A beautiful sight! (for horse people)

[QRTRHRS]

First a little background. My wife and I purchased this property in February. The barn needed work and what little fencing that was here was barb wire. Our Arabian horses know nothing about barb wire so I ripped it out. After getting the barn somewhat squared away, I had a little interuption in my plans with some hernia surgury before I could get back to the fencing.

Anyway, I finally got the fence somewhat up and running and we put our eight mares out this afternoon for a trial run. These horses have been confined to stalls or paddocks since February but to see them run as we walked them out two at a time was worth the effort to say the least.

Watching them run and roll and frollick until they finally settled down to the task at hand (eating grass) was really neat. Best of all, no one got hurt. We brought them in after about three hours.

There is just something about watching a group of horses run free that says in spite of the problems of the day, there is hope!

We also had two geldings out in another area and a new to the group quarter horse mare that my daughter in law just bought. Tomorrow, I should be able to get my one stallion out and in about three days the other stallion will be able to get out.

 

[TBDonnelly]

You paint a beautiful picture. Would love to see some actual photo's. ....Please

Don

 

[Willl]

These horses have been confined to stalls or paddocks since February

Curious, who stuck 'em in the stalls and what kind of life style did they have before February ?

 

[tallyho8]

I know what you mean. My horses had to stay in their stalls just 5 days after Gustav hit us because the pasture was too soaked to let them out. When I let them out today they ran, and ran, and were just so glad to be out. Had to just sit and watch them for about 5 minutes before I got back to work.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Curious, who stuck 'em in the stalls and what kind of life style did they have before February ?

At our previous farm which we sold in order to downsize, they had a combination of daily turnout and 12x12's with diet tailored to their needs. The plan was not to keep them confined to small areas for so long but that is the way it turned out.

I don't think we treat our animals too badly overall. The oldest is 31, with another at 29, 24, and 23. Two of them are rescues. A couple of days of limited turnout until they get used to the grass and everything will be fine.