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Paddock Paradise-A Guide To Natural Horse Boarding was first published by Star-Ridge
publishing (U.S.) January of 2006. This comprehensive tutorial provides the reader with a
template as well as information based research to provide a suitable containment area for
equines while simultaneously encouraging their innate free roaming capabilities while in
domestication. The author, Jaime Jackson, traveled among the wild horses of the Great Basin
from 1982 to 1986 to observe and document their social organizations as well as their causes of
natural locomotion. These natural locomotive behaviors are documented in The Natural Horse
table 3-1 which defines these actions as Ordinary, Unusual or Extraordinary. This information
directly resulted in the writing of Paddock Paradise as a more holistic approach to an equine
habitat. The premise of a paddock paradise is to simulate of natural movement observed within a
contained area by using two paddocks, one contained within the other, and allowing the equine
to access the perimeter area only. This idea was derived by the author when he realized the
equine viewed the fence as nearly an obstacle that could not be crossed. "Arguably their
cognitive awareness doesn't even interpret the integral parts of a fence like we humans do."
Jaime Jackson Paddock Paradise. This became the foundation for this much more holistic
approach to fencing. Placed between two fences, the equine was reported to move continually
around the perimeter of the track resulting in better hoof concavity, more topline muscle and a
healthier weight. These reported observations were a direct result of using the 95-5 principle
whereby the equine is "on track" or in the perimeter 23 hours a day and allowed free run of the
open center field for one hour daily to allow the same percentage of time for extraordinary
behaviors as their feral counterpart. In addition to choosing a terrain that most resembles the hills
and valleys of their natural habitat, a paddock paradise has to provide encouragement for natural
movement to occur. This is accomplished by spreading the hay and/or feed sparingly around the
perimeter of said track several times daily to allow the Relative dominance or "pecking order" to
ensure near continual movement. The author suggests providing free choice minerals and salts
as well as mix grass type hays and unsweetened oats in small quantities until further research
on the wild horses diet have been reported and published. These can be located to suit the
individual owners needs in accordance with the template provided. This author acknowledges
an alternative to modern horsekeeping practices in keeping with his views that green grass is not
natural for the horse, but breaks down the digestive and immune systems. These views best are
best described in another of his books: Founder; Prevention and Cure The Natural Way and
Hoof Mass, Motion & Mythos of P3 Rotation; one of many bulletins.
publishing (U.S.) January of 2006. This comprehensive tutorial provides the reader with a
template as well as information based research to provide a suitable containment area for
equines while simultaneously encouraging their innate free roaming capabilities while in
domestication. The author, Jaime Jackson, traveled among the wild horses of the Great Basin
from 1982 to 1986 to observe and document their social organizations as well as their causes of
natural locomotion. These natural locomotive behaviors are documented in The Natural Horse
table 3-1 which defines these actions as Ordinary, Unusual or Extraordinary. This information
directly resulted in the writing of Paddock Paradise as a more holistic approach to an equine
habitat. The premise of a paddock paradise is to simulate of natural movement observed within a
contained area by using two paddocks, one contained within the other, and allowing the equine
to access the perimeter area only. This idea was derived by the author when he realized the
equine viewed the fence as nearly an obstacle that could not be crossed. "Arguably their
cognitive awareness doesn't even interpret the integral parts of a fence like we humans do."
Jaime Jackson Paddock Paradise. This became the foundation for this much more holistic
approach to fencing. Placed between two fences, the equine was reported to move continually
around the perimeter of the track resulting in better hoof concavity, more topline muscle and a
healthier weight. These reported observations were a direct result of using the 95-5 principle
whereby the equine is "on track" or in the perimeter 23 hours a day and allowed free run of the
open center field for one hour daily to allow the same percentage of time for extraordinary
behaviors as their feral counterpart. In addition to choosing a terrain that most resembles the hills
and valleys of their natural habitat, a paddock paradise has to provide encouragement for natural
movement to occur. This is accomplished by spreading the hay and/or feed sparingly around the
perimeter of said track several times daily to allow the Relative dominance or "pecking order" to
ensure near continual movement. The author suggests providing free choice minerals and salts
as well as mix grass type hays and unsweetened oats in small quantities until further research
on the wild horses diet have been reported and published. These can be located to suit the
individual owners needs in accordance with the template provided. This author acknowledges
an alternative to modern horsekeeping practices in keeping with his views that green grass is not
natural for the horse, but breaks down the digestive and immune systems. These views best are
best described in another of his books: Founder; Prevention and Cure The Natural Way and
Hoof Mass, Motion & Mythos of P3 Rotation; one of many bulletins.
