Bellevue Stables

01/01/2024

Waffles and Red starting the new year off at the beach! 🏝️ 🐴🎉

12/25/2023

Wishing everyone a very Merry Horse-mas and a happy neigh Year! 🎄🎉🐴

12/22/2023

THIS!!
It’s admittedly difficult sometimes to set our human feelings aside however, it is something we often have to do for the wellbeing of our horses. If horses are given the proper amount of resources; food, water, space, and shelter the likelihood of any serious issues is very slim. Trust in the natural dynamics of the herd!

The Benefits of Group Housing for Horses

While many horse owners hesitate to keep horses together due to injury risks or feeding challenges, group housing provides essential socialization and companionship. As highly social herd animals, horses thrive when able to interact with equine companions. The many advantages make group turnout worth thoughtful planning and management.

Choose Suitable Companions

Not all horses automatically bond. Allow new pairs ample “over-the-fence” acquaintance before full turnout, watching for mounting tension. Ensure ample room for retreating during initial meetings, removing any items that could catch or enable grabbing. Give the relationship time to develop through mutual grooming and grazing side-by-side, providing multiple resources like shelters and hay stations to prevent resource guarding.

Mitigate Injury Concerns

The primary fear around group turnout stems from injury potential. Careful space management greatly reduces harm risks—ensure sufficient room for horses to escape pressure, clear group areas of entanglement hazards, and remove rugs initially. Understand that squealing and opposition help horses communicate boundaries, though relentless bullying requires separation. Trust horses’ innate ability to read body language signals for advancing or retreating.

Strategise Feed Allocations

When pairing horses with very different nutritional needs, separate hay stations far apart or feed the food-dominant horse first to avoid feed time friction. Temporary enclosures can isolate one horse during meals. Most pairs quickly learn designated feed places. Remember – only 30 minutes each day centre around feed time.

Ease Separation Anxiety

Some horses initially fret when pasture-mates leave the field. However, anxiety about isolation usually diminishes amongst stable social groups of three or more horses. Ensure your horse also feels secure with you through consistent training that establishes clear communication and predictability around human handling. Bond by spending quality grooming time together. And if group turnout isn't possible, even visual contact with other horses can provide comfort.

The benefits of companionship demonstrably enhance horses’ general well-being and temperament and studies show that the security of a trusted companion translates into horses that are more relaxed and confident when interacting with humans and novel objects.

12/22/2023

Lacey enjoying her trim this morning! Thank you Finally Found Farrier Services LLC for taking such great care of our horses hoofs!

12/20/2023

“Dumpling” enjoying some fun arena time this evening! 🐴

12/17/2023

Welcome to Bellevue Stables “Red”, Emma and Michelle!

12/03/2023

Bellevue Stables in Bow, NH is now offering board! Several stalls available and filling fast. Conveniently located just
minuets from I89 and I93 in Concord.

We welcome you and your horses to come enjoy +26 acres of horse heaven! Ride all year around in our indoor and outdoor arenas, round pen, a heated lounge with yoga/ stretching areas, or you can choose to keep warm up this winter in our heated viewing room, plus a tack room in each barn, and a 4 season red light therapy wash stall to keep your horse looking and feeling great all year around, despite the New England weather!

Full board is generously accommodating, including owner provided blanket changes and fly protection and more!
Our Boarders are welcome to use their own vet, farrier, and bring their own trainer with the approval of management, there is also a horse trainer available on site!
Our horses enjoy spacious, clean and comfortable box stalls, individual and group turnout options in very generous wide open paddock space implementing paddock paradise theme and Rotational grazing in the summer. Our horses have constant, slow fed hay feeder access in stalls and outside.
we have a strong understanding of the importance of a well balanced diet, a nutritional consult is included upon arrival with your horse! Our horses get grain/Feed 2 times a day topped with balanced trace minerals and vitamin E supplementation (included in Full board!)

Reach out to Bellevue Stables for more information and to schedule a tour!
Stalls are filling up fast! 🐴

12/03/2023

Lacey and Cruz making friends!!🥰

12/02/2023

Welcome to Bellevue Stables “Cruz” and Alyssa! 🤠

11/29/2023

Dumpling, Waffles and Vegas are enjoying the company of their new friend, Lacey! 🥰🐴

11/28/2023

So excited to be welcoming ”Lacey” the sweetest baby horse to Bellevue Stables! 🥰

11/22/2023

Oh, the satisfaction of a freshly groomed arena! 🐎

11/06/2023

Dumpling, waffles, and Vegas watching the paddock progression!!

11/02/2023

Waffles and Dumpling Sharing a hay net this morning! 🥰

10/31/2023

Bellevue Stables will be opening soon for lessons, training, and boarding! So exciting! 🤠

10/30/2023

Babe and Otis enjoying a walk around the farm this morning!