Freedom Acres Farm

08/16/2023

Join us to support a great cause!

08/15/2023

Working with the baby. She’s made amazing strides and I am super excited to see how much more she grows this year.

08/10/2023

These pictures don’t do Panda justice. This guy came to us in Feb/April. He was a surrender who barely made it on the trailer. His owners were not feeding him adequately for his size or age, and he was starving to death. He dove for the hay bag in the trailer when I loaded him up, and for days I wasn’t sure if he’d be alive when I went to check on him in his stall. This poor guy hadn’t had hay for 6+ months. I got him here and basically prayed constantly that he could hang on long enough to gain weight and get healthy again. Today I took the first 2 pictures and the last 2 were taken two weeks ago. When I took his blanket off this spring, you could see every bone in his body. I just cried. And now he happily munches grass, hay, and grain all day long and runs around the field with his buddy Prince and the other horses. He’s done a total 360. He still has some weight to gain and muscle to put back on, but the difference is truly night and day.

08/01/2023

https://banana1015.com/budweiser-clydesdale-coming-to-lapeer-county-what-you-need-to-know/

A Budweiser Clydesdale will be in Lapeer County during Lapeer Days 2023.

07/30/2023

Available for delivery depending on distance and pickup!

07/20/2023

All evening farm activities are cancelled due to inclement weather conditions!

07/13/2023

Lesson season is underway and we still have space available in our program for new and experienced students!

Freedom Acres Farms offers lessons to those ages 4-100 with any experience level. Lessons are individually tailored to your student’s goals, interests and abilities.

🐴🐴Haul in and on-site lessons available with a flexible schedule.

🐴🐴 Over 20 years of horsemanship experience and 10 years of experience running riding lessons.

🐴🐴 Child and adult lessons from 30-60 min. Western, English, Equitation, Trail and Eventing.

🐴🐴$40 per hour with monthly packages available.

06/27/2023

06/11/2023

Lesson season is back in full swing!

05/23/2023

For anyone looking for an awesome groomer!

Get you dog or cat ready for the summer ☀️
Whether they need just a bath or the full works we have a few openings left for this month!
All breeds are welcomed 💕
Give a call at (248) 783-6605 or message our page with questions or to book

6030 Rochester Rd
Troy, MI 48085

05/16/2023

Available still! This guy is looking for his forever home. He’s a 16 wk old Lab Setter mix. Both parents are papered. He’s been dewormed, had first shots, crate trained, exposed to livestock, kids and other dogs. Still working on potty training, but he is extremely smart and picking up on things quickly. Small rehoming fee.

04/13/2023

Project pony looking for new pastures. BLM mustang, 5 yrs old, 13hh approx. From the Pine Nut herd in Nevada. Requires wood fencing or panels. Basically unstarted. Shy and reactive. Would do well with consistent work and attention. Only selling due to time constraints. Pm for details. 5🥕🥕

04/13/2023

We still have the boy and girl SetterLab puppies available. Ready now to go home. Pm me if you’re interested. Mom is papered Chocolate Lab, dad is papered Irish Setter. These dogs will make amazing farm and family dogs. Already exposed to livestock, chickens, cats, other dogs, and do amazing with children of all ages. Come with first shots and deworming.

04/05/2023

02/26/2023

SetterLab puppies.

These babies are going to be looking for their new homes the first week of April. Mom is pure bred Chocolate Lab from working/hunting lines. Dad is pure bred Irish setter from show lines. Both parents are health tested with papers. Puppies come with shots and first health checks. Pm me if you or anyone you know is interested. 3 males, one black, two tan and 1 black female.
Located in Lapeer, MI

02/22/2023

A c**t at a barn in Bay County, Michigan, has tested positive for strangles, bringing the total number of cases on the premises to five.

02/12/2023

In case anyone I know has one of these!

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/English-Riding-Supply-Recalls-Ovation-Protege-Equestrian-Helmets-Due-to-Impact-Injury-Hazard?fbclid=IwAR04dE1j4twSmYRYTHooFhyReuoaoaTIsqJJ15OAU6SAx7RAS7-PLBn6EK8&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Ovation Protégé helmets and return them to the retailer they were purchased from or to any Ovation authorized dealer for a free replacement Ovation Deluxe Schooler helmet or contact English Riding Supply for a $60 refund. The replacement helmet ...

02/09/2023

Truth! 😂

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01/11/2023

In case anyone I know is interested!

12/31/2022

Get yourself a farm dog who helps with chores! She has certainly come a long way from the pup who was afraid of her own shadow when I brought her home. Featuring our favorite farrier .huddy .

12/30/2022

Your blanket’s a bit messed up bud 😂

12/08/2022

We will have farm raised, pasture fed beef for anyone who may be interested! If you have any interest in some awesome farm fresh beef send me a dm. Beef is USDA processed.

