Horse Boarding: Home Is Where The Heart Is
by Eleanor - August 16th, 2009.Filed under: Sage herself, boarding.
Bodywork doesn't get much better than this; and River doesn't charge me!
As you can see from the picture, Sage has settled into her new home quite nicely. She and the other mare, River (four year old part Clydesdale), love to spend time practicing their bodywork skills on each other. This is fabulous for Sage, as she needs the spine stretches, the square stance, and the relaxation.
As you can see, it only took two weeks for her to slim down and tone up a LOT because of all the daily walking out on sloping acreage. Her diarrhea is gone, and perhaps I can finally get her tail white…
So, even though it is stressful on a horse (and owner) to change barns, home should be where they have the potential to be happiest and “horsiest”. We seem to have found that. I changed barns annually (or even more frequent) over the last eight years, but looking back it was all leading to this. I have no regrets because it makes this place all the more sweeter, just like the big, bold blackberries weighing down the bushes on the fenceline.