Boarding

We recently were contacted by a young lady about boarding her horse with us. We are not a boarding facility, but have the room and are considering taking in one horse and see how it goes. My girl Betsy used to run a boarding facility in Green Bay where she cared for 14 horses.
While she is very knowledgable in regards to caring for horses and running a barn, she is hesitant to get into it again as there are so many headaches when boarding other's animals. At her former stable, she had issues with arena time, and arguing between boarders about so many different things. We met with Samantha and were happy to find out she is a nice young lady who has been injured when she was younger by her horses and is getting back into riding after a long time off.
She is understandably timid about her riding as she has a young horse and hasn't been riding for long since starting back up.I have a lot of respect for someone who gets seriously injured and doesn't let it end their life with their horses. She was a child when she was trampled and broke her leg. I know quite a few people who would never have gotten on a horse again so kudos to her.
At any rate, we recently improved our barn stalls and are making more improvements to make things faster and easier for us as we now have seven horses between us.We take pride in the care and behavior of our horses and see so many owners who don't take the extra effort to give their horses the best care possible. They get grained twice a day, and get good hay twice a day as well. Have plenty of turnout room, with stalls for really bad weather and plenty of shelters.
This spring we will be discing and planting more pasture for them and building a large arena for ropin and eventing. I have seen some less than adequate boarding facilities where the bottom line takes precedence over the care of the animals. It happens more often than you would think. I don't mean to imply that most are that way, there are many really good facilities run by very professional owners, just that it is important to know what to look for as you want the best for your horse. I have learned a lot in the last year from Betsy about nutrition as well as training. We love our horses and are looking forward to helping Samantha get comfortable with her horse again. We hope this will be a good experience for us all.