Going For Broke Acres LLC

Going For Broke Acres LLC Pasture Boarding and Beginner Riding Lessons
Wooded trails, round pen, outdoor arena. 60 acre farm.
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09/24/2024

As we enter the fall, and soon winter, hay production slows.

The unwanted horse ads start to appear.

“Beautiful pasture ornament available, very sweet and kind. Cannot be ridden. But only 6 years old so lots of life left!”

Or

“Retired senior horse. Very arthritic so only pasture sound. We love her but can’t justify keeping a horse we can’t ride. We also can’t keep weight on her and she costs too much to feed!”

There are not enough homes out there for horses that have health issues and are “less desirable” due to not being rideable.

Not saying it’s fair but it’s the reality.

If a person doesn’t love a horse enough to keep them through their retirement, expecting a stranger to do so does not make sense.

In fluke cases, sure you may find the unicorn retirement home that has no bad motives and actually intends to keep the horse until they pass.

But, the fact of the matter is that these types of horses are most valuable when sold to auction, usually for meat.

And if the person who lamed them or owned them into their senior years doesn’t care enough to take care of them for life, a stranger with no attachment to the horse isn’t particularly likely to.

Are there some incredibly generous and kind strangers who do this? Yes.

Are there enough of them to keep up with the “demand” of all of these unwanted horses? No.

Rather than rolling the dice and hoping that these unwanted horses will find a soft landing when they’re given away for free or cheap, consider what kindnesses are within your power to offer them.

1. You could keep them, because an unrideable horse generally costs the same as one who is ridden.

2. If you’re unwilling to do so because of their health issues and lack of “usefulness”, you could give them a humane ending with euthanasia.

Horses don’t fear death like people do. They live in the present moment. They don’t spend time worrying about their mortality or if there’s life after death.

So, if that present moment is a miserable existence, that is what their life is. Miserable. That is their reality.

If all they know in the moment is suffering, that’s what their life is comprised of.

Passing off the unwanted horse to be someone else’s issue in lieu of giving them a humane ending may feel more noble because it extends longevity of life, but it doesn’t factor in quality.

A horse being passed off from home to home, always a second class citizen due to being unrideable, isn’t a kindness.

It is humans continuously evading accountability for the care of the horse and instead passing the horse off to be someone else’s problem.

It is the humans feeling morally superior for doing so because they think keeping the horse alive is a kindness.

Even if the life is no life to live.

Or even if it is condemning the horse to be taken to the auction and sold to a kill buyer.

Love your horses enough to love them through their lack of rideability or at least give them a humane end if it’s between that and rolling the dice and throwing them into a market that is already flooded with unwanted horses.

Horses should hold value whether they’re rideable or not but currently, that’s largely not the case.

Rather than ignoring that fact, people need to be honest with themselves about what they’re actually doing.

What their choices put their horses at risk of.

Let your elderly horse pass in the home they’ve known for so long instead of throwing them out into a new environment as soon as they can no longer be ridden.

Give your lesson horses the gift of retirement after they’ve kept your business afloat instead of pawning them off when they are no longer useful.

Or give them the gift of a good death instead of just making them someone else’s problem.

If you do not love the horse that you’ve spent years bonding with enough to keep them through their “less desirable” stages of life, why would a stranger be more likely to do that for you?

Winter is coming. Don’t throw your damaged horses to the “wolves.”

Part of owning horses is caring about them enough to give them a good end.

If you feel like a bad person for euthanizing them because you know retiring them would be the kinder option, that’s likely a sign that you should buck up and keep them into retirement.

The answer is not playing Russian roulette with your horse’s quality of life.

Stop pawning old and lame horses off onto other people.

There is not the amount of kind and caring homes available that people are making it out to be.

09/06/2024
First crop this year was pain in the butt with all the rain.
07/27/2024

First crop this year was pain in the butt with all the rain.

Pasture season 2024 🎉
05/26/2024

Pasture season 2024 🎉

Finally got a nice break in this weather for a day or so. It’s been raining for the past week.
05/03/2024

Finally got a nice break in this weather for a day or so. It’s been raining for the past week.

I don’t think they are happy about the snow we just got 😂
03/22/2024

I don’t think they are happy about the snow we just got 😂

02/13/2024

💥2 pasture board spots available 💥
✨$220 per Equine ✨
New Auburn, WI

7+ acres of rotational grazing that are
routinely dragged to reduce parasite load.

Small herd ( no more than 6)
(2 feeder cattle every other year)

Checks 2x a day

24/7 access to matted run in shelter cleaned daily with fresh shavings

Can be stalled in an emergency/injury

Also access to natural shelter

Hitching post and cross ties

Capped T-Posts with 3-4 strand electric wire

80x170 Outdoor arena

50ft Wooden round pen

Wooded trails on property

Additional 20+ acres to ride on

Will blanket , fly sheet, mask and fly spray ( boarder provides)

Automatic/heated/ filtered water cleaned weekly

24/7 access to free choice loose salt and mineral block

Grain given x2 daily ( boarder provides and prepares if supplements are needed )

Medication given (additional charge)

Hay is tested annually ( below 7% NSC)

Winter months fed 5x5 grass mix netted round bales with ring feeder ( baled on site)

Tack storage

Trailer parking

Property is on a quieter dead end road

Close to a boat landing

20 minutes from Hay Meadow trails in Chippewa County Forrest.

