Guide
Buying guides and planning aids for your stable project in Switzerland.
Buying a horse box in Switzerland: indoor or outdoor stall, ranges and dimensions at a glance
Whether you're converting an existing stable or adding new outdoor stalls at the paddock, this guide walks you through the key decisions before you request a quote.
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Horse Stall Dimensions: Minimum Size, Recommendations and Regulations in Switzerland
A stall must be at least 1.5 times as wide as the horse's wither height, the minimum floor area of a single stall ranges from 5.5 to 12 m² depending on the horse's size, and the minimum ceiling height ranges from 1.8 to 2.5 m. These three figures, from the Swiss Animal Welfare Ordinance (TSchV, Annex 1 Table 7), answer the most common question straight away. They apply equally to an indoor stall and an outdoor stall, and they are distinct from the product dimensions of any particular catalogue item – more on that in §8. As throughout our guides: this means the stationary stall, not a horse trailer.
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Indoor or Outdoor Horse Stall: Pros and Cons Compared
Neither an indoor stall nor an outdoor stall is fundamentally "the better" solution — the right choice depends on which of five factors matters most in your situation: weather protection and climate, cost over the stall’s service life, maintenance, social contact between horses, and mobility or resale. As in our other guides, this means the stationary stall, not a horse trailer.
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Planning a horse walker: size, cost and rules in Switzerland
A horse walker moves several horses at once at a controlled walk or trot — how many horses and which diameter make sense depends on the herd: from 3 horses (10–12 m) to 8 horses (18–20 m). Important for planning in Switzerland: under animal-welfare law a horse walker counts as use and therefore as exercise, but it does not replace the prescribed turnout. This guide means the stationary horse walker, not a round pen and not a horse trailer.
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