Meadow Lake Equestrian Center

07/29/2024

Copied and pasted from a local rescue Colorado Horse equine rescue but great information!

The fire season is here, and it's devastating

10 Rules to Live by in Evacuations with Horses
By: Colorado Horse Rescue Network

1. TEACH YOUR HORSE TO LOAD (and tie)! And I mean immediately step into a trailer. Their life depends on it. Emergency crews will only spend a few minutes trying to help your horse before they will have to move on and leave your animal.
2. Take at least one bale of hay and a BUCKET, you never know where your horse is going to end up. Have these things ready to go in your trailer during fire season.
3. No matter what, if you take your horses or not, MAKE SURE you take your proof of ownership/BRAND INSPECTIONS! This will help you prove the horses are yours later on! (Photos and or coggins work in non brand inspection areas!) This may be the only way you can claim them if they're found.
4. If you CANNOT TAKE your horse, TURN THEM LOOSE! They have great survival instincts, it's better than dying in a locked barn.
5. IF YOU TURN THEM LOOSE, write your phone number on them in some way! Spray paint/shoe polish, whatever you can find. We have seen a lot of horses with illegible numbers on hooves, THESE DON'T LAST when a horse is wandering through debris. We personally use tags tied into manes, even masking tape around a braid will work!
6. If you turn them loose TAKE THEIR HALTERS OFF! Imagine all the debris your horse is going to encounter! You don't want them caught up! Also no blankets, no sheets, no boots, nothing that might melt, catch fire or get snagged!
7. If you turn them loose, LOCK THEM OUT OF THEIR BARN/PEN/STALL/YARD. They WILL go back!
8. If you take your horse to an evacuation center, it is still a good idea to have your horse marked in some way. Sometimes evacuation centers have to evacuate or move horses as they fill up!
9. If you take your horse in a trailer, PLEASE tie them if you safely can! I cannot count how many times we were evacuating and found a loose horse we needed to load with ours, if the horses are loose in the trailer that is a disaster waiting to happen.
10. If your horse is in a large pasture area and you need to leave them cut the fence in corners and leave gates open! When horses can't find their way in smoke/debris they will follow fence lines.

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07/24/2024

Looking for a client that wants to start jumping. She wants to possibly do cross country or 3 day eventin, but at the very least compete over fences. Budget depends on horse. Must be safe and sound with good scope. Show me what you have available
TIS

07/05/2024

The ash grey blister beetle, a member of the family Meloidae, has recently been discovered on a local ranch in Elbert, Colorado. This discovery raises significant concerns due to the toxic chemical cantharidin produced by blister beetles, which poses a severe threat to livestock, especially horses.

07/02/2024

Kids and Horses its a Magical Mix 💫

Kids can heal horses as much as a horse can carry your childs dreams.

Kids can give an older equine a new lease on life while they build your childs confidence.

A horse can teach your kid responsibility, patience, selflessness, and try all while expecting very little in return.

A child can give a horse something to live for.

Best part is neither of them often know it’s happening.

The love between a horse and a child is strong. Both are deserving of each other and when it happens in your barn day after day it’s pretty special.

06/15/2024

So another client asked me to share the amazing progress of her horse since she got here just over 30 days ago. This OTTB came in so thin and seriously filthy. She looks like a new animal! 🥰
The last two are today.
Again nutrition and knowledge makes a huge difference.

06/14/2024

Barn check and it’s 77* so nice when it was 101* today! Waters all full everyone is good!

06/10/2024

This is what happens when you work with your clients to enhance their horses nutrition, the first horse, which is the Palomino. This is a 12 day difference! And the second horse the buckskin is a 44 day difference! It’s amazing what can happen when a new horse comes in malnourished, super Dull coat, sad eyes and overall not healthy and gets the nutrition that they need! They start to glow🥰🥰🥰

When looking for a facility look at the bigger picture. Knowledge in nutrition is key. Not all facilities are the same.

06/03/2024

Meadowlake trail rides! 🥰 who cares if you ride English, western, dressage or whatever we all go out and have fun. 10 today, and will continue to grow! Thanks to everyone for coming out today. It was super fun.🤩🤩

For those that have messaged me about trail riding, based on this post, these are all clients with horses. We do not offer trail rides to the general public. My apologies.

05/29/2024

Soooo not many would make it these days! Those that do I want to hire!!

05/25/2024

I see this all the time!

05/18/2024

🤔🤔🤔for my Students…..

05/11/2024

04/15/2024

One of our many things to prepare for a new horse. Mats out and bleached and scrubbed, inside of stall under Mats cleaned leveled and bleached and rinsed. Happy healthy horses is our goal. We have the most amazing team that makes this all work! Thank you to our very own John Morris for this amazing job! You rock!