Business/ Property is fully insured

Owner lives on property

Boarder must sign contract and waiver

Individual beginner lessons available

Group beginner lessons available

Individual beginner lessons available with property owned horse
( all lessons are an additional charge)

Unmounted exercising/ desensitizing available ( Additional charge)

Horses must have a current negative coggins ( will be verified) will be required to renew annually)

Proof of up to date vaccinations (EEE/WEE, Tetanus, Influenza, Rhino, West Nile and Rabies)
Vaccinations will be required to renew annually

Scheduled deworming (boarder provides) at minimum every 12 weeks. Unless a f***l egg count has been done. ( at boarders expense)

Have contact information for local farriers, veterinarians, equine chiropractors/body work/acupuncture and equine dentist. If boarders choose to use those services. ( at boarders expense)

Will give updates on horses by boarders request.

Barn Hours are 8:00a.m - 8:00p.m 365 days a year

Porta Potty on site.

Stallions/colts or breeding mares will not be accepted for boarding

Contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Barn Owner
Brandi Ludwigson

Soaking up the sun ☀️
01/19/2024

Soaking up the sun ☀️

11/10/2023

Loud people make quiet horses?
Maybe.
I don’t know about you, but as a highly sensitive person, when I’m around loud, quick moving, erratic and insensitive people, I tend to withdraw. If I can’t get away from them for whatever reason, the only way for me to get through being around someone like that is to somewhat disassociate.

All horses are highly sensitive, until someone creates lack of sensitivity in the horse.
Why would I want a horse to do that around me?
I’m certainly not saying you should tip toe around your horse, and you should very certainly prepare them for life. But why would you ever want to teach the horse that our body, our energy, our feel and the world at large is meaningless stimulus to be shut out?

Quiet, soft and calm people produce quiet, soft and calm horses. Smooth people who move with awareness create confident horses.

People who have self awareness and sensitivity to a horse’s needs produce quiet horses.

People who can prepare a horse to experience all of life’s uncertainties without creating a freeze or withdrawal response create quiet horses.

Quiet people create quiet horses.

Every horse needs a different touch, and only a person willing to spend more time listening than making assumptions about a horse can create a truly soft, calm but responsive horse.

As my teacher says: leave the life in, take the fear out!

Got Johnny’s teeth floated today. At over 30 years old he still has all this teeth 🥳 He’s still alittle drugged in the p...
10/12/2023

Got Johnny’s teeth floated today. At over 30 years old he still has all this teeth 🥳

He’s still alittle drugged in the picture. 😂

Interesting study
10/04/2023

Interesting study

Seasonal ACTH rise by breed.

Here is a graph that I thought you all might be interested in. It shows how the seasonal ACTH rise is more dramatic in some breeds than others.

One interesting thing to note here is that just because you have a pony, that doesn't necessarily mean he/she will have a larger rise than other breeds. As this graph shows, a Connemara pony has a low ACTH rise compared to a Shetland who has a large rise.

Image courtesy of Tuffs

07/13/2023

COOL SCIENCE (pun intended)!

An old myth wants us to believe that horses should be walked until they cool completely after exercise, even in the summer. However, a study from 2020 looked at five different ways to cool a horse after exercise: walking, walking with fans, walking with intermittent cold water application, walking with intermittent cold water application and scraping, and stationary with continuous tap water application. As it turns out, the method that resulted in the quickest return to normal body temperature was stationary with continuous tap water application (2 minutes), while walking alone took the longest time for recovery (25 minutes).

Bottom line: enjoy your rides in the sun this summer but remain vigilant for signs of heat stress in your horse. If they look tired, it’s time for a drink, a cool bath, and a break in the shade.


Brough to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee

First cutting wasn’t too bad. NSC could of been lower but I can’t complain. It’s still below 10%. Iron is good. All the ...
07/05/2023

First cutting wasn’t too bad. NSC could of been lower but I can’t complain. It’s still below 10%. Iron is good. All the other essential minerals can be balanced out with the forage balancer I feed. First cutting is pretty good with the lack of rain we had.

GG is sensitive to biting flys and since she destroyed her last fly sheet she got an upgrade! It even has an udder cover...
06/28/2023

GG is sensitive to biting flys and since she destroyed her last fly sheet she got an upgrade! It even has an udder cover!

I bought this snuggy hood second hand. Let’s see how long it lasts! 🤞

Before and after fly sheet.

This made me chuckle 🤭
06/26/2023

This made me chuckle 🤭

First cutting is done!😮‍💨 I’m curious to see what the hay test results are this year with the lack of rain. I’ll find ou...
06/18/2023

First cutting is done!😮‍💨
I’m curious to see what the hay test results are this year with the lack of rain. I’ll find out in a couple weeks. 🤞 it’s good!

On Point Equine Massage and Bodywork was here today to work on GG. Emmie Crotteau thank you for being patient and worki...
06/10/2023

On Point Equine Massage and Bodywork was here today to work on GG. Emmie Crotteau thank you for being patient and working slow with her. GG really enjoyed your massage and the Bemer.

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