Two cows available; can be split into 1/4, 1/2, or bought whole. Price is $5.5/pound. These cows are grass fed and hormone free Angus Beef. These guys are as healthy as they come and the prices don’t even compare to what you’d pay in the grocery store for conventional meat.

Pickup within the next 2-3 weeks. Just in time for the holidays. PM me if you or anyone you know is interested!

11/06/2022

Charlie Brown shared a post on Instagram: "Just another OTTB feeling all sorts of ways about this sunshine and 60 degree weather 🧡 ". Follow their acco...

09/04/2022

07/24/2022

Freedom Acres Farm will be closed this week. We have suffered a loss in the family. Please be patient if messages are not answered right away for the time being.

07/20/2022

07/19/2022

Hi all! A little update on my recovery and the plan for lessons for the time being. I still have a ways to go before I'm back to 100% but the docs are doing a good job of helping me recover.
In the meantime a wonderful friend of mine has graciously offered to step in and help with getting the lessons back on track. I am so excited to have Chris join us to teach us from her wide bank of experience and horsemanship knowledge. I have looked up to her as a mentor and fellow rider for going on 2 years now and I know she has a ton to offer our lesson students.
I will be reworking the schedule to reflect times that Chris is available so please if my students could pm me with their afternoon availability I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you all for being so patient and flexible and for the prayers and well wishes as I recover from my accident.

-Charlie

07/04/2022

All lessons for the week of the the 4th are canceled due to personal emergency. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

06/23/2022

06/23/2022

Truth

06/19/2022

Looking like a circus conductor at times while I put these horses through some desensitizing drills but it works. No spook or bolt out of the baby Scotch is a win for an inexperienced 5yr old.

Here I'm trying to bring the trail environment into the arena in order to train him safely with exposure to all sorts of obstacles and potentially scary situations.

My own qh Latte is even less experienced at just 4 and we are slowly getting more and more time under saddle and exposure to all sorts of things.

05/16/2022

Lessons for today 5/16/22 will be rescheduled. Field conditions are slick and muddy and not conducive to safe riding for our tiny people. Thanks for understanding, sorry for the inconvenience!

05/15/2022

Paco and Ayla have come so far. So proud of these kids!

05/11/2022

05/11/2022

The haunting prospect of injury is real.

Kim Meir had gone splendidly around Rolex. Some time later, while schooling that same horse over, I think, some little trotting cavaletti, the horse tripped and stumbled, Kim went down just wrong and became paralyzed, perhaps, in my opinion, a worse result than getting killed.

I had supper with Chris Reeve the night after he won a little division at our horse trials. If ever anyone was at the top of the world, it was he. Next spring, he had his fall.
Billy Haggard had evented, shown hunters, lived on a horse for decades. At a little show in Aiken, he tumbled off in a hunter class, landed wrong, and had the same degree of paralysis as did Chris Reeve.

And someone else can have the most horrible looking rotational fall, get flung high and wide, get up and walk away. So much is just simple blind luck, either good luck or bad luck.

That said----
There are things we can do to help lessen the chances.
Wear a helmet every ride. Ride a horse within our capability. Compete or ride at a level of not too much apprehension or discomfort. (They say that we need to trust our gut when it tells us there’s a red flag.)

Think first, not to the point that we cease to function, but at least to the point where we make smarter choices. They are called “accidents” for a reason, but don’t we think that while anyone can have an accident, some injuries might have been foreseen and avoided?

Horses are fast and unpredictable. I remember something Ronnie Mutch told me 55 years ago, about lunging a snorty horse before getting on---“Better ten minutes on the lunge line than ten weeks in a cast.”

Or, as someone else wrote, "The only safe horse is a Breyer Horse."

05/01/2022

Training has been an absolute joy this week! These horses and riders are simply amazing.

04/27/2022

Freedom Acres Farms has space available immediately for boarding!

Starting at $350per month for full care board with large outdoor riding arena, access to multiple run ins, open stalls, beautiful well maintained pastures, trailer parking, and numerous trail systems within driving distance.

Trainer on-site.

***Large outdoor riding arena
Four large pastures with 2 run ins, and 2 stalls in barn
Tribute feed, 1st and 2nd cut hay feeding routine with free choice pasture available 24/7.

Owner on-site private farm. Low traffic no drama

🐴🐴Also offering riding lessons for the summer season! Haul in and on-site lessons available with a flexible schedule.

🐴🐴 Over 20 years of horsemanship experience including breeding, training, rehab and rescue; 10 years of experience running riding lessons.

🐴🐴 Child and adult lessons from 30-60 min. Western, English, Equitation, Trail and Eventing.

🐴🐴$40 per hour with monthly packages available.

Located in Metamora, close to the Metamora Hunt Club and Bridle Trails.

04/26/2022

Lessons for the evening are canceled due to rain and low temps. Sorry for the inconvenience.

04/26/2022

This weekend was literally packed with training and lessons and progress was made by all. So happy with how everyone is putting in so much effort.