Winter at Spur of the Moment Ranch is a magical time, especially after a new fallen snow. Unlike bears who spend a good portion of their winter hibernating, the horses do not!! You will be surprised to know, our horses & donkeys love the winter months. The bugs are less, their work days are minimal, the days are shorter, & the piles of hay are a little bit bigger. What is there not to love! Many times the cool brisk air & stronger winds get them going and their time spent playing and bucking around the paddock is comical.
The hardest part about winter is they spend most of the spring, summer, & fall working with kids, ranch guests, & ourselves and winters can get long and lonely when when they don’t have as many visitors! While we don’t take them off of the Ranch in the winter, we do have a few horse activities you can still participate in! Ranch guests are always welcome to help us feed. We feed twice a day. They are usually knocking on the gate about 7:30 in the morning and 4:30/5:00 in the evening! If you are interested in feeding, let Sarah know when you arrive and we are more than happy to arrange times!
Maybe you want to spend a little more time in the barn. The winter months are always a great time to learn a little bit about grooming and the horses appreciate a good grooming with their big winter coats! Again, if this interests you, please ask Sarah at check in or email at sarahl@spurofthemomentranch.org
Between Thanksgiving & Christmas we do have “Donkey Christmas Games” going on!
Have a great winter season & hope to see you soon!