Sun Hill Quarter Horses

04/11/2024

Looking for afternoon barn help doing stalls, feeding, and turning horses in and out. Some horse experience is a must. Drivers liscense is a must with reliable transportation. Need someone who is dependable and pays atrention to details. You Must work well independently. Timing is flexible, the work is about 3-4 hours long. This is not paid hourly this is paid based on the job therefore, you are free to work at your own pace. Each shift pays $40-50 depending on the number of stalls needing Done. you can start as early as 1:30 or start as late as 4:00, so timing can be flexible. Text me at 724-875-9268 if interested

03/18/2024

So happy to be able to offer these birthday memories💛

04/22/2023

I am looking for a stable helper. Our current girl had an accident with her horse and broke her arm and will be out for a good length of time.
Duties would include stall, picking, turning in or out of horses, water and feeding, general barn, cleanup. Horses should be fed between 4:00 and 5:00 so your day can start anywhere between 2 and 4:00. The work can be done before or after feeding as long as they are fed between four and five. I am looking for the help Thursday and Friday afternoons with an occasional Monday.
The work should take between 2 1/2 to 3 hours and pays $35 cash. work at your own pace. However, you must be reliable and have consistent transportation. We need someone who can work in the cold and the heat and someone who is not afraid to be near the horses and get a little bit dirty. If you think this sounds like something you would be interested in please text me at 724–875–9268. Must be over 16, and have some general experience with horses. willing to train as needed.
Would also be interested in someone working to offset board on their horse.

04/10/2023

Sun hill quarter horses with have 2 stalls opening the end of April. We are a smaller, semi private barn. We have a mix of borders here some who attend shows, some who trail ride, and others who have older horses that they just enjoy loving on. We are a no drama barn family here and like it to stay that way.

Some of our features include

- Top quality custom feed and hay

- happy to feed supplements you provide, and/or soak any feeds/ hay pellets if your horse does better like that.

- Large matted stalls that allow horses to put their heads out

- Stalls are picked daily and bedded with fresh sawdust daily

-Automatic fly spray system

- Wash stall complete with hot water

- Heated and cooled lounge and tack rooms

-private large tack locker for each boarder

- Large bathroom

- Large 120 x 160 outdoor arena nearly resurfaced

- 120 x 60 indoor arena with sprinkler system.

Owner lives on site
Text kelli at: 724-875-9268

$425 per month

11/25/2022

Happy Thanksgiving!!
This year I am blessed to say business has been the best ever! It’s been an incredible rebuild this year!
We have a barn full of clients who are like family to us, and i have the best team helping me along the way.
Remember to Always count your blessings, and count your horses twice❤️

10/28/2022

Halloween horror movie for horses?? Who can relate 😂

10/21/2022

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07/16/2022

If horses could tell it like it is…. 😂😂😂

06/20/2022

We have a few openings for riding lessons. Perfect to keep kids busy over summer break! We have indoor and outdoor arenas and extremely well trained horses. Text 724-875-9268 for more information. Lessons are $40 and are 1 hour long/ all private.

06/19/2022

Pony days was great! We all had so much fun. The kids got to ride, bath and do all kinds of horse activities. They even had a relay race where they were the horses and had to barrel race, jump over hay and do figure 8’s.
Can’t wait to do this again. Dates coming for July 🐴😄

06/18/2022

PONY DAY is here!!! Stay tuned for pics❤️🐴

05/29/2022

Some good pointers for pain med administration. Far too many people want to mix nsaid’s and don’t understand what they really do

