Thanks for all the info! I'm planning on having at least $1,000 saved for emergency vet and then whatever extra money I have then. The place where I will be riding usually is a sand arena...so would shoes be necessary? I may try trail riding during the summer though so if I did that would I need shoes? I am going to go talk to my neighbors today and I'll ask about boarding, farriers, and vet expenses around here. They have 5 horses that spend most of their time out in a pasture. They have a barn with 5 stalls. One is used for supplies, one is used to keep their dogs in, and the other three are not in use right now, but are usually there for if one of their horses gets sick or injured. Then they have a big dirt area where the horses stay at night.
I don't know if this is a big deal, but they have 3 cows and breed them sometimes so is there anything I should know about keeping horses around cows?
I don't know if this is a big deal, but they have 3 cows and breed them sometimes so is there anything I should know about keeping horses around cows?