Anyone have any suggestions on how to stop a horse from
pawing in his stall and digging craters? One of the horses I care for has
taken a fancy to Chinese folk song I think. You should see the holes he can
dig overnight in his attempt to reach China. My personal solution would
be to put him on 24/7 turnout, however, his owners have this odd fear that our
resident coyotes are going to eat their horses, and nothing I say has made a
difference. I can’t mat the stalls either. I don’t have the money
to redo all the stalls right now to allow for mats. If I put them down, we’d
have a muddy, yucky mess underneath them within a month. I tried it once….
He gets free choice hay during the day, and enough at night that there is a bit
leftover in the morning.
As you can guess, I’m now very sick and tired of
refilling the stall every night. Not to mention, relocating the bedding that
used to be in there. It’s a good thing they keep shoes on that horse, he’d
have worn his toes completely down by now. Of course, perhaps it would make
him sore, and he’d quit. Hmmm….
Anyway, thanks in advance
Juli and the Herd
Alpine (who doesn’t paw in his stall because he’s
only in the stall to eat, and that makes the stall a GREAT place to be!)
Merlin (who also doesn’t paw in his stall for the same
reason, although he will try to paw the water trough, which creates a delightful
mess to roll around in when you tip it over, but causes mom to yell loudly and
say bad words when she sees what I’ve done)
