Keeping Your Horse - Pasture Or Stable?

Once you have the horse, where are you going to put it? What is the best type of housing for your horse? Whether you are keeping your horse at home on your own land or boarding your horse with someone else, should you choose to keep your horse in a pasture with some type of run-in shed or shelter or in a stable?

 Where to keep your horse is a big decision, and there are pros and cons that go along with keeping your horse in a pasture or keeping your horse in a stable. Factors like location, cost, convenience, the type of weather conditions where you live, and other factors can all play a role in deciding where to keep your horse.

Some Advantages of Keeping Your Horse in a Pasture Are:

• Less maintenance and cleaning for the owner

• More fresh air for the horses

• Cheaper to set up and maintain than a stable

• At a boarding stable, pasture boarding fees are usually about half of stable boarding fees

• No mucking stalls 

Some Advantages of Keeping Your Horse in a Stable Are:

• Warmer and drier for the horse

• Cooler in the summer because of the shade

• Easier to isolate a sick horse

• Easier to catch the horse for regular grooming and vet care appointments

• Easier to catch the horse to be ridden

• No injuries from physical fights with other horses

• Keeping Your Horse In a Pasture
  
  If you are keeping your horse in a pasture then you must have some type of run-in shelter that is easy for the horses to get in and out of and provides shelter from the elements.
• Keeping Your Horse In A Stable