live cameras are situated around the property and visible via a password protected website at all times.

Your horse will be treated as family and will have daily hands on attention.
Tel: 323-325-1661

Tehachapi: Worthy Soles Horse Retirement

Worthy Soles Horse Retirement is a new 20-acre private ranch offering active retirement and recovery boarding in Tehachapi, California.

Daily care provided by on-site owner.

Call or email for details and to discuss your situation.
PO Box 722, Tehachapi, CA 93561
Phone: 310-721-2662

Temecula: Prosper Farm

We offer natural horse boarding on 5 acres in a beautiful secluded canyon. Our track creates an ideal natural environment. We are a small family farm that cares 24/7 for the animals in our keep. We are located on the border of Temecula Wine Country/ Sage /and South Hemet California. We have a herd of 6-8 horses.
email: serenitygordon@gmail.com

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Colorado

Calhan: Colorado Natural Horsemanship Centre

80 acres of pasture boarding.
Tel: 303 663 7115

Delta: Heart's Desire Farm

A peaceful location in the heart of Delta, Colorado. Natural Boarding Facility, Slow Hay Feeders, Room to Roam. Paddock Paradise Track under construction Arena, Round Pen, Trails. Diane St Peter is a John Lyons Certified Trainer. Training ~ Lessons ~ Boarding ~ Morgans and Morabs for sale. Call: 970-260-9913

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Florida

Delray Beach: Irish Acres

Irish Acres is a premier South Florida horse boarding facility. The 60-acre working horse farm and equine preserve is located in Delray Beach, Florida.

At Irish Acres, we believe strongly that "it's all about the horse." After spending hours foraging in large lush pastures, your horse will return to our newly remodeled barn, offering spacious and airy stalls. Featuring the highest quality hay and grain, in addition to grass, each horse's diet is customized based on their individual needs. The farm offers extensive trails and large, well manicured open spaces for ground work, dressage and jumping.

Conveniently located in Palm Beach County, Irish Acres horse farm is close to Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs and Broward County.

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Georgia

Barnesville

Pasture board for barefoot horses. Horses kept in groups up to six per field. Hay provided during winter. Natural horsemanship playground, round pen, riding arena, and some trails.

Bonnie and Greg Martin
Tel: 770 358 9922

Thomson: Happy Valley Stable

17 acres well maintained pasture with 3 acre pond for drinking and cooling off in summer heat. We keep herd size to 12/15 head. No rear shoes or stallions.

Safety area allows for a safe place to be with your equine friend without worry. Tack room,full restroom facility, hot/cold wash rack.
We supply quality hay as needed for winter and stalls.

We can customize individual care for each horse.

Riding arena and play area. Experienced trainer and instructor available for improving your relationship with you horse.

Owner/operator live on premises 24/7 Audrey and Terry Myrick 706 466-6529

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Illinois

Downs: Wellgreen Farm

Quality care, all natural, full service boarding, training, leasing, camps, sales, and riding lesson business. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Marjorie Gilmore
Tel: 309 378 2124 (barn)
309 530 0670 (cell)

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Massachusetts

Greenfield: Willow Run

Willow Run is a small (6 stall) natural boarding facility. Our stalls are 12'x12' with attached paddocks, no doors, and 4' walls so even when horses come in, they are able to access each other and the outdoors. There is a Paddock Paradise for group turnout, and horses are often out 24/7. Our feed program is based on grass & grass hay at 2% of body weight, in slow feed hay nets. Nets are hung around the Paddock Paradise, with extra nets so all horses have access. We add a ration balancer, a probiotic, and loose salt. We have alfalfa pellets if your horse doesn't eat enough hay and grass to maintain body condition. Concentrate is fed in stalls so your horse gets the correct amount for their individual need. Owner is a certified veterinary nurse with over 40 years horse experience, and 15 years boarding horses. We strive for a comfortable, co-operative environment, with access to protected trails a short distance down the road. Willow Run is the perfect home for trail riders, retired horses, and traumatized horses requiring a natural, low-stress environment. Hoof trimming by owner available. Contact Kristin at 413-522-2480 or kristinkneal@icloud.com

