Thanks! When you say cheapest, does that mean cheap but good, or cheap and you get what you pay for? How's the help there, as she is new to horses not really a "horse person" but wants to learn. Is anyone familiar with the staff?DQ2B said:It's no frills and I think they only have pasture board available at the moment. Not sure what that price is but they are generally the cheapest going. Nice to have the tack shop on site.
camily said:Thanks! When you say cheapest, does that mean cheap but good, or cheap and you get what you pay for? How's the help there, as she is new to horses not really a "horse person" but wants to learn. Is anyone familiar with the staff?
SAHRAB said:Our "third" kid (lol) boards both his horses there.
we were talking about Wheatly's last night, from what he said, you'll want to call them about the board price (dont want to misquote the price on here) but it seemed really reasonable.
Tell her to make sure WHEREVER she boards, CHECK the pastures. the first place we boarded, the horses were in 8 inches of mud ALL YEAR ROUND. (sucked for the horses and sucked for you when you went out to get your horse)
Also they sold alot of horses from Auctions, it seemed everytime they'd come back from the auction our horses (mainly mine) would get sick (from something the "new" horses would bring). sucks when you want to go on a ride and cant because your horse is SICK and they dont want you to bring it to the Ride because then everyone would know what kind of facility they were running.
camily said:Thanks! When you say cheapest, does that mean cheap but good, or cheap and you get what you pay for? How's the help there, as she is new to horses not really a "horse person" but wants to learn. Is anyone familiar with the staff?
WildHorses said:
SAHRAB said:I was good, i didnt mention any names
fredsaid2 said:Haven't they had a few issues with Strangles?
WildHorses said:Now I thought we had this settled. We've met and I know who you're talking about and, therefore, so would anyone else who knows who you are. That wasn't nice. However, I didn't give you red because I know you were only having a moment's relapse.
SAHRAB said:No this is DEFINETLY not settled, sorry you mistakenly thought it was.
I was being nice by not mentioning the name, because one of the owners, posts on this board. if you know me, and know where i boarded, then you DEFINETLY do not have any doubt about what i was saying.
i was DEFINETLY being nice because of how that "operation" ended our relationship. and the BS they tried to spout, since they were in the wrong, to defend themselves... unfortunately for them I still have the Reciept for the Years Board i paid ahead of time (oops)
WildHorses said:You probably should be discussing this in a different forum, literally. I'll quietly back away, if you don't mind.
camily said:Thanks for the info guys.I will pass on the info. What is strangles?
Strangles is the most important infectious disease affecting horses. It is caused by a bacterium, Streptococcus equi.
Typically, horses suffering from strangles have pus discharging from the nostrils and swellings (abscesses) forming in the lymph glands under the jaw. These abscesses often burst and exude a thick yellow pus. Affected horses can have fever, be depressed and may stop eating.
Most animals recover, but horses that contract even a mild case of strangles must be isolated and removed from training or heavy work for up to 3 months. In some cases the infection can cause chronic illness or even death.
Yuck!SAHRAB said:
appyday said:Lots of places have had issues from stangles in St Marys...I bought a paso that had it and because I have NEVER had strangles on my place I opted to sell him from where he was so not to bring it here...but strangles is an issue at more then 5 places that I can count off the top of my head..
camily said:Thanks for the info guys.I will pass on the info. What is strangles?
I'm not in St. Mary's Also, I am not the horse person, my friend is. Actually, she's not either, her man bought it and now she is learning.TotalControl said:I boarded there before .. I did not like the fact that I had to go through one field of horses to get to my horse and another boarders horse reared up at my 11 year old daughter.. But that was field board .. who knows now..
I thought evryone in St. Mary's knew about Strangles ??