
Step back to basic horsemanship without all the gimmicks and quick fixes and that's what you get with Sherry Dotson at Peaceful Acres. No nonsense equestrian knowledge from the ground up. You learn to groom first and clean hooves before you ever hit the saddle. These fundamentals are so often overlooked but ground training is the basis for your relationship with your horse and Sherry knows it all. Then when you saddle and bridle your horse yourself (with supervision of course) Sherry will teach you each part of the equipment and what it's for. She even teaches the tots to do this and they progress so fast because of the bond they make with their horse. Now you're ready to ride. That is an experience you must go through yourself but whichever horse Sherry matches you with it will be magical. So be ready for a little ground skills learning and then the real...
Read moreAMAZING!!!!!! Took my two year old here for her first ever lesson and she absolutely FELL IN LOVE. Staff and the owner is SO SWEET and KNOWLEDGEABLE. EXTREMELY affordable, well trained horses, very well kept farm, beautiful landscape, easy to access and not far from town.
DEFINITELY GO CHECK THEM OUT ASAP!!!! I will be returning with my daughter regularly. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM!
The owner herself gave us the lesson. She was so patient, kind and educational. I was completely confident to let my daughter go off into the pasture with her and have a life changing experience riding the pony named Twinkie. Such a sweet pony too!
Beautiful rescue horses with a sanctuary to be loved on. Also personally have a friend who adopted from Peaceful Acres and is so pleased with her...
Read moreLove Peaceful Acres. My daughter had a field trip at another farm and wanted to do horse lessons. I googled ones closer to home and found this place. So glad we did. My 10 year old daughter has thrived since she started August 5th. She is now even volunteering here. Seeing her giving back by her choice and not expecting anything in return, but getting so much joy from just helping is the purpose and she’s seeing that at this young age. Thank you to Sherry and the other trainers for their hard work on this property. The horses are well taken care of. The lessons are well done. If you want to be surrounded by horses this is a great place to volunteer and give back!!! Also if you haven’t signed up for an Amazon Smiles charity choose them. It’s fast and easy and...
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