Stabling

Welcome to the Stabling section at Basic-Horse-Care.com! Here you’ll find advice on all aspects of your horses home, including how to choose a livery yard, mucking out stables and surviving snowy weather. Please choose a stabling topic below for more information…

Boredom Breakers

I never know whether these make any difference or not, but as I’ve tried a few, this is my round up of what’s worked and what hasn’t. Most of these ideas...

Laying Rubber Matting

Rubber matting in stables is a great addition for making your horse more comfortable and also for saving some money on shavings as much fewer are needed....

Livery Yards

I’ve been at various livery yards, some good, some bad, none perfect. Many people enjoy the whole livery experience. You can get advice whenever you n...

Mucking Out

At the moment I muck out my two horses two different ways, but there are loads different options you can use.  You need to choose the one that suits you ...

Surviving The Snow

Thankfully in much of the UK we rarely get lots of snow. In recent winters however, we have seen some heavy snow that has hung around for DAYS. These...

Surviving The Sun

Whether it’s hot or cold, wet or dry we never quite seem happy about the weather! Recently here in the UK we had a bit of a heat wave. Our animals aren’t use...