Posts Tagged ‘natural horse boarding’
Natural Boarding & why we do it…
Natural Boarding has many benifits, I’d like to explore the different aspects of why keeping your horse in as natural setting as possible is so important…
(Article below is by www.all-natural-horsecare.com)
Natural boarding recognizes the fact that horses are herd animals who need the company of other horses 24 hours a day. They need to interact by touching and playing. Through evolution as a herd animal, horses are programmed to know that safety is in numbers. So a solitary horse is often a stressed horse.
Natural boarding methods are based on the study of how horses live in the wild. They are designed to meet the basic physiological needs of the horse and are the foundation of all natural horse care.
Herdlife…
Horses are very social animals so herdlife is very important to them. In the wild their lives often depend on it. They feel safer in Read the rest of this entry »