We are a family owned and operated full service boarding facility located in beautiful Prairie Grove, IL.
My heart is shattered. These are the most honest and amazing horsemen and people I’ve ever met. Many fond memories of my time in Omaha are at this farm. Please help in anyway you can.
Jim, Patrice, Dan, Mike, Tom, Angie, family and friends, I’m so sorry you are going through this but if anyone is strong enough, you all are. I still treasure my time at Quail Run all those years ago, I wish I was there to lend a hand. Prayers are with you. 💕
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‼️Attention Trainers‼️
🌷Need a fresh start this spring?🌷
We have a block of 10 stalls available. Perfect for a trainer with established clients. All disciplines welcome.
For more details please call Mike at 815-540-4754. He is not on FB so please do not respond via messenger.
Amenities:
Fully Automated Commercial Fire Alarm System
24/7 Security/Surveillance Cameras
Radiant Heat Flooring
12 x 12 Stalls
Hot/Cold Wash Stall
Climate Controlled Tack Rooms
Climate Controlled Viewing Room
Men/Women Private Bathrooms with handicapped access
Fridge/Microwave/TV
Washer/Dryer
140' x 95' Indoor Arena
200' x 100' Outdoor Arena (future rebuild)
150' x 90' Outdoor Arena
40' Round Pen
Miles of trails accessible to our boarders on both private and conservation property. Ride on groomed paths through our hay fields, woods, along a creek and through conservation prairie. There are many other boarders to enjoy a ride with as well as off property "road trip" opportunities.
Located in beautiful Prairie Grove, Illinois.
Professional Horse Boarding in a Family Atmosphere.
**Perfect Opportunity for Trainer**
We have a large block of 12 stalls available. Perfect for a trainer with established clients. All disciplines welcome.
For more details please call Mike at 815-540-4754. He is not on FB so please do not respond via messenger.
Amenities:
Fully Automated Commercial Fire Alarm System
24/7 Security/Surveillance Cameras
Radiant Heat Flooring
12 x 12 Stalls
Hot/Cold Wash Stall
Climate Controlled Tack Rooms
Climate Controlled Viewing Room
Men/Women Private Bathrooms with handicapped access
Fridge/Microwave/TV
Washer/Dryer
140' x 95' Indoor Arena
200' x 100' Outdoor Arena (reopening in Spring)
150' x 90' Outdoor Arena
40' Round Pen
Miles of trails accessible to our boarders on both private and conservation property. Ride on groomed paths through our hay fields, woods, along a creek and through conservation prairie. There are many other boarders to enjoy a ride with as well as off property "road trip" opportunities.
Located in beautiful Prairie Grove, Illinois.
Professional Horse Boarding in a Family Atmosphere.
I’ve shared this before but time to share again! Stay safe out there!
Heat advisory in the area ☀️🥵
We have been receiving a lot of calls regarding the air quality the past few days. Check out this infographic for more information to determine if it is safe to ride. Hopefully we will be moving into better air quality tomorrow! Special consideration should be taken in horses with underlying respiratory issues as they will be less able to compensate for the poorer air quality.
Take a break from intense training on days with unhealthy conditions. Find out your Air Quality Index (AQI) score here: https://www.airnow.gov/
First cutting in the barn now bring on the rain!
First cutting of our hay fields! Smells like summer
We feel this in our souls!
A Parma Heights women continues to exceed expectations decades after her family was told she may not survive the night.
We did not lose power at the farm just some light damage to tree branches. Stay safe out there everyone!
Please pray for our neighbor who’s barn is currently on fire. It is not Prairie Oaks Farm but south of us where we lease the hay fields. As far as I know there are no animals inside.
Please pray for the firefighters and first responders currently working the scene and that the house stays uninvolved. 🙏🏻
To all the barn dads out there! 🫶🏻
❄️Just in time for winter!❄️
Two stalls are available as well as a few pasture openings.
Possibility to work off board for the right fit. Contact Mike at 815-540-4754!
Sometimes it's not ulcers.
Sometimes it's not kissing spine.
Sometimes it's not EPM.
Sometimes it's not the bit.
Sometimes it's not the saddle.
Sometimes it's not the trainer.
Sometimes it's the fact you're a crazy human who continues to anthropomorphise these behaviours and insist that it couldn’t possibly be a pain related issue or anything related to you.
Sometimes it’s the fact that your horse was designed for the purpose of moving 20+ kilometres per day with their head down grazing and is now confined to a box stall and fed up on high energy grain whilst going without hay for hours each day, creating a sore tummy and a greater likelihood of having ulcers as a domestic horse than not in addition to being chronically understimulated and largely unable to exercise unless they have a human on their back playing puppeteer.
Sometimes it's the fact that you dress your horse in a variety of equipment with the purpose of restricting the movement of their mouth (flash) or creating more leverage for you to be able to ride and direct them easier by using a number of different harsher bits or gadgets like draw reins. This effectively removes any ability for quiet communication, so when your horse can’t take it anymore, they must get louder.
Sometimes it’s the fact that way too many unqualified trainers play saddle fitter and tell students their tack fits when it actually does not.
Sometimes it's the fact that your horse absolutely adores running away from you because it is one of the few things that brings them relief from the otherwise high pressure, high stress lifestyle that can be rides, especially when their communication of stress and/or discomfort is being labelled as personality and otherwise viewed through an anthropomorphic lens.
Sometimes it's the fact that you think your horse will wait for you while you mount or dismount but your horse is chronically stressed and cannot fathom the idea of standing still for a couple of seconds while they’re in fight or flight mode so they instead use the opportunity for relief by moving.
Sometimes it's the fact that the majority of the stress and avoidance behaviours we see ARE correlated with mental and/or physical discomfort and have shown consistent correlation in extensive equine behaviours studies.
Sometimes it’s the fact that we have a 70-90% rate of stomach ulceration in domesticated horses so your horse is more likely to have them than not.
Sometimes, the issue is that we as humans are really great at denying anything that would push us to self reflect and see the gravity of what is an industry wide issue of ignoring the horse and then when they finally get loud so we have to notice, blaming their loud behaviours once again on them.
Horses do not lie, their behaviour is honest. Humans, on the other hand, DO lie. Especially to themselves. To protect from having to sit information that is hard to hear.
It’s taking the easy way out to anthropomorphise your horse. But, I can promise you that if you actually put the time, money and belief into diagnostic work, you will have a very good chance of finding out what physical issue is causing their behaviour. Many who claim it can’t be pain related just don’t actually put the work in to find out because the real truth is often expensive and could be painful. For years, I avoided the truth for the same reason, all without knowing that was why.
If you learn to look for the reason behind their unwanted behaviour instead of just looking at the behaviour at face value, you also may find what situations, equipment and other factors contribute to it.
If you consider ruling out pain first and honestly looking at your horse’s living situation from a welfare standpoint, you may just realize how often pain and inadequate management cause behavioural issues, because these factors are behind the vast majority of issues we run into with horses.
After all, I thought it was “never the horse’s fault” or are we just saying that to sound good?
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2480 Barreville Road
McHenry, IL
60050
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