maggiestar
Well-Known Member
Stables can be places of rest and comfort for horses as long as they're also getting time to socialise, play, graze, roll, run, and please themselves.Not at all. There are plenty enough folk, some on here, who have convinced themselves that stables are prisons , however little time the horse spends in there.
I've seen how depressed and 'shut down' horses can become when their every movement is restricted and controlled.
I think an earlier poster suggested all weather turnout and maybe that's a solution for the future. It's obviously not easy, we do have a lot of rain in the UK and 99% of owners want to do the best for their horses, but I'm just speaking from my experience at this particular yard.