03/26/2024

Excited for our New arrival today! Congratulations Suzanne on this sweet boy!

03/14/2024

Noon check and all is well. Horses still tucked inside. Waters filled, blankets checked most aren’t thrilled about being shut in. So weather permitting we will revaluate around 4.

03/14/2024

Ok doing pm check and no snow yet… leaving all doors open. Let’s pray for the best! Will update In The am or if I am my typical insomniac 🤦‍♀️🙄
Rest well and keep warm all. 🙏

02/13/2024

For those that wonder why I do what I do… my passion is raising the next generation of horsemen and women, and giving them everything that I can help them, understand the animals that they deal with. To be compassionate and caring towards each and everyone of them, and honoring what they give back to us. This is one of my students of 6 years and a speech for one of her classes called character reflection. I am beyond humbled to read this and know that just a little of what I hope to share has stuck! I cant wait to Read the final Draft. 🙏🥰

02/12/2024

The goods are in! I love the way the logo turned out!🥰🥰 we are fine tuning a few things as the sweatshirts came out very thin so we’re looking into the cost of some heavier duty ones as well as T-shirts, tank tops, etc. if you’re interested in anything tell me your sizes and I will get you prices and timelines.

01/25/2024

Best gift ever! It’s a cup! 🤣🤣🤣 it made my week. After all the crazy things this was the absolute best and most perfectly timed gift ever!!! 🥳
Thanks Suzanne 🥰🙏🤣🤣🤣

01/15/2024

So just did a noon check of all the horses and refilled buckets with warm water. Everyone’s eating drinking and not seemingly cold. Pasture horses all have nets in their shelters. Be back out in a couple hrs to check and refill water, hay and grain. -11.4* currently outside with a real feel of -32*. Stay safe and warm.

01/12/2024

So happy to have this little love as part of our lesson program 🥰 thank you Michelle Freeman! 🙏

12/23/2023

This is a GREAT READ!

📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1549798972158618&id=142221562916373&mibextid=5irAu0

12/21/2023

Happy winter solstice. Bring on the light!!! 😎🤩🥳

12/18/2023

1st annual Meadowlake Equestrian center Christmas party in the Books! 🥰🎄🌲so fun, so many laughs and good memories! Thanks all for the fun and laughter and good food.🥳🥳☃️

12/14/2023

Barn check tonight… while snow is falling rapidly. It is calm and quiet with NO wind. We have about 4” and still falling steadily. But all is quiet with the horses. Everyone is eating and drinking and all the output looks normal:) rest well everyone

12/11/2023

Meadowlake has a couple of openings for boarding available. We are a full care facility with daily turnout and blanketing. We have both indoor and outdoor arenas as well as a large round pen. Heated tack rooms and wash racks. Please pm for any questions

11/23/2023

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🍁 we have so much to be thankful for. 🙏
But today was so humbling. So many of our barn family showed up to volunteer for Thanksgiving to give back. A HUGE thanks to all of you🥰🍁27 volunteers in total! Brandon N Becka Kiss Eva Herbstova Erin Herbstova Amanda Harter Mike Harter Heather Collin, Nicole and family, Cassandra and Family Suzanne and Richard
Steve and I want to send a heartfelt thank you to all of you!🙏Words just don’t convey how touched we are!
And then a trail ride to end the work day!
Meadow Lake Equestrian Center

05/04/2023

One of the many improvements we’ve made here at Meadowlake is all new lighting in the form of LED throughout the facility. Here are some before and after pictures.! The first picture is how dark it was in the barns before, the following pictures are all after, the difference in the lighting that we have installed. It is truly amazing.!!!

03/20/2023

Meadow Lake would like to say a HUGE Thank you to Maureen Sterling for being a Fantastic clinician and taking the time to teach here all weekend! So Many positive learnings and feedback. Cant wait to have you here again this spring!

Special thanks to Judy Carnick for putting this together for us!

More photos to follow.

03/12/2023

We are currently welcoming new clients. We are a fabulous full care facility. Daily cleaning, feeding of your preferred supplements, as well as daily turnout and blanketing as needed. Heated tack rooms and wash bays.

Meadow Lake is inviting prospective new boarders to tour our updated facility in the Falcon/Peyton area. We are currently offering select 14x16 and 12x12 stalls with runs. Both of our barns have heated tack rooms, wash racks and crossties for easy tacking up and grooming. We offer all day turnout with individual and group turnout options available. Come see our indoor and outdoor arenas, private round pen and an accessible three acre trail riding pasture adjacent to the property. Send us a direct message to schedule a tour and for any questions you have!