Prairie View Horse Center

02/04/2023

We strive to continue offering a premium facility.
Woohoo, the arena now has LIGHTS!
Come see our facility and what we have to offer, we assure you you'll be pleased!

01/17/2023

God even hears prayer for our animal companions because he uses them to nurture and heal.

01/17/2023

Have you ever said " my horse is just cranky" or wonder how to fix those stall vices. This is a good ecucational read.
We promote emotional health in horses that is why we offer pasture as well as stall boarding with turn out.

Did you know that stabling increases stress and affects the horses immune system?
Are we underestimating the effects of domestic stress on the horses physiology!?

There has been a brilliant paper circulating that discussed the immune response to stressors, specifically changes in group composition versus relocation to individual stabling.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272445

But are people actually understanding the implications of this study and the bigger picture?

We often discuss the horses’ response to stress as one of fight or flight, but we often neglect to acknowledge that one of the main evolutionary coping mechanisms for the combat or escape from threat (stress) is living in social groups.
As the paper emphasises, social factors are potent in inducting stress responses, and in particular chronic stress, which is why they are known as social stressor. While people are focused on the point of individual stabling, the bigger picture is one of our lack of recognition of the horses natural socio-ecological environment and their emotional and cognitive needs. Wonderfully explained in this video I recently posted.

https://fb.watch/i6drFO8PzU/

Its not surprising therefore that one of the main welfare issues facing the horse is inappropriate turnout. Discussed in another previous post.

Stress initiates a sympathetic response and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, getting the body ready to fight or run. The problem is, if you live in a constantly stressful situation, this can lead to accumulative damage of the underlying stress systems, affecting resilience, leading to a wear and tear on the bodies physiological systems known as allostatic load.
Living in a sympathetic state, as well as affecting the horse systemically, has implications on default posture, in turn affecting pathological, accumulative, musculoskeletal load. This in turn initiates the posture-back pain and posture-hoof morphology cycles that are emerging through recent research. Expressed by the image below, and discussed in a previous post.

Allostatic load refers to the cumulative burden of chronic stress and life events. The cost of chronic exposure to fluctuating or heightened neural and neuroendocrine responses resulting from repeated or chronic environmental challenges that an individual reacts to as being particularly stressful (McEwen and Stellar 1993). Allostatic load then affects the immune system and has been shown to affect a long list of systemic and musculoskeletal diseases. This takes us back to the paper mentioned in the opening comments.

One of the things that lead to allostatic load is inability to shut off the stress response after a stressor is terminated, and studies have shown that given the opportunity, horses will use affiliative behaviors such as allogrooming (mutual grooming) with specific friends as a stress relief (Kieson et al. 2023). This is an important coping mechanism for the domestic horse! But as humans we then worry about agonistic behaviour and horses injuring eachother, more then the accumulative stress predisposing to obvious things like ulcers and less obvious things like every other possible musckuloskeletal injury!
Let alone the effects on mental state!
Even though studies have shown us the feasibility and relative safety of group housing for horses (Pierard et al. 2019) and agonistic interactions among horses of a stable group are very rare and subtle once a hierarchy has been established, in fact the horse spent more time relieving each others stress then arguing. Importantly the immune-modulations following relocation to single housing partly lasted for at least one week and were accompanied by occurrences of disturbed and stereotypy-related behavior patterns, so even if we are giving them “some turnout” the effects are possibly still accumulative!

Once again, this paper profoundly emphasises the importance of the series of webinars we are presenting on ethology and maintaining our social licence to operate.

https://fb.me/e/268ei1Kpk

This Sunday Dr Emily Kieson will be discussing Understandings in Horse-Horse and Horse-Human Relationships covering complimentary findings to this paper.

