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Rocky Creek Farms Private Horse Boarding and Equine Assisted Therapy

Looking for peaceful pastures? Come join our herd! RCF has two FULL PASTURE BOARD spots available $600/mo. What we offer...
09/29/2026

Looking for peaceful pastures? Come join our herd! RCF has two FULL PASTURE BOARD spots available $600/mo.

What we offer:

🐴owners live on premises and maintain a relaxed family friendly sanctuary space for horses and their humans

🐴horses live in small herds with large pastures, rolling hills, and plenty of natural shade trees, covered run-ins and fresh water in each pasture

🐴twice a day feeding, gentle grooming/fly spray, daily care needs provided

🐴horses eat an 80-90% forage diet (grass in summer months, coastal, orchard/alfalfa in winter months) premium ration balancer for easy keepers and a high fat low sugar performance feed for those who need a little extra. Will feed owner provided supplements/medications upon request

🐴will hold for vet/farrier if needed

🐴all basic needs provided: friends, forage, freedom, and good fencing

🐴round pen, grass riding arena, plenty of open space and leisurely trail options to ride around the property

🐴please reach out to schedule a tour if you are interested in joining our herd

05/11/2026

A gentle reminder for anyone working with children, teens, or adults around horses:

Dysregulation does not always look dramatic. 🐴

It is not always:
• shouting
• crying
• aggression
• visible panic

Sometimes it looks like:

⚡ over-talking constantly because silence feels unsafe

⚡ laughing through everything

⚡ rushing tasks and movements

⚡ repeatedly apologising

⚡ asking “am I doing it right?” every thirty seconds

⚡ freezing when given choice

⚡ becoming overly compliant

⚡ watching your face for signs they’ve got something wrong

⚡ panicking over tiny mistakes

⚡ struggling to make decisions

⚡ trying to care for everyone else instead of themselves

⚡ shutting down emotionally while still physically participating

⚡ saying “I’m fine” while their entire body says otherwise

And honestly?

Horses often notice these shifts before humans do.

You might see:
🐴 the horse moving away slightly
🐴 increased tension
🐴 difficulty connecting
🐴 sudden stillness
🐴 pushiness
🐴 hyper-alert behaviour
🐴 disengagement

Not because the person is “bad” or “too much”.

But because nervous systems communicate constantly.

Sometimes the young person who looks the calmest is actually working the hardest internally just to stay regulated enough to remain in the session.

That is why trauma-informed practice matters.

Not so we can label every behaviour.
Not so we become frightened of emotional responses.

But so we stay curious instead of judgemental.

A child rushing a grooming task does not need "correcting" first.

They may need help feeling safe enough to slow down.

A teen who constantly says “sorry” does not need "behaviour management"

They need a relationship where mistakes do not feel dangerous.

The work is not in controlling the behaviour.

Sometimes the work is helping a nervous system realise:

“You are still safe here even if you get something wrong.” 🌿

01/11/2026

There are moments in life when the path narrows.

When the light feels far away and the ground beneath you changes.
We don’t choose those moments.

They choose us.
The horses have taught me that the dark isn’t a mistake.
It’s a passage.

A place where the old ways fall away and something truer begins to form. A horse will walk into the dark without panic.

Not because it knows what’s ahead —
but because it trusts what’s guiding it.

So if you find yourself in a season that feels heavy, uncertain, or unfamiliar,
this isn’t a sign you’re lost.

It’s a sign you’re crossing something.
And on the other side of that crossing,
you don’t return the same.

You return clearer.
More honest.
More yourself.

The Way of the Horse isn’t about avoiding the dark.
It’s about learning how to walk through it —
guided, held, and deeply connected to what matters.

Welcome to the herd Mark!🐴❤️
12/21/2025

Welcome to the herd Mark!🐴❤️

12/21/2025

Winter Solstice — the quiet between shedding and becoming

Today is the Winter Solstice.
The still point of the year.
The place where nothing asks to be rushed.

This season feels like standing between breaths.

The Year of the Snake has been doing its work —
asking us to release skins we once needed,
to let endings happen without full explanations,
to trust that shedding doesn’t always come with clarity.

For many women, this year has felt heavy in quiet ways.
Not dramatic.
Not obvious.
Just… deep.

And now, we are not yet in the Year of the Fire Horse.

The Fire Horse carries movement, freedom, power, and embodied truth —
but horses don’t arrive there by force.

They pause first.
They listen.
They let the body catch up.
They wait until the ground beneath them feels trustworthy.

This moment — right here — is that pause.

Where:
• the old way no longer fits
• the new way hasn’t fully formed
• your nervous system is recalibrating
• your body is integrating what your soul already knows

Nothing is wrong if you feel quieter than usual.
Nothing is missing if you don’t feel ready yet.
Nothing is behind if all you can do is stand and breathe.

This is not the season of motion.
It’s the season of listening.

The Snake has completed her shedding.
The Fire Horse is gathering breath.

And the Solstice asks only this:
Can you honor what has ended…
and trust what is quietly preparing to move through you?

Welcome to the herd Emily!🐴💜
09/21/2025

Welcome to the herd Emily!🐴💜

Welcome to the herd Kudos! 
07/27/2025

Welcome to the herd Kudos! 

Address

NW 177 Avenue
Gainesville, FL
32609

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 7pm
Sunday 8am - 7pm

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+13522781222

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