The
Spirit of the Horse @Medicine Horse Ranch
Retirement Home for Horses
RATES AND FEES
Board: (paddock/pasture) $295.00 per mo.
Feeding: 2-3 times a day as we determine. Limited
stalls and paddock available at no extra charge.
Straw bedding cleaned daily. Access to water in clean
trough, salt licks.
Feed: High
quality alfalfa, (Horse Hay) and high
quality Orchard grass hay.
Worming:
$20.00 every 2 months, this is required
and part of the contract.
Vet:
Dr. Jim Williams (billing is separate) Mandatory Vaccinations:
The following vaccinations are required on a yearly basis: Rabies,
Tetanus toxoid, Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis, Western Equine
Encephalomyelitis. Semi-Annual vaccines required are: Influenza,
Rhinopneumonitis, and West Nile Virus. Geldings will have sheath
cleaned at least once a year. Emergency calls as needed and at
our discretion. Fees will be billed.
Dentistry is performed
on an as needed basis. As horses age the amount
of reserve crown of the teeth becomes less and less. When all
the reserve crown of a tooth is used up the term to describe the
tooth is “expired.” When in older horses teeth are
“expired” it means that the root is very short and
these teeth may become loose in the socket, develop infection
of the dental ligament and need to be extracted so that the horse
may comfortably eat.
Farrier trimming and
shoeing is on an as-needed basis, and is billed
separately. No shoes allowed in herd horses. Blanketing services:
$45.00 per month.
Available for your
horse. You supply blanket. Service provider will
bill repairs and cleaning. This is coastal weather. Temperatures
may drop to 32 degrees and the wind and rain may be a factor to
blanket in some horses. There is shelter for horses to get out
of
the weather.