Living with a horse

[czechsonofagun]

With the snow melting we got really wet and Bart - my daughters horse - would bring the mud under the barn and clearly the mud was gaining ground. I was concerned about his hoofs and also I like things clean and organized and it is hard to push horse around, I had to match the area to the horse, it was always working fine with just sheep, but horse - as I am learning - has special needs. OK, so I dug it out:

 

[czechsonofagun]

Now I used treated lumber from other projects and scraps from old fence to create a wooden step to divide the "dry" area and the mud out in the open:

 

[czechsonofagun]

The last step was to spread a cubic yard of blue stone dust, it could use little bit more, but the quary is open only in the morning on Saturday and it will have to wait.

 

[czechsonofagun]

And the result, one happy horse; I tried to get a closer picture but he does not like to be cought in the dog position and always gets up as soon as somebody comes along.

 

[czechsonofagun]

And I almost forgot to post a picture of Clementine, the supervisor

 

[silverdollar6]

DO you have any pasture for that horse?

 

[k6dyc]

Clementine is SOOOO cool! I just love her!

 

[DAP]

Why use blue stone dust for a horse mat?

Am I missin sumpin here?

 

[czechsonofagun]

DO you have any pasture for that horse?

We have about two acers to feed him on - but winter is barn and hay.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Why use blue stone dust for a horse mat?

Am I missin sumpin here?

Thats what is used in our neck of the woods for sacrificed area - where the horses turn grass in mad in winter, the solution is to dig it out, put drains down and fill it up with stone dust.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Clementine is SOOOO cool! I just love her!

Clementine is from Airedale Rescue, she is actually my son's dog - one year old today, she got a big bone in the morning.

 

[banjopkr]

Great idea! I was wondering if something like that would work. Bet Bart is happy he has a dry place to lay down!