Thank you to Chris and her team for taking such great care of my horses in pasture. Chris has a heart of gold and nothing is more important to her than the well being of every animal here at her facility Coming from huge training stables or 400 plus horses, my dogs, horses and I call this our little slice of heaven. We are so grateful to be here & are loving every second. Richard and Adolfo scrub our water trough often so that it's crystal clear with no moss, and the horses are always fed enough to where their body condition looks great. The attention to detail & care staff gives as if the horses are their own is truly priceless. Thank you Chris for sharing your slice of heaven with us, we couldn't be happier & looking forward to being here long term. read more

Oceanside Equestrian Center - Horse Boarding Near Me - Oceanside, California

She will scream at you! Dogs everywhere not on a leash . Arenas are broken . Don't even bother trying.

I've had a wonderful experience at Oceanside Equestrian Center. The staff are knowledgeable, attentive, and clearly care deeply about the well-being of every horse. The facilities are clean, well-maintained, and provide everything my horse needs to stay healthy and happy. There's a great sense of community here--supportive, welcoming, and professional. It's a place where both horses and riders can truly thrive, and I'm grateful to be part of it read more

Crazy. I know crazy. Beautiful facility. Dated and falling into disrepair. Improper maintenance Insane owner. Do not recommend. read more

Disclaimer: This review reflects my personal experience and honest opinion. It is shared for informational purposes and is protected under my First Amendment right to free speech. All statements are based on my own interactions and are not intended to defame, harass, or misrepresent anyone. Please view all the reviews and make your own decision about this place. Zero stars. I want to clarify that this review is not about dog training, but rather about the behavior of the individual ( Chris Libs) who trains the dogs and owns the property. Our family has been attending Oceanside Equestrian Center for nearly a year through a therapeutic equestrian program serving autistic children. The program itself has been wonderful, and the staff from Harmony and Horses have consistently shown professionalism, compassion, and trauma-informed care. Unfortunately, we have had repeated concerning experiences with the ranch owner, Chris Libs. This is our second encounter where she has handled communication through intimidation, yelling, and verbal aggression. The first time, she approached us with three dogs, accusing me of "disrespecting" her property. I apologized, complimented her dogs, and tried to build a friendly rapport. I believed the issue had been resolved and thought nothing more of it--until today. While calmly walking and FaceTiming my sister on the property toward a duck and a brown-and-white horse, my autistic son was holding a small stick. He was not acting aggressively or swinging it at anyone. We did not see any dogs nearby, nor anyone else around us- just horses. Suddenly, I heard yelling and turned to see where it was coming from. Chris approached us shouting, accusing my son of swinging the stick. As she approached, the dogs also came toward us ( they were not aggressive- I want to make that clear), and she stated that they are trained to attack and demanded for my son to put his stick down. My son put the stick down and one of the dogs took the stick and walked away. We had never been informed of any rule about holding sticks, nor were we made aware that loose dogs on the property were trained to attack. In a setting where children--especially children with disabilities--participate in therapeutic services, this was alarming. Despite my calm response, the yelling continued in front of my child. I felt threatened and wanted to protect him, so I raised my voice and said, "Don't you yell at my autistic child!" My son froze, shut down, and began crying silently--an involuntary response when he feels overwhelmed or threatened. I was shocked, saddened, and frustrated; I even cried afterward. As I was walking away, she continued yelling "Get out of my property!" three times, which only escalated the fear and stress of the situation. As a parent of a child with autism, it was upsetting to witness the interaction regarding our child holding a stick. The manner in which it was addressed left us feeling uncomfortable and concerned. When we reached the other area of ranch, Nicole from Harmony and Horses immediately stepped in and handled the situation with kindness and professionalism. She apologized multiple times. I am deeply grateful for her support and for the care that Harmony and Horses provides. I later went back to address this and approached her calmly by saying: " Excuse me Ma'am, you cannot yell at my autistic son." She began yelling again and I matched her energy which she did not like. As you can see, there is a pattern of hostile and intimidating behavior from Chris Libs. No child should be yelled at in a therapeutic setting, and no parent should have to defend their child from verbal aggression. Because of this experience, I cannot recommend this location under its current leadership. While Harmony and Horses' mission and work are invaluable, the ranch environment does not reflect the safety, respect, and trauma-informed communication that children--particularly autistic children require because of Chris Libs and her behaviors which made me and child feel very uncomfortable. The good news is that Harmony and Horses will soon be relocating to a better location where this kind of behavior will never be tolerated. Families deserve transparency, and children deserve to feel safe. P.S. I arrived home, my son is withdrawn, silently crying and refuses to eat. He cannot process what happened. As a parent, what would you do? Would you let this go? I am so disturbed and saddened by this. This could have been avoided by her simply having a professional and calm conversation instead of berating and yelling at a mom and child over a stick. read more

Run from this place, the owner is absolutely insane, will yell at you, insults you out of nowhere !! I used to board there with my horses, she gave me deals on board then turned around accusing me of owing her money ! Keep all conversations in writing otherwise she'll claim that you stole from her. It's too bad because this is a great place even tho she doesn't take care of it... read more