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/horse-and-human-relationship

06/19/2022

Relocating is never easy, especially when you have equine companions.
Tell your friends to search for horse facilities in the area they may be moving to on

Newhorse.com (really easy to navigate)
Equinenow.com

It could save them some time and help make the process easier.🐴

06/19/2022

04/12/2022

We ❤️ A Guy with Proof babies ❤️❤️❤️

Congratulations Rylan Heller on your AGWP filly 😍

A Guy With Proof X Miss JB 1315

02/21/2022

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE as of 6/17/22
4 Barn spots: 14x14 stall with 14x24 covered pipe paddock
Pasture #2 and #3 as shown in photo
12x12 stall with 24x20 covered pipe paddock in open concept barn

Message us to see how we can meet your horse care needs...😀

02/03/2022

When we trust in God and live our life in Jesus, a bond is formed in our soul, the same is with our horse. They to need a leader they can trust and want to form a bond with. When your horse is "cranky" its probably because they need you to be the leader they desire, so that together, just like in our relationship with Jesus, you can be assured, unshakable, and ready to face every challenge, deeply at peace.

02/01/2022

Some of us like competition, some of us like a trail of leisure, some of us just need a place to get away to, but all of us work toward a bond with our horses, and that is the beauty of horsemanship.

01/20/2022

*****RENTED as of 2/20/22*******

COUNTRY LIVING
•Cozy 1 bedroom, 1 bath, unfurnished, approx 560 sq ft
•Laundry available on site
• All bills paid (electric, water, sewer, trash)
• Small dog under 25 lbs allowed, no fenced area. NO cats.
• AC window unit, space heaters provided for 2 areas.
• Stove, Fridge, Microwave included
• Non smoking unit, smoking allowed outside in designated area.
•Parking for 2 vehicles.
•$900/mth, $500 deposit, $200 pet deposit
***Rental References and Employment history Required***

🐴🐎Stalls and pasture spots available. Price dependent on care plan selected.🐎🐴

12/22/2021

🐎🐎ATTENTION HORSE TRAINERS🐎🐎

Are you looking to expand or maybe relocate?

Parts of Facility are now available to rent:
1 Bedroom/1 bath barn apartment
10 stall barn with covered paddocks, large feed room, hay storage, vet station, tack room,
Arena ( not covered or lit) with roping boxes and return ally, round pen, no tie walker, trailer parking, pastures with run in shelters.

Located in Victoria, TX
Message Prairie View Horse Center for more information or to view the facility.

12/10/2021

Current Availability as of 1/15/22
Pasture spots with run in shed
Barn spots : 14x14 stall with 14x24 covered paddock.
We are currently a self care facility with limited full care.

10/18/2021

****How does your horse affect your life?****do you interact as a team?
The link below is a long article but well worth the read...What is your horse mirroring about your current inner self?

We think our thoughts can be kept in the secret cave of our mind, but they cannot. We think its only thoughts, how can they really affect my life? The thoughts of our lives become the habitual patterns of our lives. What are the patterns in your horse that might need to be realized within yourself?

Philippians 4:8 Fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely and admirable. Think about things that are worthy of praise.

Take time to live free of negative, harmful thoughts and replace them with God thoughts and you will see your horse become the calm, relaxed, willing partner you desire.

So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23

https://horseeye.ro/en/resurse/why-do-horses-mirror-human-relationships/

10/05/2021

06/22/2021

Relaxing time on trail can Give yourself and your horse a reboot to get back that competitive edge and build a better connection.

RICHARDS-RAVEN EQUESTRIAN TRAIL (RRT)At the corner of FM 1791 & Old Deer Camp Rd, Richards, TX We're grateful for all the support throughout the years from m...

06/22/2021

🐎🐎 2 PASTURE SPOTS OPEN 🐎🐎
Our fertilized coastal bermuda pastures are lush from God's blessing of rain which will provide your horse with a quality forage first nutritional program. The current care option is self care. Even if you just need a place to give your horse a vacation with some grazing time, we are here to help you meet your horse care needs and goals.😍

01/10/2021

Vision is a clear mental picture of something that God desires for your life. Vision clarifies purpose, helps establish priorities, motivates commitment, maximizes productivity, and fuels passion. Vision is a specific desire that God has for our future. It gives us a direction to head in. Vision grows out of a need that we see around us, something so strong we just can’t get it out of our minds. It gets into our hearts and becomes a burden for us. As we are burdened for this need, we begin to let God use us in fulfilling the cause. As we move to action, we ask God for direction to see His vision of a better future realized for this particular need. As God responds, He provides our mission, our purpose, and our focus for the year.