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Michigan

Bear Lake: Fjern Fields

Friendly Atmosphere - All ages, abilities, and backgrounds are welcome
Natural Boarding - Allow your horse to live like a horse

What will life be like for your horse at Fjern Fields?
Housing:
In our barn, we have 12x12 box stalls available for each horse, a shared tack room, feed space, and grooming area. However, the horses primarily use the stalls only for morning and evening individualized feedings, or if a horse is on stall rest at the direction of a veterinarian. Typically the horses prefer to stay out in the open, even in inclement weather.

At night, we bring the horses into a medium-sized paddock, and during the day, they are turned out onto grass pastures. This allows the horse to have complete freedom of movement in fresh air 24/7. The stalls and paddock are cleaned daily.

Feeding:
Typically horses either have access to hay in slow feeders or access to pasture. Our turnout pastures are rotated weekly and allowed to rest. All horses have 24/7 access to clean, fresh water and mineral salt.

We feed quality grass hay and encourage the use of soaked beet pulp (free of molasses) for morning and evening individual feedings. Because we have sandy soil, we provide a monthly sand clear cleanse and a seasonal feed through fly control. We are happy to distribute any additional owner supplied feed or supplement.

During their individual feedings, each horse is visually inspected for injury. Also we do a quick brush down and apply fly spray and fly masks as provided by the owner at this time.

Exercise:
Movement is extremely important for the health of the horse. Movement is encouraged by living in a herd and by the design of our pastures.

Next to the Fields are wooded trails. We also have an outdoor riding area large enough to fit a standard size dressage arena or a full stadium jump course, and are constructing a cross country jumping course. We will be building a set of arena jumps, barrels, cones, obstacles, and a round pen in the future.

People:
Owners that choose to board their horses with us appreciate our commitment to Natural Boarding. We welcome all riding disciplines and experience levels. However, we will not tolerate abusive, cruel, or neglectful practices - period.

We understand that lives are busy and occasionally we can't see our equine friends very often, but we ask that you make the commitment to visit and groom your horse a minimum of once per week.

Horses:
Before a new horse comes to live with the herd, they must have standard immunizations up to date and a current negative Coggin's. As a new horse is introduced to his herd, there may be a few squabbles as the horses sort things out. We will only interfere if a horse's health or safety is at risk.

For a Natural Board setting, horses ideally should be kept barefoot and without a blanket if possible. If your horse is clipped during the winter to accommodate an active exercise program, he should have a blanket. The weather in Michigan can be very cold, and if your horse's natural coat isn't enough protection from the cold, he should have a blanket. (In these situations we recommend a blanket with a "Hug" style closure so they can still comfortably eat from ground level.)

If your horse currently wears shoes, we would be happy to help you transition him to a barefoot trim. We strongly recommend your horses be barefoot for health reasons, but we also realize that it may not be possible. We understand this and are willing to work with you to ensure the best living situation for your horse and the other horses in our care.

For more information, contact Ginger Wisseman at 231-889-0132.
Your horse will thank you.

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Missouri

Kingston: J Squared Natural Horse Boarding

Opening in Spring, 2010 for a few select boarders. Will have 1/2 mile paddock paradise track with access to pond, trees for shade, and 3-sided barn for shelter.

Barefoot Trimmer on site. Dynamite free-choice minerals.

J.R. and Janet Hatch
816-586-2262
816-277-1586

Mansfield: 7 Springs Farm

7 Springs Farm can be your horse's dream retirement getaway, whether you have a trusty trail horse, a show horse, an eventer, or a racehorse who is ready for retirement! Our retirees enjoy their days out in lush pastures with their herd mates, and if you choose, your horse can have a stall for nights with plenty of shavings. We give every horse lots of love & attention!

