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Re: [RC] What do you want in a boarding facility - rides2far@xxxxxxxxWhat would you like to see in your boarding facility? As endurance riders and/or as horse owners in general what do you guys want. This includes facilities, treatment, care, etc. Let me know so I can try to make our barn "The Best Barn". *grin* I ran a small boarding facility for 7 years and I can tell you some good & bad things I did. What I found people liked was: To be *sure* that I actually gave their supplements to *their* horse and not mine. (couldn't believe how many told me they felt theirs had been stolen at other places) For their tack not to be bothered...or even touched by other boarders. Many said they came back to other barns to find their things had been used. Nowadays I probably wouldn't even want them to leave saddles with all the thefts. My boarders said they loved seeing that I had plenty of good hay put up at the *beginning* of winter. One even insisted on paying her board a couple of months in advance to reward me and make sure I bought plenty. She also showed up to work in the field putting it up. She was *really* happy with my hay situation. (she was an endurance rider so she had her priorities straight) :-) I won't go into all the "didn't have a pack of dogs underfoot" and all that. What did I do wrong? Well...I thought a little too much like an endurance rider at times. I tried motivate my boarders to ride their horses more. I put up an "hours" chart on the wall where it was in a bar graph and said I'd knock $10 off the board of whoever had the most hours at the end of the month. They had to beat me was the catch. >eg< I didn't realize at the time that it was probably embarassing to the girl who bought a gorgeous halter type "Impressive bred" QH and just came to pet him a few times a week. I honestly don't think she had any urge to ride and that chart probably rubbed her nose in it. She ended up moving to another barn. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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