Karuna Riding LLC

Horse Care

 

  Compassionate Dressage Training, Balanced Nutrition & Natural Hoof Care 

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KARUNA STABLES

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Karuna Stables relocated its operations to the beautiful Hills of Tunbridge VT. Our barn offers nice and roomy stalls and extensive turn out into large grassy (or snowy!) paddocks for horses either in small groups or alone for horses who need to be on their own (like my older stallion Ben). Anne has taken numerous courses in equine nutrition from Dr E. Kellon MVD and we test and analyze our hay and adjust our feed and supplements accordingly.

We can welcome mares during the good season for few weeks or months but not year round since we have 2 stallions and we cannot keep them away from the girls once we close the summer pastures.

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Horse Care and Well Being 

Karuna Stables aims to join a natural approach to horse care, with a compassionate approach to riding in general and dressage in particular.

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​We believe in barefoot performance, and rely on the services of the amazing natural trimmer Michaella McNulty, to keep our own horses' hooves looking their best and to help the horses feeling great.

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Over the years of keeping horses barefoot, Anne has collected a large number of horse boots in different sizes and models. We can help you transition your shod horse to barefoot and avoid you getting boots that won't fit your horse! But if you horse need to be in shoes that is OK too. We like barefoot best, but are not religious about it and have met some horses that really did better with shoes.

 

But no trimmer can trim himself or herself out of bad nutrition. That is why all the hay fed at Karuna Stables is analyzed on arrival, and we offer a custom low carb mix that includes the mineral supplements that will best balance the macro and trace minerals found in the hay.

The hay is usually fed in slow feeder hay nets, to keep the horses munching longer and make eating hay a little bit more like browsing.

We make sure easy keepers get low carb hay and "grain" (our grain is either timothy pellets or cool stance) but also provide more calorie and or protein rich feedstuff such as oats, barley, linseed meal etc... for the horses in work that need the extra source of energy and amino acids. Finally Vermont is wonderfully green and quite famous for its lovely pastures, but that grass can be too rich for easy keepers like our Lusitanos, so bin spring and fall when the sugars shoot up, or anytime the horses get a bit too round we get the grazing muzzles out so the horses can still be out to pasture and not risk the terrible woes of laminitis.

 

In other words, we take horse nutrition very seriously!

We try to keep the feed GMO free and as natural as we can, while aiming to cover the different needs of the horses.

 

We also welcome Dr Grant, a great chiropractor and acupuncturist every 6 weeks to help the horses body feel their best so they can perform as comfortably as possible.

 

With this great team we can help your horse's needs in a true holistic approach...

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