Truth about Meadowlarke Stables
Meadowlarke stables does a great thing by rescuing horses. However the horses and over-ridden and become lame very often. They also spend a great deal of time in a standing stall and have little time off to be outside. It is not the safest environment as they have students teaching younger children to ride who have no standard approval to be instructing lessons. There are a lot of nice riders to interact with and the horses teach you a lot. However there are a few people there who are incredibly rude and the barn owner has little respect for employees and really anyone with an opinion. Very difficult and unrewarding place to work and difficult to get along with. There are a couple of great coaches for advanced riders but as a beginner it is not very safe and the skill set that an instructor should have is not met a lot of the time. The barn is very money hungry and doesnt care about the well being of the riders and pays little attention to the horses and well. It is the students or...
Meadowlarke stables does a great thing by rescuing horses. However the horses and over-ridden and become lame very often. They also spend a great deal of time in a standing stall and have little time off to be outside. It is not the safest environment as they have students teaching younger children to ride who have no standard approval to be instructing lessons. There are a lot of nice riders to interact with and the horses teach you a lot. However there are a few people there who are incredibly rude and the barn owner has little respect for employees and really anyone with an opinion. Very difficult and unrewarding place to work and difficult to get along with. There are a couple of great coaches for advanced riders but as a beginner it is not very safe and the skill set that an instructor should have is not met a lot of the time. The barn is very money hungry and doesnt care about the well being of the riders and pays little attention to the horses and well. It is the students or workers who really care about the horses and their well being. Most of all the barn owner is just all around rude and not a good atmosphere for children who want to have a positive experience where they learn from mistakes and arent harshly critisized.They dont like family members in the barn and look out for the barn owner! She even had a mean dog that would growl and bite, around the barn during childrens summer camps, which I think is unacceptable.
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Hello Rider123
Thank you for acknowledging the work we do to rescue horses, we work very hard to be able to offer them a second chance at life. We currently have over 35 horses on our school, the majority who would have been sent to slaughter. Our horses spend the majority of their time outside as a herd - they get to lead a very natural life, coming inside only for lessons or special care. They are very happy and healthy.
We are very fortunate at Meadowlarke Stables to have many longstanding employees, we have instructors that have been with us for over 20 years, and barn workers that have spent their entire high school time working for us. With so many long standing employees we can't be that bad to work for!
We do have dogs on the property that are in the office with us all day - they are not out free roaming the property - the odd exception is when the camp counselors ask for the little white dog to be a clue in our epic Amazing Race each Friday of camp - there's nothing like watching 60 campers chase a little dog around - great exercise for everyone :)
We offer a wide variety of lesson programs from the complete beginner through to the rider looking to compete locally or nationally. We have many longstanding students who have been with us from the beginner levels up. We also have many returning students, who go away for college or university and return during the summer months.
Family/Friends are welcome to watch weekly lessons when we are outside during the spring/summer/fall months. During the colder months when we are inside we do offer lesson viewing days when we invite family and friends into the barn and then into the arena to watch the lessons.
We wish you luck with your riding and continued passion for horses.