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Paddock Paradise: A Guide to Natural Horse Boarding
What is Paddock Paradise? "A remarkable natural environment for horses!" Welcome to "Paddock Paradise", natural horse care advocate Jaime Jackson's groundbreaking adventure in natural boarding for horses! Based on Jackson's legendary research on wild horses, Paddock Paradise is a revolutionary model for safe, natural horsekeeping, hoof care, and the healing and rehabilitation of lame horses. The premise of Paddock Paradise is to stimulate horses to behave and move naturally according to their instincts. "This is the key," according to Jackson, "to having physically and mentally healthier horses." This unique and unprecedented model is adaptable to virtually all size horse properties, regardless of climate, and fits all equine breeds regardless of how they are used. Consider some of the following benefits for creating a Paddock Paradise for your horses:
- Encourages constant movement, as nature intended.
- Greater movement means natural hoof wear with fewer bills.
- Protects horses from dangerous founder-prone pastures.
- Minimizes the need for warm-up exercise time before riding.
- Helps address neurotic behavior by providing natural outlets.
- Provides an effective means for diet and weight management.
- Adaptable for breeding, foaling, multiple horse operations. Paddock Paradise Includes: - Template for making your paddock
- Hundreds of ideas
- Sample paddocks created by
practitioners and horse owners
- Resources True Natural Boarding for Horses! What Horse Owners have to
say about Paddock Paradise: "I could not be happier with my Paddock
Paradise. The horses move all the time." "They keep their weight down easier than
before and the top line muscles in my 20
year old has shown some development." "Their hooves are also better because
they are on hard dry ground. I've seen
improvement in concavity in both horses." "The horses seem to love it -
they are always on the move!"
- Encourages constant movement, as nature intended.
- Greater movement means natural hoof wear with fewer bills.
- Protects horses from dangerous founder-prone pastures.
- Minimizes the need for warm-up exercise time before riding.
- Helps address neurotic behavior by providing natural outlets.
- Provides an effective means for diet and weight management.
- Adaptable for breeding, foaling, multiple horse operations. Paddock Paradise Includes: - Template for making your paddock
- Hundreds of ideas
- Sample paddocks created by
practitioners and horse owners
- Resources True Natural Boarding for Horses! What Horse Owners have to
say about Paddock Paradise: "I could not be happier with my Paddock
Paradise. The horses move all the time." "They keep their weight down easier than
before and the top line muscles in my 20
year old has shown some development." "Their hooves are also better because
they are on hard dry ground. I've seen
improvement in concavity in both horses." "The horses seem to love it -
they are always on the move!"
- GenresHorsesNonfiction
146 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2007
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October 14, 2022
Offers a really interesting and uniques perspective on horse care and is presented in a readable way
June 5, 2019
Changes your mind about horse care
This book changed my mind about how I care for horses. Mine have had multiple problems, all from pasture. I think we will come out ahead hating the center of pasture and using the pasture paddock method. My only question is getting my gelding to get along. He supports letting them "work it out", except when a horse loses an eye or costs thousands due to fights, that may not be so easy. May try though.
This book changed my mind about how I care for horses. Mine have had multiple problems, all from pasture. I think we will come out ahead hating the center of pasture and using the pasture paddock method. My only question is getting my gelding to get along. He supports letting them "work it out", except when a horse loses an eye or costs thousands due to fights, that may not be so easy. May try though.
July 13, 2021
It's just amazing. It provides you from background information and a sneak peak inside the life of wild horses. It's also full of information about how the best natural way of living can be created in our human world. I just love it, and even though I already knew some of it, it was very interesting and I learned a LOT!
January 13, 2017
I enjoyed this book very much.
My horse is kept on a paddock paradise and I believe in the principles Jaime describes in this book, but I wanted to make sure I knew all there is to the NHC principles so it was great to see how he came to the conclusions he did.
Highly recommended.
My horse is kept on a paddock paradise and I believe in the principles Jaime describes in this book, but I wanted to make sure I knew all there is to the NHC principles so it was great to see how he came to the conclusions he did.
Highly recommended.
May 25, 2021
Need more real life, practical ideas.
Great background and foundation but I would love to read real world examples. It’s become a huge movement, maybe it’s time for a sequel.
Great background and foundation but I would love to read real world examples. It’s become a huge movement, maybe it’s time for a sequel.
July 5, 2021
Some great ideas to think about as I expand my enclosure and integrate feeding. The book was questionably edited.
March 17, 2022
Good introduction to the subject, despite some pretty ridiculous "nature is better" fallacy throughout. Wild horses are often healthier and there are so many good ideas I dream about incorporate into domestic horse keeping. Wild horses also suffer and die rather a lot; what they are doing isn't automatically superior.
I would also rather have spent more time on applying the concepts of PP than how they came to be. How do you transition to a track system? What are the results? I've loved seeing how people apply the ideas online and had hoped for more of that kind of content.
I would also rather have spent more time on applying the concepts of PP than how they came to be. How do you transition to a track system? What are the results? I've loved seeing how people apply the ideas online and had hoped for more of that kind of content.
October 5, 2021
Super quick read. Loved the concept of providing a habitat for domestic horses that more closely resembles how they live in the wild. What would something similar lookalike for cattle, sheep or pigs?)
I 1st heard of the concept on the podcast Stall and Stable & it fascinated me then. It seems very much in synch with modern zoo keeping where they try to provide enrichment for their animals or for the structures some people build to enrich the home environment for their cats.
I 1st heard of the concept on the podcast Stall and Stable & it fascinated me then. It seems very much in synch with modern zoo keeping where they try to provide enrichment for their animals or for the structures some people build to enrich the home environment for their cats.
February 17, 2023
Fantastic insight into natural horse behavior and the benefits of mimicking this for domestic horses. The pasture kept horse, grazing in lush green fields, that horse owner strive to recreate now seem very romanticized and unnatural. I'm looking forward to implementing a track system this year. I know my equine will love it.
May 27, 2019
Great book full of ideas to create a more natural environment for your horse to enjoy. Excited to give some of these a try!!
August 16, 2021
A good take on proper horse management.
June 7, 2022
Great book as an introduction to track systems.
April 18, 2014
I am so excited to implement these concepts, soon, I hope!! To be a part of this new way of doing things, almost like participating in a study, by contributing to the body of anecdotal knowledge on his website.
Quite honestly I fail to see how this could be criticized. We don't criticize expert zookeepers who go to great lengths to recreate their animals' habitations - why should our horses not enjoy environments which allow them to behave in ways which are of their nature? It makes resonant sense. And should have, by now, triggered a ton of good research. I haven't explored that yet, will addendumize here if it changes my opinion of this book. For now I'm really jazzed!
Quite honestly I fail to see how this could be criticized. We don't criticize expert zookeepers who go to great lengths to recreate their animals' habitations - why should our horses not enjoy environments which allow them to behave in ways which are of their nature? It makes resonant sense. And should have, by now, triggered a ton of good research. I haven't explored that yet, will addendumize here if it changes my opinion of this book. For now I'm really jazzed!
May 17, 2010
This is the best book on horse boarding out there, and there are plenty of examples online of people implementing this process for a healthier herd of horses. Whether you are new to boarding horses, or an old hand, this book will be an eye opener.
February 27, 2013
Love you, Jaime Jackson! I totally want to set this up for my horses, who are incarcerated in a fairly small paddock. When I move away this fall, though, this will be one of my goals!
February 12, 2015
this is what every boarding facility should strive to achieve. its amazing how far from normal most boarding facilities are- horses need movement.
February 6, 2013
THE best book out there re natural horse management ; ALL horsey people please take note :-)
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