Just 4 Horses Stables

Just 4 Horses Stables Semi Private Facility with Limited Horse Boarding when available in the beautiful Okanagan near Arms Just 4 Horses Stables semi private facilities.

Limited horse boarding when available.

Our little hide a way…❤️
10/28/2022

Our little hide a way…❤️

12/19/2021
06/21/2021

A loss is sometimes the best thing that can happen to you. It teaches you what you should do the next time. 〽️〽️

03/29/2021

It is not uncommon to encounter a horse and rider on the side of BC highways. They have the same rights and duties as the driver of a motor vehicle. In addition, a courteous driver will make sure that they don't startle the animal.

01/21/2021

The reason why a lot of horses pull back and constantly paw and stomp their feet when you tie them up is because they never get tied up. They never learn to develop patience. It’s much like taking young children to a restaurant. If you never take them to restaurants, you can’t expect them to suddenly know how to sit still, be reasonably quiet and wait for their food. On the other hand, parents who have taken their kids out to restaurants from the very beginning and taught them how to behave properly don’t have a problem with them. Think of tying your horse up as being like taking your kids to a restaurant. You are just making sure he knows how to stand tied, be relaxed and fall asleep. Horses get good at whatever they practice, so if you practice tying your horse up, he’ll get good at being tied up. - Clinton

Learn how to teach your horse how to tie safely in the No Worries Tying video ➡ https://shop.downunderhorsemanship.com/product/no-worries-tying-dvd/

Merry Christmas from our barn to yours and to all our clients and friends!
12/24/2020

Merry Christmas from our barn to yours and to all our clients and friends!

12/14/2020

Good morning everyone!!
Please use the hand sanitizer that is by the main gate. Please maintain a safe minimum 6’ distance from each other and please wear a mask when in the barn. Please limit your visit to the barn to 2 hours or less. This is being put in place to keep us all safe and covid free. Thanks for your understanding.

11/10/2020

Good Morning everyone!
With the dumping of the white crap all over the yard....if everyone could hold off u til after 12:00 to come see your fur babies that would help give Cory time to plow without vehicles in the way. Thanks.

Meighen Rees
Em Stobbe
Chelaine McInroy
Jesse Hansen

10/28/2020

There’s a problem within much of today’s horsemanship. I’m calling it out and yet, I don’t see an easy solution.

It’s the one-hour ride time.

Over and over, I’m hearing people say that ‘they don’t make horses like they used to’. I’d have to agree with that, to a point... but honestly, I think horses are fundamentally the same as they were when I was a kid. The difference, then, lies in us.

When I was young, there was very little for kids to do outside of school. Sports were not done after hours, unless you were on a school team or in hockey. There may have been dance lessons, if one was lucky, or 4H or Brownies or Scouts… but there wasn’t anything extra that our parents were driving us to after supper or on the weekends. We rode the school bus and were unceremoniously dropped off at the end of the day.

There were perhaps three channels on the TV. If your mother forbade you to watch ‘Mod Squad’ or ‘The Edge of Night’, you went to the barn. You rode… whether or not there were lessons. In fact, few of us riding had lessons with any regularity. Those of is who did were often ‘barn rats’ by necessity, working tirelessly at the closest barn in exchange for the occasional lesson, or a chance to ride any sort of horse. A kid could learn a lot that way.

Many of us grew up in the saddle, working alongside our parents with the cattle. You rode to help the family earn a living and if things weren’t going well, it was a helluva long walk home.

One step at a time, our ponies carved bridle paths into the ditches for miles around. They were resigned with carrying us to various neighbours for visits and would stand, waiting, at the yard gate while hitched with their bridle reins. There were no computers or cell phones. My sister and I were left to our own devices, finding entertainment for hours on end, with a dog and our horses. In fact, we would be gone and away without a single adult in sight.

When I grew up, there seemed to be more empty hours to fill with horsemanship, than there are today.

