Happy Hills Acres

Happy Hills Acres We provide riding lessons for all ages and horse training for obstacles, trail riding, and pleasure riding. Contact us today to schedule a consult.

Veteran owned and operated.

Just after slogging through the mud to work out a horse, feed them all, and being drenched in rain inbetween, this showe...
02/08/2025

Just after slogging through the mud to work out a horse, feed them all, and being drenched in rain inbetween, this showed up and just made the whole day perfect.

On today’s episode of “what did Nichole bring home” everyone meet No Name (previously known as Dakota.) she’s short, red...
02/07/2025

On today’s episode of “what did Nichole bring home” everyone meet No Name (previously known as Dakota.) she’s short, red, and has a white blaze on her face. She’s sweet and friendly too. Give me name ideas!

(I realize this is a terrible picture but it was POURING rain when we got back and she’s a little muddy!)

Someone got a bath today and he was not happy about the water being cold! How dare I loan the hot water heater out to so...
02/07/2025

Someone got a bath today and he was not happy about the water being cold! How dare I loan the hot water heater out to someone else!

My friend bought an underweight in mid-September. 4 months later and he’s as fat as an angry cow. If there is ONE thin...
01/30/2025

My friend bought an underweight in mid-September. 4 months later and he’s as fat as an angry cow. If there is ONE thing I know about horses…I definitely know how to get them fattened up again! Time to build some muscle on now and getting him back to trail ride strength.

Brought our newest cowboy out to meet his ponies. was obviously in love at first smell. , the ever protective cop sto...
01/25/2025

Brought our newest cowboy out to meet his ponies. was obviously in love at first smell. , the ever protective cop stood nearby protecting him from the others.

Sadly, Quack Effron didn’t make it through the night. I checked on him before bed and he was standing up eating and drin...
01/25/2025

Sadly, Quack Effron didn’t make it through the night. I checked on him before bed and he was standing up eating and drinking. We were hopeful but cautious. Next morning he was gone. We will miss you laughing at all my jokes, little buddy.

When Quack Effron is feeling sickly and cold…of course you bring him in the house to a bathtub filled with warm water.
01/23/2025

When Quack Effron is feeling sickly and cold…of course you bring him in the house to a bathtub filled with warm water.

Even in 27 degrees, the weather working on dumping some snow, we still bust ice, and deliver a warm breakfast and plenty...
01/10/2025

Even in 27 degrees, the weather working on dumping some snow, we still bust ice, and deliver a warm breakfast and plenty of hay for the ponies! All tucked in and ready for the winter storm.

Whew! We had a busy and COLD weekend here. I attended the Clinton Anderson Walkabout Tour in Clemson. I learned a lot ab...
12/23/2024

Whew! We had a busy and COLD weekend here. I attended the Clinton Anderson Walkabout Tour in Clemson. I learned a lot about control, prepping for obstacles, and even how to get the fat tub OFF of the horse trailer. Best part of this event was winning the GRAND PRIZE which included all of his digital programs FOR LIFE as well as some neat gear!

I custom made 6 of these award plaques and donated them. Last night, at the Macon County Horse Association Christmas di...
12/14/2024

I custom made 6 of these award plaques and donated them. Last night, at the Macon County Horse Association Christmas dinner, we presented one to each of the recipients of our monetary Christmas donation! It was such a pleasure to be able to make them and they came out much better than I could’ve imagined.

I can engrave or cut pretty much anything. If you can imagine it I can probably make it. Awards, key chains, necklaces, metal business cards, dog tags, tumblers, cutting boards, ornaments, coasters of any material, those neat name wall scrabble things, etc. All custom made just how you want it. Just shoot me a message! For locals, I can promise delivery before Christmas depending on the piece.

Since the husband won’t let me adopt all the animals in the world…I decided “rescuing” one out of the country wasn’t out...
12/09/2024

Since the husband won’t let me adopt all the animals in the world…I decided “rescuing” one out of the country wasn’t out of the question. So we (the kids and I) adopted Nadala. A big cat that roams about 800 miles in Africa. Today we got to see some pictures of the pretty girl and some of her friends. She is equipped with GPS that tracks her movements but also sends locations with a delay so poachers can’t track her and kill her.

Momma axolotl was hard at work again! Happy birthday little babies!
11/29/2024

Momma axolotl was hard at work again! Happy birthday little babies!

My first engraving! Came out pretty neat if I do say so myself. I can engrave or cut anything with this thing.
11/21/2024

My first engraving! Came out pretty neat if I do say so myself. I can engrave or cut anything with this thing.

The cutest mom and daughter duo lesson today! and took great care of these two for me. I had to pry them off with a ...
11/16/2024

The cutest mom and daughter duo lesson today! and took great care of these two for me. I had to pry them off with a crow bar so the ponies could eat dinner 😂😂

We have hatchling axolotls! They are so tiny and cute! Some are darker than the others so we may start to see a little b...
11/14/2024

We have hatchling axolotls! They are so tiny and cute! Some are darker than the others so we may start to see a little bit of color variation starting soon. We have at least 30 swimming around right now.

I’d like to thank all of our sponsors and those who donated for helping us to attend this ride once again! 600 horses we...
11/10/2024

I’d like to thank all of our sponsors and those who donated for helping us to attend this ride once again! 600 horses were in attendance this year and together we raised over $400,000 for the American Heart Association!

Took to the beach this week to play in the sand and surf.
11/07/2024

Took to the beach this week to play in the sand and surf.

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Otto, NC

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Wednesday 3pm - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm

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+18285939567

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Silly mare making fart noises #happyhillsacres

Pony ride
Pony ride

First real ride “out of the pasture” for one of my lesson riders. It’s never too late to learn something new! #HeidiGirl always takes care of her rider. In the mean time, #BubbaBlue tested his boundaries and learned a lesson or two himself.

On today’s episode of what did Nichole bring home… Just kidding, they just wanted to hang out with the horses today.

Titan
Titan

Ah ha!! I’ve discovered the culprit of flattened obstacles! I present the obstacle destroying pasture dog!

The perfect itch!
The perfect itch!

Tango and Titan
Tango and Titan

I bought new fly masks and fly boots for the horses and Tango decided to help me unpack the bag.

Apache
Apache

Apache is in for 30 days of obstacle and refresher training after being pastured for a few months. Pretty easy going dude, not spooky, lazy, willing to do pretty much anything you ask (except move faster than a walk 😂) he’s gonna be a champ!

Race pony vs river

How does your dog react when you ask if they wanna go outside? **update** someone incorrectly informed me that this is a horse! 😉😂

This horse thinks he’s a dog now.

Come on a trail ride with me.

We had the best weekend just relaxing and trail riding. #HeidiGirl was the best little camper a gal could ask for.

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