I've been there now for almost 2 years. Chris and Adolfo have made life so much easier. Our horse is thriving in the pasture. The new outlet to trails now expands our options significantly. I love being able to come after work and use the indoor arena or just walk the sections and let Jackson visit his friends. read more

We love it here! It's so important for horses to have access to friends and forage and the paddocks and pastures at OEC allow that to happen! Highly encourage anyone looking for a safe, welcoming, no drama environment to move to OEC. read more

Absolute below bare minimum horse care and staff will forget to feed your horse. The staff does not care about your horse and has zero idea of what basic horse care actually is. My mares pasture was COVERED in rocks, trash, and exposed rods, concrete blocks, and was the poop pile. I was so embarrassed taking anyone to see my mare because of the conditions of the place itself. If you notice - none of these reviews are current. My mare constantly was getting injured from all the dangerous articles in the pasture. Staff would forget to feed your horse and Chris wouldn't give any sort of apology unless you asked for one. Just beyond unprofessional and a terrible way of running a business. Chris cares more about her dogs (which the kennels are in disgusting condition with green water and emancipated dog). Her dog field had lights and grass, but the horse pastures have rocks and the arenas dont have lights. Photos below of the horrible conditions my mare lived in. Also photos of the "obstacle course" but it's just a bunch of trash put in an even rockier pasture as a selling point. If you want your horse to live better, you have to actually do the work yourself. I spent several hours one day pulling weeds and removing rocks. The arena is never dragged, maybe once a month. And is completely rocky. My mares pasture gate was left wide open and the staff blamed it on another horse (they were putting up fencing in the pasture and couldn't own up to this mistake.) Chris called my mare "special needs" because my mare needs grain. And continued to called my mare special needs to insult her and myself. Save your money and please don't board here. I have had such a horrible experience and my mare paid for it in constantly getting stabbed and injured from all the rocks and exposed steel rods (that was never fixed.) read more

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If you are okay with the owner of the barn yelling and cursing at you for no apparent reason, then this is absolutely the place for you. I on the other hand don't want to pay somebody to treat me like trash. I highly recommend that nobody board their horse at this facility. The only nice thing I have to say is the stalls are large. Other than that I give them two thumbs down. The owner nickel and dimes you for every little thing. I check on my horse daily. There are several times I showed up and she had no water. That's bad enough...but is has happened in the heat of summer. The owner has no issue sending scathing emails and publicly calling people out for things that she "thinks" they have done. If you are looking for a clean and safe place to enjoy your horse STAY AWAY FROM HERE. There are so many other options to choose from in this area. read more

About 8 months ago we had a surprise addition to our family when our mare gave birth. At the time we were in a nice place closer to where we live in Long Beach, but as the foal was approaching 6 months, I was forced to separate them, and the facility didn't allow turning horses out together, so my search started for a place where my foal could grow up with a pasture to run in, and the possibility of being with other horses. My search brought me to Oceanside Equestrian Center. I have now been here just over a month, and from day one I have had nothing but a positive experience. I have met many boarders and all have been so welcoming and kind. I originally brought the horses here to board them in a pasture, but the 30X50 stalls have been MORE than sufficient for the time being while the horses have been adjusting to a new home. This barn has so much to offer. There are great turn out pastures, 2 large arenas, 2 round pens, and an amazing horse agility pasture that I can't wait to introduce my little guy to. There are no trails but it's a really nice environment for riding around the barn. Adolfo the ranch had is always helpful and Chris has been wonderful in helping me get my horses settled. I will be weaning my foal very soon. And she is diligently working on getting additional foals to the barn for a foal pasture. Also, Chris is has two wonderful trainers on staff. I have worked with Gayle and she is amazing, I haven't worked with Juliana, but have met her a few times and absolutely love her. I will be truthful that I have heard barn drama does exist here, but I have not witnessed it myself and my experience has been nothing but great. I love having my horses here! read more

Oceanside Equestrian Center - Horse Boarding Near Me - Oceanside, California

I love the warm & cozy indoor arena, no need to worry about rain. The services at the facility are top notch with caring & compassionate staff on site at all times. A very low key drama free place to be. read more

I love Chris Libs I had the pleasure of meeting Chris last month. This woman has a heart of gold Her care and love for horses and animals is heartwarming. The past reviews are disgusting!!! These people have nothing better to do. Get a life!!! It disgusts me to hear people that want to cause pain to others. I have been in the business of customer care for over 30 years. I highly recommend this facility to anyone that loves animals. Sincerely Heather read more

The place would have great potential if it had a different owner! Comes off sweet as pie but changes at a flip of a coin. Basically you have to do everything for yourself if you want something done. The beautiful stalls are done by the people boarding, not OEC. The poor guy that looks after the horse side of the property isn't given what is truly needed. I believe he does do his best with what he has to work with. It would seem current boarders were recently asked to put up reviews as you can see they are all recent. I think that is even against yelp policy. Some even try to show up as different people reviewing but it is the same person. I will also tell you within one year I personally heard of the owner going off on at least three different boarding parties and ran off two trainers. All boarding facilities will tell you no drama but I think we all know better.....This one takes the cake though without a doubt! read more

