Last
Chance Farm
Last
Chance Farm
The Retirement Farm for
Horses, Where Commitment is a Way of Life...
Last Chance Farm, is the retirement farm for horses offering personalized full care for your special horse. Last Chance Farm is a for profit retirement farm for horses founded in 1988. Last Chance Farm was started because of the difficulty I had in locating a facility that would board my retired horse. Due to job requirements I was an absentee owner and unable to visit my beloved horse on a regular basis. Last Chance Farm was literally his last chance at a well deserved retirement.
Last Chance Farm is committed to retired horses, we do not accept any horses except retired horses. Boarding retired horses is not just another way for us to board horses, we specialize in retired horses because we believe in the concept of making a lifetime commitment to your horse and providing owners with a facility designed for retired horses, not a facility designed for boarding riding horses with the option of boarding a retired horse.
We have seen and been the victim of boarding stables that decided to utilize owner's retired horses in their lesson programs, or for their own riding pleasure.
Boarding stables took the liberty of riding my horse without my permission and against my wishes. "Oh since nobody was riding him, we thought we would take him out and exercise him." Obviously someone failed to teach these people common courtesy and manners. The horse does not belong to you, you do not ride another person's horse without the owner's permission! They chose to ignore the fact that one of the reasons he was retired was due to soundness problems, if he was sound, I would be riding him!
Other stables gladly accepted my board check and then neglected to properly feed or shelter my horse. His weight loss was blamed on his age. Ironically he was 19 the first time that excuse was used. Another excuse for not feeding him was, "that he stopped coming in for his feed." This was after the boarding stable was instructed to feed him separately, and not with the herd. The operator brushed off my instructions and the result was my beloved horse was starved yet again. In all three boarding stables failed to properly feed my horse, while they continued to happily pocket my money.
When he passed away 15 years later at Last Chance Farm, there was no problem with his weight. He is pictured here at age 33. Prince was my best friend for 28 years. He was laid to rest at Last Chance Farm in August 1997 at age 34. Standing watch over Prince is the Patron Saint of Animals, St. Francis of Assisi.
Located in Pine Grove, PA the farm is easily accessible from Interstates 81 and 78. We are 45 minutes from Harrisburg, PA or Reading, PA and one hour west of Allentown, PA. We are approximately 3 hours from the NYC and 2 hours from Philadelphia. The farm is located on a quiet country road surrounded by farmland. We live on the farm and the fields are in view of the residence.All of us here at Last Chance Farm are opposed to the slaughter of America's Horses because we were raised in America and Americans do not eat their horses.
Links:
www.HoofPAC.com - The political action committee opposed to the slaughter of America's Horses.
Large Animal Protection Society, LAPS - Report horse neglect cases to LAPS.
We financially support those who share our views on horse slaughter. We purchase our horse care products from K.V. Vet Supply and Jeffers Equine, companies that have assured us in writing that they are opposed to the slaughter of America's Horses for human consumption.