10 things veterinarians want horse owners to know about Banamine.
1)Banamine is a brand name. Flunixin meglumine is the drug name but many people refer to it by the popular brand name “Banamine” made by Merck. This medication is available in injectable liquid and oral paste formulations.
2)Flunixin is classified as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug which can be shortened to “NSAID.” NSAIDs reduce inflammation, pain, and fever by decreasing certain biochemical reactions in the body. Other drugs that are also classified as NSAIDs include phenylbutazone (Bute), firocoxib (Equioxx®, Previcoxx®).
3)Flunixin treats pain. By far the most common implication for the use of flunixin in horses is analgesia, or pain control. Flunixin provides good pain control for visceral (in the belly) and ocular (eye) pain. It is often used in cases of colic (abdominal pain) to make the horse more comfortable which reduces the risk of harm to the horse and handlers. It is important to note that flunixin does not cure the cause of colic; it temporarily relieves signs by providing pain relief.
4)Flunixin can reduce fever. A normal horse’s temperature is between 98.5 and 100.9°F. Like humans, horses can develop a fever secondary to an infection or illness. Many febrile horses will not eat or drink well when they have a fever but their appetite improves once the fever decreases. Flunixin can be used to reduce the horse's temperature often making them feel better. On a cautionary note, we often recommend owners take a temperature BEFORE giving flunixin as this can also a mask a fever.
5)Flunixin lasts 12 hours in the horse’s body. Some owners with a sick horse give a full dose of flunixin and then redose the horse a few hours later when he/she became uncomfortable again. This practice is not recommended for two reasons. First, overdosing can increase the risk of adverse effects including kidney damage and gastric ulcers. Second, if a horse's clinical signs do not resolve with a full dose, an examination by your veterinarian is likely warranted sooner rather than later and administering a second dose may delay treatment.
6)Flunixin can cause gastrointestinal and kidney damage. The same pathways that are down-regulated by flunixin to reduce pain and inflammation also partially protect the kidneys and stomach. At a normal dose the risk of these side effects is reduced. However, patients treated with an overdose or long term dosing are at an increased risk for renal (kidney) damage, gastric ulcers, and hind gut (colon) ulcers .
7)“Stacking” NSAIDs is not recommended. As previously stated, other drugs commonly used in horses that are also classified as NSAIDs include bute, Equioxx and Previcoxx). It is important to note that giving either of these medications together or in combination with flunixin can cause the same adverse effects as overdosing. For this reason,we do not recommend “stacking” NSAIDs or administering two of these drugs together. Many geriatric patients receive Equioxx or Previcoxx daily for pain and inflammation associated with arthritis. If this is the case, we recommend discontinuing that medication before starting another NSAID an allowing enough time for the body to clear the first drug completely.
8)Flunixin does not cause sedation or cure colic. Although we often use flunixin in colic cases, it is for the purpose of pain control. Alleviating the signs of colic by controlling pain is safer for the horse and handler when a horse is being treated and gives the horse’s body time to respond to treatment (ie oral fluids, IV fluids, motility agents). We often recommend removing hay/grain from a horse that has been administered flunixin for signs of colic until he/she can be examined by a veterinarian. In some cases, once the horse FEELS better he/she will try to continue eating and make the colic worse. If you think your horse may be colicking, we recommend calling your regular veterinarian and following her/his recommendations on medications and feeding.
9)Flunixin should NOT be given in the muscle (IM). Oddly enough, Banamine is still labeled for IM use in horses on the bottle but I strongly recommend against this practice. In rare cases, IM administration of flunixin (or phenylbutazone) has been known to cause a secondary condition called “Clostridial myositis” which can be fatal. The medication irritates the surrounding muscle tissue and bacterial spores can take advantage of the inflamed environment and cause a massive release of toxins. This disease is extremely painful and the treatment can be quite gruesome but horses that are not diagnosed and treated promptly may die from toxic overload. For this reason, we recommend only injecting flunixin in the vein (IV) or squirting the injectable fluid or paste in the mouth.
10)Flunixin injectable solution can be administered by mouth. The injectable formulation of flunixin can be administered by mouth at the same dose as IV use. Oral administration (either injectable solution or paste) takes about 20-30 min to reach full effect compared to 5-10 min with an IV injection. Oral administration does not take significantly longer than IM injection to reach peak absorption and is much safer for the horse.
Lastly always call your veterinarian if you suspect your horse appears off in any way before administering any medication.

04/29/2022

04/26/2022

Hate to see this nice weather end, looks like it is back to the indoor tomorrow

04/25/2022

04/12/2022

A horse really can hear your heartbeat from four feet away.

They hear intention.

They feel your vibe.

They are the tellers of self and the mirror of souls ~

04/09/2022

Sun Hill Quarter Horses will be starting our pony parties back up for 2022!! Located in smithton, Our Parties are held in our party room attached to the barn. They include all the decorating, pizza, games, and pony rides!! Parties are 3 hours long and cost $270 for everything! Text or call for more information. 724-875-9268

04/08/2022

While equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) isn’t new, recent outbreaks have fueled scientific research into it.

04/06/2022

Ride 2 on daffy. Alaska and her got pretty tired trying to trot circles but they stuck it out to end on the best note possible. The important thing to us was daffy was trying, not fighting but kept trying.

04/04/2022

But you got to love us horsemen and women!

Horse people have unique habits and nuances that drive us to do thankless work. It may not makes sense to the general public, but we get it.

03/29/2022

So a month or so back we had asked for some ideas for videos that could help Someone with a problem they are having. This is the first of our videos where we start talking about balance and body position of the horse. This is a very basic video and is really a small starting point in trying to explain balance.
In the video we are using a horse named Daffy. She was given to me by a good friend of mine. Daffy was probably a very easy to ride horse, however she has stood in the field for quite a while and it’s not real happy about going back to work.
 Each week we will post a video following up on what we worked on the week before. Our end result will hopefully be a horse that will walk, trot, and canter both directions, and be quiet enough to go onto our lesson program. 
Thanks guys!

03/15/2022

Got our first ride in on Woody and Daffy today! Woody is the first mule ever at sun hill, he is the barn favorite now 💖 with Alaska Fay Becker and Kelli Mroziak

02/26/2022

Over the past month we have been working on installing our self watering system in the indoor. We are happy to announce it is finished and we are thrilled to offer a perfectly watered arena 365 days a year to our barn family! We have a few stalls open for boarding and 2 opening up for training in March!

02/26/2022

Update: opening up 2 more stalls for boarding