Country Quest Portugal

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Mértola
Country Quest Portugal

A Good Place for Horses and People Country Quest Portugal offers relaxing horse holidays in natural Algarve. No riding, only groundwork.
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Children are welcome to experience lead rein riding on trail walks in the nature and spend time brushing the horses. As well as offering holiday experiences, we are also a venue for different workshops. Get in touch if you are looking for a place to host your workshop! We offer experiences from training horses, walking with horses to practising mindfulness, there is something for everyone. You do

not need any previous experience with horses, we will teach you everything you need to know. You can come for a day or stay for a week, we will look after you! Our courses include a Horse Owner 101 that covers the basics of owning your own horse. We also teach positive reinforcement training for horses. These courses are also available as online courses on our website. Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions! We look forward to hearing from you!

11/05/2023

Here are a few impressions of our new place. Horses have a big pond, a great big pasture on softly rolling hills. They seem very content. 😍

07/05/2023

Country Quest Portugal has moved. More information to follow but for now we would like to thank José Gomes for a brilliant job of transporting our most precious cargo, the horses!

Transporte de Cavalos / Horse Transport 5 star service!

08/03/2023

Beautiful images from the farm - Captured by Cathrin.

05/12/2022

After a truly miserable day of buckets of rain falling from the sky, we are greeted by this view. Nature saying thank you? Blessed we are.

24/11/2022

The horses are enjoying quiet autumn. The herd is happy while the sky does magnificent things. Sunrises, sunsets, foggy mornings... Photos by Sandra. What a wonderful place to live in.

18/11/2022

Incredible beauty. Incredible life. Incredible place. ❤️ ( And incredible photos by Isabel !)

12/10/2022

Working student Anu working with George on desensitizing. All the work with George at this point is just about building learning history and making sure he has good experiences with humans and continues to build his self confidence. He is such a great boy!

10/10/2022

What a fantastic weekend with Jenny MacSharry ! New dates for the next one will be set for next spring! Thoroughly recommended!

03/10/2022

Positive reinforcement training is a fantastic tool for desensitizing and working on different objects that horses may deem scary. When the horses are rewarded for observing and interacting with different scary things at their own pace, they gain confidence and generalise their experiences, which then helps when you are out an about in new environments.

Our working student Anu from practising with different horses.

15/09/2022

Oh Tina Turner and her many faces. 😂 Photos by Nina Laiho.

15/09/2022

How we feed our herd of 11. Twice a day they get a tray full of lucerna mixed with a few other ingredients to complement the free choice straw they have available all the time. Each horse has their own portion and they all have their own place to eat, with some fencing separating them so they can all eat in peace.

14/09/2022

Zara is very special. Even with her scars, she is beautiful in and out, so very wise and always gentle. Forever our unicorn.

Beautiful photo by Nina Laiho.

12/09/2022

Here she stands, as beautiful as ever. Bolinhas ❤️ Magnificient moment in time, captured by Kaisa R.

27/08/2022

Summer mornings are a bliss. Walking with the herd, listening to them eat and then sit with them as they settle for their snooze in the sunshine. It's good for the soul. ❤️

15/08/2022

22/07/2022

Evenings at the lake. Sunset swim for Bolinhas and Lua.

07/07/2022

Do you know why horses often assume this position next to each other? 🐴❤️

05/07/2022

Good Morning!!
This is the view here today...
Wishing you all a fantastic day ahead. 🐴❣️

04/07/2022

Our beautiful Tina Turner turned 7 today!

Happy birthday little one 🐴❤️

04/07/2022

Sirius and Penny Lane at work 😆

04/07/2022

Guess who it is...

02/07/2022

Summer evenings, wandering with the herd. It doesn't get better than this. ❤️

24/06/2022

Special Zara gets her dinner hand fed to her. Why? Because why not!

( Not really though - it's just the last bits from the bucket )

21/06/2022

Beautiful summer solstice sunset 🌄
Photos by Janneke

20/06/2022

Happy herd grooming, eating and moving freely together on a cool summer evening. Its the simple things that make happy horses.

