I was a former employee and client of Equestrian Resolutions. I purchased one of my horses here after falling in love with him while I was working there. He is absolutely amazing and I never felt that Nora or Bob were anything but totally honest about him. Unfortunately life and a hour and half car ride took its toll and got in the way of me continuing to work with them. I have been riding for 20+ years and I can not express to you the wealth of knowledge I have gained from working there through spring and summer nor can I tell you how invaluable my, hopefully ;o), life long friendship with them is. It is so unfortunate that people behave this immaturely with the cover of a keyboard when they have one bad experience somewhere. I can only theorize that this is simply because they do not want to keep up with this level of expertise. I urge you not to judge by someone else's review and to try this facility out to see for yourself the lifetime of knowledge Nora and Bob have to share. I was willing to drive an hour and half numerous times a week, and was thrilled that I could offset my cost through riding horses, just to gain the knowledge and experience that these two will give you. Gas and car maintenance are expensive but working here has taught me lessons I will keep for a lifetime and you can not put a price on that. If you are serious about learning to ride, training horses, or need help with the unmanageable horse that every farm has then this is the place for you to be. You will be amongst people who have spent their entire lives learning about horses and training them. Ones knowledge of horses will never stop growing and these two are leaps ahead of the rest.
As far as the accusations against quality of hay and grain...these are absolutely just blatant lies. Nora and Bob have the best quality hay (very soft and green) and grain I have ever seen and they are very generous with it as well. The quality is always consistent. This is coming from someone who has worked on numerous farms, the horse owners may not know how good they have it but I am sure the horses do. The horses always had a healthy body weight and the stalls were always immaculate. The accusations about the stalls not being cleaned baffle me. I have personally witnessed the routine on many occasions. Water buckets are cleaned regularly as well, which is something I have found not to be common amongst other farms. They pay great attention to detail in horse care and training. Their barn and property is also set up with safety in mind. I think this is very important as I have worked in places with unsafe conditions that can get a horse or person hurt. You can tell that a lot of thought went into how to best build place for functionality and safety. Just off the top of my head, the gates swing easily and wide and shut to an "automatic" latch, the barn isle is clear and wide, the ceilings are high, cross ties are set up with ample room in between, rubber mats are used in slippery places, the stalls are very spacious, all doors slide closed with ease, there are feeder doors on the stalls, and the entire property is fenced in so a loose horse will never end up on the road. Every detail has been thought through to ensure that everyone remains as safe as possible in such an unpredictable sport while working with such big animals. read more
