| Spirit
of the Horse
Retirement Home for Horses
Many horse owners are faced with
the difficult decision of where to find a good facility for
their retired horse. Whether your horse is retired due to
old age, lameness, or special medical needs, it is important
to find the right facility.
We provide affordable, safe and
happy retirement options with all the comfort and dignity
a retired horse needs and deserves.
The ranch offers access to
grazing, water, shade and shelter for all horses without crowding.
Our emphasis is on restoring the natural spirit of your horse.
Benefits from natural
pasture:
• Low stress
• Restoration of ‘herd spirit’
• Harmony with nature and other horses
• Freedom to roam and graze
• Lots of exercise
• Fewer health and hoof problems
• Socialization with other horses
Your horse deserves to be allowed
to live
out its remaining years in the company of
other horses in an environment that has
been the ancestral home for horses for
hundreds of years.
Retirement Home
for Horses
RATES AND FEES
Board:
(paddock/pasture) $350.00 per mo.
(Sorry no stallions)
Feeding:
2-3 times a day as we determine.
( Our pasture grass is in late March to early/mid June)
Limited stalls and paddock available at no extra charge.
Straw bedding cleaned daily. Access to water in clean trough,
salt licks.
Feed:
High quality alfalfa, (Horse Hay) and high
quality Orchard grass hay and/or Oat Hay.
No more than 25 horses at a time.
Stalls and paddock available for lay ups.
Straw bedding cleaned daily. Access to water in clean trough,
salt licks.
Worming:
$20.00 every 2 months, this is required
and part of the contract.
Vet:
Dr. Jim Williams
(billing is separate) Mandatory Vaccinations: The following
vaccinations are required on a yearly basis: Rabies, Tetanus
toxoid, Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis, Western Equine
Encephalomyelitis. Semi-Annual vaccines required are: Influenza,
Rhinopneumonitis, and West Nile Virus. Geldings will have
sheath cleaned at least once a year. Emergency calls as
needed and at our discretion. Fees will be billed.
Dentistry is performed on an as needed basis.
As horses age the amount of reserve crown of the teeth becomes
less and less. When all the reserve crown of a tooth is
used up the term to describe the tooth is “expired.”
When in older horses teeth are “expired” it
means that the root is very short and these teeth may become
loose in the socket, develop infection of the dental ligament
and need to be extracted so that the horse may comfortably
eat.
Farrier:
Tonda Husty services our trimming and shoeing on an as-needed
basis. 1/2 ( front) shoes are $95.00, Trims are $60.00,
billed separately. No back shoes allowed in herd horses.
Available for your horse ( *optional
services)
* Blanketing
services: $45.00 per month. You supply blanket.
Service provider will bill repairs and cleaning. This is
coastal weather. Temperatures may drop to 40 degrees and
the wind and rain may be a factor to blanket horses. There
is barn shelter/stalls for horses to get out of the weather.
Fly Spray:
$20.00 per month applied every other day ( required
in the summer months during fly season.) Please supply a
fly mask for your horse.
Grooming:
$10.00 per grooming includes brushing hoof, care mane and
tail maintenance.Baths determined by conditions and need.
Additional
Supplements: Varies as needed.
We bill accordingly.
Trailer Expenses:
Billed by service provider/owners.
Trailering in and out for other than medical
purpose is discouraged.
Law for horses transported across state lines
requires proof of negative Coggins.
You are welcome to visit your horse anytime
Saturday-Sunday from 10AM-5:00PM. Other visitation arrangement
is by individual need and written permission only.
This is a retirement facility for your horse,
not a boarding facility. As such, horses are not to be ridden
on the ranch property.
Medicine Horse Ranch
Alyssa Aubrey
1589 Cerini Road
P.O. Box 224
Tomales, CA 94971
707-878-2440 PH
707-878-2441 FAX
office@medicinehorseranch.org
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