20/06/2022

Summer evenings with a happy herd.

Socialising, moving freely and eating. They are simple things vitally important for horses welfare.

15/06/2022

Our finest elderly lady Bolinhas. She may be old, stiff and going gray but she has not lost a bit of her grace. What a beautiful being, inside and out.

She speaks strongly to those who need her. ❤️

13/06/2022

On hot days it's nice to offer showers for the horses. Refreshing! 🥵🌞💦

12/06/2022

It's a beautiful day to spend under a tree with a friend. 🌞❤️

Endereço

Country Quest Portugal, Monte Do Serpa, CoRoute Do Pinto
Mértola
7750-102

Telefone

+351934972737

Website

http://www.countryquest-portugal.com/

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Country Quest Portugal has moved. More information to follow but for now we would like to thank José Gomes for a brilliant job of transporting our most precious cargo, the horses! Transporte de Cavalos / Horse Transport 5 star service!

Evenings at the lake. Sunset swim for Bolinhas and Lua.

Happy herd grooming, eating and moving freely together on a cool summer evening. Its the simple things that make happy horses.

Summer evenings with a happy herd. Socialising, moving freely and eating. They are simple things vitally important for horses welfare.

Sunset walk to the lake with the herd after a hot day was fantastic for both horses and people. More videos in stories!

Like many, Lua likes to go to sleep late and the outcome every morning is this 😄

Man has to do what a man has to do to stay handsome! George enjoying a nice roll. Video by Sarah.

Ladies Man George is working his way through the ladies. I never thought I'd see this day when Sergeant General Lola smitten, but it so seems that even she couldn't resist his charm any longer. The rest of their actions, although perfectly natural, are not suitable for Facebook publishing 🙈

Dinner time... 💖🐴 Image by Anna #food #horse

Bolinhas and Loretta may be old & slow but it doesn't stop them from having a nice bath in the muddy pond. We love seeing the seniors happy like this, long may it continue! 🌞🙏💖 Video by Anna

Old horse can learn new tricks! Bolinhas has never before this spring been seen grooming with another horse. We are super pleased to see that her and Zara have found a scratching buddy in each other! This is the second time ever we get to witness this with her. 😍🤩 Horses who have lacked social interactions in their lives can easily forget social skills like mutual grooming. It's fantastic to see that Bolinhas has finally been able to do it with another horse.

Beautiful day to take the herd out to the lake. ❤️

Guided Meditation is one of the many activities we do over here, This Is an extract of today's program called Portugal em Direto.from RTP Meditação guiada é uma das muitas atividades que oferecemos em torno dos equídeos Este é o extrato do programa Portugal em Direto emitido hoje na RTP

When he finally consented to being touched, he actually quite enjoyed it! ♥️ See the video below of him saying ‘no’ to being touched.

George has a lot of history… especially with men and equipment it seems. See the difference in the next video! Gave him a little time, listening to him, a little food and plenty of calm and loving energy.

We would like to wish everyone a safe, peaceful and loving Merry Christmas Stay safe and happy! 🌲🎅☃️🐴❤️

Meditation! One of the many things we do here with our 🐴 Healing traumas and energy renewal using our unique and exclusive guided meditation session 🐴❤️

Clicker training fun with Lola Her trick here is ’Kick’ where she needs to knock the bucket and the ball over with her front leg. All off of a voice cue - I try to stay very neutral with my body and just tell her with the word “kick” that thats the behavior being rewarded at the moment. Fun for both horse and trainer. ❤️😁

To all out friends and to the ones who had the privilege of meeting and knowing our Jennifer Lopez It is with a complete broken heart that we would like to inform that our beloved friend, companion and family member as passed away last night in our arms due to heart failure, everything was done to save her but the moment came that there was nothing more we could do, so we stayed until the end, holding her, keeping her safe and comfortable as she left this world. Rest in piece my angel ❤️🙏🐴 The video has no sound, but her life with us was full of it.