Horse and Ranch Camps
2024 SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE
Horse Camps
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
$450.00 per student
Horse Sense (ages 6-12)
June 24 - 28
July 8 - 12
Pony Pals (ages 3-5)
June 24 - 28, 8am-noon
July 8 - 12, 8am-noon
Ranch Camps
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
$450.00 per student
All Ranch Camps include horseback riding as an optional every day activity.
Animal Adventures (ages 3-12)
July 22 - 26
Farm Fun (ages 3-12)
August 5 -9
ON THE FIRST DAY OF CAMP REMEMBER TO BRING THE FOLLOWING:
- snacks and lunch
- Sunscreen is applied in advance of camp
- Water bottle
- What your child needs each day:
- Stretchy pants/jeans you can move in and a t-shirt (campers will get dirty!)
- Tennis shoes (no flip flops) or riding boots
- Horseback riding helmet (if you have), we have helmets available to borrow that are disinfected between uses
- Sunscreen
- Bottled water
- Snacks and a bag of lunch
BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF CAMP, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING FORMS:
Participant's Medical History
Liability Waiver
New Student Information
WHAT TREATS ARE OKAY TO GIVE TO HORSES?
When feeding treats, remember the acronym A.I.M. – Always In Moderation. Keep your treats as close as possible to the natural diet and enjoy being a hero to your horse!
Feed only a small amount. Feeding your horse 15 large carrots at a time may create more of a meal than a treat. For an average size horse, one or two carrots is sufficient. Feeding too much of any treat can have negative effects on balanced diets like lowering protein content, raising starch levels, and diluting vitamins and minerals. In addition, too much of certain treats can lead to severe digestive upset and even colic or laminitis.
Foods That Horses Can Safely Eat:
- Flour (White and Whole Wheat)
- Molasses
- Cinnamon (in SMALL amounts)
- Peanut Butter
- Eggs
- Applesauce
- Oatmeal (rolled oats, steel-cut oats, Irish oats, quick oats)
- Honey
- Sugar, brown sugar & powdered sugar
- Peppermint and most hard candies (NOT chocolate)
- Food coloring
- Raisins
- Grated apples and carrots
- Bran
- Bananas
- Dried fruit
- Pumpkin
- Cereal (Fruit Loops, Rice Krispies, Cheerios)
- Cookie Icing, Frosting & Sprinkles
- Salt
- Corn oil and corn syrup
- Pretzels
- Graham Crackers
- Ginger snaps and gingerbread
- Ice cream cones (sugar and cake cones)
- Pancakes and waffles
- Butterscotch
- Marshmallow
- Peanuts
- Almonds
- Cashews
- Sunflower seeds
- Sesame seeds
- Chia seeds
Foods That Horses SHOULD NOT Eat:
Note: this list is NOT 100% of every food that a horse should not eat! Please do your research before feeding a horse anything that isn’t on this list.
- Cattle feed
- Alsike clover
- Dusty, moldy, or very old hay
- Cruciferous vegetables like kale, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, or other things in the cabbage family (can cause severe gas if fed in large amounts)
- The meat of any kind
- ChocolateLawn clippings and clippings from your garden (these can contain poisonous plants, can cause choking, and can drastically change their pH)
- Fresh bread, donuts, etc. – these items can become a doughy mass in the digestive tract and cause a blockage.
- Sweet Feed (COB & unfortified sweet grains) can quickly unbalance the diet when enough is fed as a “treat”.