Each of our turnout pastures are between 10 and 50 acres on our 640 acre farm. We have excellent grass forage almost year round, and for the winter time we bail our own quality organic hay that is an orchard grass/clover mix.

Horses are grouped depending on their personality and activity level. The number of horses per pasture is anywhere from 3 – 7. Once your horse has bonded with a group of horses we try not to separate them.

Our location is ideal for the retired horse because the Ozarks have milder winters than the north and cooler and less humid summers than the south. Here at 7 Springs Farm, your horse can be a horse again!

Contact us at: 417-812-5022

Natural Boarding Directory United States: New Hampshire

Boscawen: Ancora Imparo Equine Center

Premier private boarding facility with indoor and outdoor arena, round pen, trails, paddock paradise style track system, equiculture style grazing, and dry lots. Field shelters, automatic waterers, stalls available for all as needed. Board includes forage testing and mineral balancing. Owner is a full service farrier, and welcomes other hoof care professionals. Call 603-731-3144 for more information.

Natural Boarding Directory United States: New Jersey

Frenchtown: Dreams Come True Farm

We are a quality boarding facility in Hunterdon County, NJ that is dedicated to rehabbing horses, taking care of equine companions, and providing lay-up and basic full board care. We provide group turnouts to promote healthy psyche of horse, we utilize natural trimmers, and provide quality, naturally raised hay for your horse. Special diets for special needs horses are not a problem and we welcome the older horse with open arms.

Call Debbie (908) 361-3152 for appt. to see and meet our residents.

Lambertville: Long View Equine

Our farm caters to the retired equine. Our mission is to ensure a safe and happy resident! In order to do this, we have several pastures ranging from 6 to 23 acres, all with large run-in sheds. Our sheds are picked daily and fields are cut throughout the year, so residents always have plenty of room to roam and grass to graze! We also take care of blanketing, trims, worming (fecal exam), floating (1x/year), and during the winter, hay is available 24/7. Board is $375/month; our care, priceless!
References available from happy horses and their owners!
609-542-0022

Natural Boarding Directory United States: New York

Deansboro - Green Acres Retirement Farm

Located on 70 acres in the Mohawk Valley Region of NY, we provide customized retirement and layup care. Both individual and group turnout available. Packages start at $240/mth and include trimming, vaccines, and more. Contact us at (914) 414-7872.

Natural Boarding Directory United States: North Carolina

Statesville: New Hope Stables & Campground - Where the Horse comes First

At New Hope Stables we keep the horses as close to their natural life way as possible by implementing Paddock Paradise. There are corridors and feeding stations throughout our 25 acres to keep the horses moving and socializing all day which promotes a great spirit, mind and body. This also allows us to control the pasture turn out time to minimize the risk of founder due to sugars and toxins in grass. Hay is fed year round. Our horses are all bare foot due to me being a certified Natural Hoof Care professional with the AANHCP and Liberated Horsemanship.

We have 6 pull thru camp sites with bathrooms, showers, electric and water hook up. All campers and their horses are seperated from the main barn.

Natural Boarding Directory United States: South Carolina

Hopkins

Full care boarding and rehabilitation facility. Owner lives on premises. Small mixed herd (6-8 horses out 24/7 on 17 acres. Barefoot only. No stallions. VitaRoyal feed and quality hay in addition to in-season grass.

Claudia Garner Tel: 803 647 1200

York: Rainbow Acre Stables

We offer natural care boarding including natural feeds customized individually for your horse and a natural nutrition program. We offer numerous amenities and additional services upon request along with our basic and premium board options. We also offer nutrition consultation and holistic products to the public. Our barefoot farrier and holistic vet options are also available for our boarders.

