My gelding has a habit of really dirtying up his water when he is in his
stall...and it extends to the big water tank outside too.
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No advice for while on trail but have you ever had
his teeth done? I have a 23 yr. old nearly toothless QH gelding who does this
all the time too. He still has a couple of chewing teeth way in the back on
one side and our best guess is he gets balls of grass and hay kinda stuck back
there. I think maybe it's called Quidding when they can't really chew completely
and just wad it up in a ball and end up spitting it out. I'd have an equine dentist really check out his mouth, teeth, and bite.
It could also just be a water playing habit and I
dunno what to tell you about that.