12/26/2020

12/26/2020

Only 6 days left to get a baby like this at a discount!
www.aguywithproof.com

10/31/2020

Our facility is currently full as of 3/8/21. If you would like to be put on a call list when a spot is available please message us with your info. Happy Riding😀

10/19/2020

We are happy to announce that Blue Steel Equine International has chosen our facility as its HOME base.

07/23/2020

Current availability as of 10-19-20:
1 pasture spot in with another horse.
1 stall for overnight accommodation.

Feel free to reach out to us any time. If we are not able to fulfill your needs we may know someone who can. 😀

07/11/2020

Take care of your horse who takes care of you...❤🐎❤

07/10/2020

How much WEIGHT can a horse carry?

Most horse people will say a horse can carry an infinite amount...

They can carry the weight of broken hearts, broken homes, and broken bodies. Countless tears sometimes comb their tangled manes. Moments when parents and friends cannot be there to help and hold a person, horses embrace and empower. They carry physical, mental, and emotional handicaps. They carry hopes and dreams; and they will carry the stress from your day when you can't carry it anymore.

They carry graduations, they carry new careers, they carry moves away from everything familiar, they carry marriages, they carry divorces, they carry funerals, they carry babys before they are born, and sometimes they carry the mothers who cannot carry their own baby. They carry mistakes, they carry joy, they carry the good and they carry the bad. They carry drugs and addictions, but they also carry the celebrations.

They will carry you to success when all you have felt is failure. They will carry you, never knowing the weight of your burdens and triumphs.

If you let them, they will carry you through life, and life is hard, life is heavy. But a horse will make you feel weightless under it all.

Horses carry the weight of our world and continue to give us their all without a complaint...just love and support
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06/08/2020

Water Crossings are not a horse's favorite thing to do. Some will plant their feet and refused to go in some will tiptoe up to it then back then move left and right and some will do anything but put their foot in the water. Horses have limited depth perception and can't tell how deep the water is unless they go in. Working on a trusting relationship not only builds confidence in our horse but in ourselves as well.
Throughout life we Face countless obstacles some tougher than others and some that seem downright impossible.
God promises to be with us over around and through all of them.
The horse is Gods Noble creature that can see into our spirit but it takes his trust for him to carry us through.
Where does your trust lie, will your horse step off into what he considers unsafe without hesitation...
God's eternal power will keep our heads above the troubled waters of this world.

03/17/2020

A few tips to...connect and stay safe.

A horse’s eye is a window to his soul—or at least a good indication of how he’s likely to behave under saddle on any given day.

03/13/2020

Contact us today for boarding options to HELP your horse CHANGE your life.

02/26/2020

The warmth of your horse riding ba****ck is truly theraputic by flexing joints and relaxing muscles. Visit Horse&Rider page for great tips and strategies for your riding goals 👌

02/17/2020

Congrats to Rylan Heller and Running Moonshine !!! Smoking a run to win the high school rodeo . 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

01/23/2020

We all like to relax and just enjoy our horses but how often do you make your rides benefit your horse...?
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157867543123703&id=116375813702

Make these actions and attitudes habitual and your proficiency as a rider will soar.

01/02/2020

Happy New Year!!

12/29/2019

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12/23/2019

The ground was looking good this morning! Kaci and her horse T made a good practice run.

12/05/2019

One more sleep till the NFR starts which means A Guy With Proof’s special NFR offer is almost over! Bruno’s stud fee will be reduced to $500 till the last round! Contact Southwest Stallion Station for any inquiries!

12/04/2019

12/04/2019

We would like to wish Brittany Tonozzi and her team good luck in Vegas this week!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

11/22/2019

We invite local businesses that connect with people that are a part of the horse industry, to LIKE OUR PAGE, so we can get the word out there of what we have to offer...A Premier horse facility with compassion, honesty and professionalism all rolled into one place. Come Visit Us!
Northside Ranch Pet & Garden Center
Dierlam Feed Store
Victoria Ag & Ranch
Victoria Veterinary Clinic
Victoria Farm & Ranch Supply Co.
Crossroads Feed Store

11/16/2019

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11/15/2019

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11/14/2019

A place for what you love...