Once you decide to breed horses, you will have to ask yourself: "Where will the horses live?". At this point it is very useful to have a
husband,
whose father actually is an active farmer. Actually all the farm animals that used to live at Grillenhof are gone: The
bigger ones – such as cows, bulls and horses – in the 1970s, the smaller ones – namely the chickens – 2008. After that,
the only remaining animals where mice, rats and other vermin. But despite his scepticism I could persuade Karl
Schmatz
to
donate his land to be the home to our horses. After that I hired my husband Daniel to build the paddock,
and so our horses where able to move into the mud-paddock on palm Sunday 2010 and since
August 2010 they
are
able to use the summer-paddock.
It was clear from the beginning, that I would never lock up my horses, only living in a large paddock was acceptable.
Something new for
many people: how can you leave your horses outside around the clock? Don´t they get sick?
No, that's the way, they like it, and they are happy to be able to move around, whenever they want to –
if they
even
are willing to. Of course there is an open stable for both the mares and the stallions, that they are able to use,
when-
ever they want.
They have access to food around the clock and a small stream invites to drink or splash around.
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