Sandra Hammond
Tel: 803 684 2722

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Pennsylvania

Midland: Horse Around Acres

Our boarding facility was designed with the horse's health and well being in mind. We believe that a horse is healthier and happier in an environment that is as close as we can make it to what nature intended. Your horse can make the decision where the most comfortable spot is (in the sun, away from a draft or in an aisle with a breeze). Who could know better than the horse? Although this may mean the horse may be more difficult to catch and groom, we believe the benefits to the horse's health and attitude outweigh these inconveniences. The effects of COPD can and have been diminished or eliminated. Therefore, except when necessary (at feeding, if a horse is recuperating or if the farrier or vet is coming), the horses are in a constant "free-choice state." Our horses can come and go, in and out of their stalls, as they please. We do close them in stalls while feeding to make sure no horse gets pushed out of his food.

Additional features:

• 60' x 120' indoor ring
• 100' x 124' outdoor ring
• 70' diameter round pen
• 10' x 12' stalls
• LOTS of trails
• Safe fencing
• Fly predators released for fly control
• 5 separate herd groups, 2 with rotated pastures
• Water heated in winter
• Natural hoof care practitioner
• Main hay storage away from barn (dust and fire hazard)

Horse Around Acres has been in business since 1986--continuously under one ownership. Owners live on premises.
Tel: 724-643-8474

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Texas

San Antonio: Wrenwood Stables

Full care boarding facility with balanced and complete nutrition. All horses get maximum turnout. Barefoot trimming. The horses are fed 3 to 4 times per day. There are multiple places to ride, including an arena.

Rene Riddle
Tel: 210 372 0855

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Washington State

Sedro Woolley: Breezy Valley Ranch

Breezy Valley Ranch is a private facility providing customized care for your horse. The mental and physical well being of your equine is foremost in everything we do.

The ranch sits in a lush valley near the Skagit River on just over 28 acres in the North Cascade Foothills just east of Sedro Woolley, Washington. The property is surrounded by beautiful snow-capped peaks, evergreen mountain sides and grassy pastures.

Features include a well lit indoor arena with a viewing deck and seating area, large mirrors and sand footing. Four large sliding arena doors can be opened to let in natural light and the beautiful mountain scenery. There's also a 50 foot round corral with solid paneled walls.

Enjoy riding along the grassy bridle paths surrounding the property. Just off the west pasture, you'll find the Cascade Trail-- ride along the Skagit River, over scenic bridges and into town. We are located just 2 miles east of the Les Hilde trail system, a mile from the Baker Lake recreation area turn off where you'll find numerous lowland and alpine trails to explore. The North Cascades National Park which features numerous stock camps and trails is just up the highway.

If you're looking for ease of access to some of the best trail riding the country has to offer, facilities for year round riding and exceptional care for your equine friend, this is the place to be.
Call: 360-306-2282.

Natural Boarding Directory United States: Wisconsin

Arpin - New Leaf Farm

Horse Board available on a natural Paddock Paradise track system. Up to 8 horses per track, two shelters per track.

We test our hay and bring each horse into a tie stall once per day for a supplement to compliment our hay. We will feed your provided grain if desired. We also feed hay twice per day dropped in flakes around our 1/4 mile track, loose salt, and keep a large water tank full.

Board also includes access to a 4x4 lockable tack locker in a heated tack room, fenced outdoor 70x140 sand arena, indoor cross ties, outside tie rails, outside and inside washracks, 55x120 Coverall indoor arena, and access to 20+ acres of trails on property or ride to nearby county land and ride for 3+ hours. County Land has a large wooden bridge and 2 water crossings.

Shelters in the lower track are 12x24 and 25x35, upper track 12x24 and 13x42. Lower track has 8 horses, upper track has 4 with room for 4 more.

Each track group has 8 tie stalls opened once per day for grain, each horse is trained to enter their own stall one at a time politely.

New Leaf Farm is an ever changing, ever progressing farm. Each summer we are always under some kind of construction for one project or another. We have room to add 2 more tracks, another large outdoor arena with plans for a play area with obstacles, and much more!

We also have a separate turnout area for sick or injured horses and 4 large box stalls if needed.

Family friendly environment, call Angela at 715-570-5179 for a tour or questions.