Dave, I'm not sure why such stigma seems to attach itself with so many people involved with horses, but it's here to stay, like you said, you really have to scrutinize any arrangement made for boarders and or customers, because depending on the horses and the people, very easy for situations to become more than just undesirable.
At our place, we currently have 20, ( last count LOL ) I'm not sure of the excact count of ours and another farm we keep horses for, some of ours have partners as well, but financially, which is most important it works, marginally, but it works and provides some benefit above that. We have 1 summer boarder and just took on another boarder, this provides revenue, to support the place, and it is needed. 2 of the horses from the latest customer, seem a bit fiesty, and present us with more of a risk for our help when dealing with them, hopefully they will adapt to the new place, and calm a bit. We certainly will do our best to help that along. Things change quite a bit when you have customers on the premises, so it is very wise to find a good fit, because less than desirable ones can be more problematic than it is worth, that is the philosophy that I think one must have if you run a stable. By the same token, we will bend backwards for our customers, and it is very important that the care of theirs and our horses is #1 priority. It's not an easy business, but with a careful eye on things at all times, decent help and so on, it makes all the difference. We have done some breeding and I've had a few kooks show up, one brought the mares in a cattle trailer, all banged up, they had lost their mood, total waste of time after a long day.
One thing I am proud of, is that the horses we have are easy to deal with and work around, it kind of spoils you, they all have their traits, but even the stallion is an absolute gem behaviour wise, if things were different in this area, our work would be much more difficult.
Sometimes I wonder why anyone in their right mind would get involved in this business, but it seems to work out for the most part.
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