We’re now on the phone, checking our emails, bringing our work home with us. Camping on Facebook and Instagram. Taxiing kids to an endless round of scheduled events. Our riding, no matter our ages, has taken a hit, especially when there are fewer rural families with backyard horses. Barn time has become really important for our fitness and to the wellness of our souls… but for the majority, it is now on an hourly basis.

Problem is, horses are animals of habit and constant movement. They are spending more and more time, standing around without us. We are no longer a constant in their day to day lives.

Fewer horses are working, any more, for a living. They are recreational animals, to be enjoyed for an hour or two each week, and then put away. (There are many of us who may even feel that it is cruel, asking our horses to work for a living, but that is a discussion for another day.)

I’m seeing this as a problem that is only going to get worse, as we grow farther away from the lifestyle that surrounds our equine friends. As I say, I don’t know a solution, as we’re forced to work two jobs or more to make ends meet... and as land values rise beyond most families’ means.

The issue came to me during a recent inquiry about one of my horses. “Will she work for an intermediate adult rider?” I was asked.

“How often do you ride?” I replied. “I would think she would be best with someone who rides at least three times a week.”

The silence and disbelief that this statement was met with showed me that this would be a problem. I was suggesting that my horse would require perhaps three hours’ dedicated riding time out of a possible 168 hours in a week! Without leaving the horse in full-blown training, I’m seeing that few owners can spare the time it takes to forge a working relationship with a young or vigorous horse.

We’re seeing more and more so-called ‘problem’ horses, a growing number of fearful riders and stories of wrecks.

I don’t know what the answer is, as fewer horses are even kept on pasture turnout anymore, living within a herd where they can work off their natural energy and innate need for rough play. Because all horses fundamentally require this, today’s equines have no recourse but to take it out on us.

While I've perhaps stumbled on the biggest roadblock to modern horsemanship, it will take someone smarter than me to find the solution. I can only conclude that if we’re having trouble with our horses, they most likely need a job that uses up more than an hour or two, per week.

Remember, man or beast, we all need a purpose in this life.

09/14/2020

Smoke from wildfires can cause serious health problems for horses, as it can in people. Here's how to protect your horses from smoke-related respiratory problems.

08/23/2020

Western Pleasure results are in for the LMQHA Virtual Show

Terrific Invitation (akaTiffany) 5th
Coolin N Baja (aka Mocca) 7th

Was lots of fun...now to work on our loping!! We have homework!

Congratulations everyone!!

Great way to challenge ourselves during this pandemic!
08/22/2020

Great way to challenge ourselves during this pandemic!

08/22/2020

Mocca’s Horsemanship Walk/Jog LMQHA Virtual Show ( placed 3rd)

08/22/2020

Tiffany’s Horsemanship Walk/Jog LMQHA Virtual Show (placed 2nd)

Great day..lots of fun and laughter..Thank you ladies for reminding me why I do what I do..💕💕 A trip down memory lane......
07/17/2020

Great day..lots of fun and laughter..
Thank you ladies for reminding me why I do what I do..💕💕 A trip down memory lane...!

07/08/2020

No matter which category a horse falls into -- hot-blooded or cold-blooded -- riding him outside the confines of an arena and taking him down the trail is one of the best things you can do for him.

Riding outside gives cold-blooded horses a reason to go somewhere. They’re already unambitious as it is, so when you close them in an arena with four walls and they’re forced to see the same four walls every day, it de-motivates them even more. But when you get them outside and actually give them a place to go, it motivates them and adds a little spark to their step.

Riding outside is also good for horses that tend to be grouchy or sour because it keeps things interesting for them. The worst thing you can do with these types of horses is drill on the same exercises in the same boring arena every single day. By taking them outside, you can keep practicing the same exercises and train on them as much as you want, and because the environment is new and interesting, they don’t seem to get sour about it.

Training on the trail is also good for hot, nervous horses because it gets them exposed to all sorts of different objects, situations and environments. The more they’re exposed to, and eventually get comfortable with, the more their comfort zone expands. -- Clinton

05/25/2020

I talk to a lot of people who run into difficulties when starting their own colts. Here are five of the most common problems I hear about, and how to address them.

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