I boarded my horse there until he passed. Chris the owner, was always caring and loving to me and my horse. The reviews I read from past people, who have been kicked out needed to leave. There was a few problem people there that did cause a lot of drama and Chris has kicked them out. They were evil people and obviously need help. This is a beautiful place to board your horse with extra large pens and turn outs, along with large pastures. There are some very nice people there and I miss them dearly. Thank you Chris for being a kind loving person to all the animals. read more

The Owner of the Ranch Chris: is extremely passionate about horses and the ranch is an excellent place for foals and senior lay ups!! It is also great for boarding your horse due to many acres The stalls are huge and theres pastures for the foals Chris is always available and ANSWERs Her phone Which many ranches let go to a machine Therefore other ranches are bad for emergencies There is a beautiful golf course adjacent to Oceanside Equestrian Ctr Making the ranch Safer in fire weather!!! As soon as Im well I plan on moving to OCE read more

*UPDATE* Chris has not made clear and I was not going to go into this, but beings she has opened the topic. I was in good grace and told we would be missed and welcomed back any time when we moved from OEC. I actually still have that text. It was not until one of her boarders contacted me about a horse we had been close to at her ranch stating the horse had lost drastic amounts of weight and was not doing well that I became involved again. I had reached out to the owner of the horse as well as Chris after the boarder called me to let her know the horse owner had requested I help rehome her horse as she did not have the time for her any longer and had moved. The boarder and her mother who lives in Valencia asked me to show the horse to a person who was interested in adopting the horse. In a weeks time I had not heard from Chris until I was on the property and she called me immediately screaming profanities without actually speaking to me about the situation. Chris' anger with me stems from her losing a boarder which was not my decision as it was not my horse. I helped a friend when asked. No police were involved at all and I did not video anything. Especially the dogs when I had nothing to do with them. I never video tapes anything on that property except for my horse I the turnout. I am unsure what my being a nurse has to do with this situation other than to increase my credibility in my review. And actually I assisted Chris in some person medical questions while we were boarders so this shows that she felt I was credible and she respected my medical knowledge at that time. Luckily the formentioned boarder, her mother and the adopter and myself have remained friends even after this situation. In reading these reviews I am a bit concerned that people I have personally heard say terrible things about the owner of this ranch are now so complimentary. My family and I were told when we first became boarders here to just "stay out of the owners radar and you will be ok." Things I can say for a fact are that the owner is not able to handle herself in a professional manner when upset and will get in your face and curse at you and call you very demeaning names. I still have many people at this ranch that I consider my friends and the grounds do have great potential. Many of the boarders have beautified their personal areas of the ranch which gives it more appeal. It does have a beautiful view of the golf course and has two very nice arenas and nice sized pastures and stalls. The ranch could use a bit more TLC and upgrades but has good riding space but no trail access. There is also only one entrance and exit which during the Lilac fire of 2017 served to be chaotic and cause a huge delay of people getting horses off of the property. There is the potential for another entrance/exit that could be used for emergency purposes if the owner were to make an evacuation plan. I know some of the boarders were going to work on this, hopefully she has done her part for the safety of all. The ranch hand has too much work for just him and not enough hours to get the work done. We had found more than a few times out horses water bin bone dry and on one occasion with just mold on the bottom. If you can keep quiet and away from the owner and keep a very close eye on your horse then you can enjoy some great people along with your horse. read more

Chris is the best and takes care of my horse like her own.

If I could give this place a 0 star review, I would. The owner talks down on boarders to other boarders. She gets frustrated when you voice concerns and moves your horse without your permission. She calls your horse a problem horse when they escape an electric fence that is NOT HOT. I have personally witnessed DEAD squirrels in my horse's water and the owner simply told me to remove the squirrels and fill my horse's water up without cleaning it and have pictures that I will be posting everywhere I can possibly post them here shortly. Furthermore, she is VERY unprofessional and has ZERO idea of how to care for horses and if you ask her about anything, she has absolutely no clue. You are better off finding Richard or Adolfo who are 100% the best people on the property. Chris has personally stated she does not know what is really going on and has to go double check with other people to even figure out what is going on. I do NOT recommend this place to anyone. I have been off the property for days and still have yet to get a response or my deposit from her which is very disappointing as I was supposed to leave the property with cash in hand PER HER OWN WORDS 3-4 days PRIOR to my departure. She will continually give you excuses and fight with you every step of the way. Very two-faced business owner and I personally do not think she knows how to care properly for any animal. Goats, Sheep and a pig are in rather small areas in the back of the property and she does nothing to prevent breeding or overbreeding of these animals. If you want to be disrespected for wanting good care for your horse and the owner to attempt to sell your horse from under you- this is the place to go. read more