| As a farrier I can tell you there is a great deal to | | | | report done, by you not the seller. You will need |
| having the right horse property, just the wrong | | | | lots of good clean water especially in the summer. |
| type of soil and it will eat little holes in their | | | | I will stay away from any kind of community too; |
| hooves, if it is too highly acidic in nature. When I | | | | they are going to tell you what you can and can't |
| am looking at a prospective home in my area, I | | | | do with your property, and your horses. I don't |
| am looking firstly for unwanted plants, like snake | | | | think they are a great way to go, all you have to |
| grass, and horse tails, those vivid green bushy | | | | do is tick off your neighbor and he will have the |
| things. Any sign of a wet environment is a bad | | | | county out, telling animal control you don't feed |
| thing, as the horses will turn the land to mush. | | | | the horses right, or that you are beating them |
| You also need to know if you intend to pasture | | | | horribly. |
| your animals. In a decent growing climate you will | | | | Flood plain can be a terrible thing to fight with as |
| need about one acre per head of horses. | | | | well. If you have to board your horses six |
| I won't turn a facility down because it has no | | | | months out of the year you might as well, in my |
| barn, horses don't mind the weather for the most | | | | opinion, live somewhere else. Not to mention that |
| part if they've got a blanket, but you do need a | | | | your house is going to be a mess and you will be |
| good area you can confine a sick animal, and a | | | | living elsewhere too. That can be a real disaster if |
| good spot for your vet and farrier to work | | | | you don't have a plan, especially if you have hard |
| where they won't be bothered by other people or | | | | to move horses, like extremely pregnant mares, |
| animals while they work on the horses. That is | | | | giant draft horses, or stallions. |
| something that must be available pretty soon | | | | Where ever you choose to live, don't fall in love |
| after the horses are moved in, for their safety, | | | | with a bathroom, or the great schools, try to set |
| your safety, and the safety of the people | | | | up the best possible scenario of all factors, so |
| working on your animals. | | | | that you're not ruing the day you moved in later |
| Another of my big things is the water, can you | | | | or worse, having to get rid of your animals |
| get it, how much can you get, and how good is it | | | | because things just didn't work out right. |
| when you do have it. It pays to have a water | | | | |