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Longneck Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2014-11-10 4:13 PM Subject: Dumb question, but...
Rad Dork Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma	why do horse show people take out rows of stalls at big horse shows (like aqha world, congress, etc) and put shavings down in the aisle? Do they turn the horses out so they can move around more? Is it to keep them clean? Do they just like their privacy? I was walking around at the aqha world on Friday (did a lot of walking just to get out of the barn to an exit since each ranch takes and blocks an entire row! Lol) and I had never seen this done before!
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rodeomom3 Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2014-11-10 5:16 PM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Shelter Dog Lover Posts: 10277	I'm curious too
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jbhoot Reg. Jan 2010	Posted 2014-11-10 5:32 PM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Proud to be Deplorable Posts: 1929	It's cheaper than mats easier on the horse. Some of these horses are there for 2/3 weeks standing on concrete so any break they can get helps.
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rodeomom3 Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2014-11-10 5:54 PM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Shelter Dog Lover Posts: 10277	jbhoot - 2014-11-10 5:32 PM It's cheaper than mats easier on the horse. Some of these horses are there for 2/3 weeks standing on concrete so any break they can get helps. Do they tie in the isles for long periods? Wow, seems like 2- 3 weeks worth of clean shavings bedded deep could buy some nice stall mats.
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cow pie Reg. Nov 2009	Posted 2014-11-10 6:02 PM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Sock eating dog owner Posts: 4557 Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah	It beats walking in horse pee on a daily basis.
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jbhoot Reg. Jan 2010	Posted 2014-11-10 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Proud to be Deplorable Posts: 1929	rodeomom3 - 2014-11-10 5:54 PM jbhoot - 2014-11-10 5:32 PM It's cheaper than mats easier on the horse. Some of these horses are there for 2/3 weeks standing on concrete so any break they can get helps. Do they tie in the isles for long periods? Wow, seems like 2- 3 weeks worth of clean shavings bedded deep could buy some nice stall mats. Most people set up an area that has mats and a set or two of cross ties the rest is shavings. If you stay ahead of the urine and manure and pick thru out the day you really don't have to add much on a daily bases. Most of the big ranch's and big trainers have a full time stable hands just for this. It is not so much the cost of the mats it is the fact that that many mats requires a lot of labor to set up and break down and another truck to carry them around. Shaving can be bought on site and disposed on site.
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rodeomom3 Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2014-11-10 6:37 PM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Shelter Dog Lover Posts: 10277	jbhoot - 2014-11-10 6:34 PM rodeomom3 - 2014-11-10 5:54 PM jbhoot - 2014-11-10 5:32 PM It's cheaper than mats easier on the horse. Some of these horses are there for 2/3 weeks standing on concrete so any break they can get helps. Do they tie in the isles for long periods? Wow, seems like 2- 3 weeks worth of clean shavings bedded deep could buy some nice stall mats. Most people set up an area that has mats and a set or two of cross ties the rest is shavings. If you stay ahead of the urine and manure and pick thru out the day you really don't have to add much on a daily bases. Most of the big ranch's and big trainers have a full time stable hands just for this. It is not so much the cost of the mats it is the fact that that many mats requires a lot of labor to set up and break down and another truck to carry them around. Shaving can be bought on site and disposed on site.
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Longneck Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2014-11-10 9:24 PM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Rad Dork Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma	Thanks for the info!!
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scamper Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2014-11-11 9:28 AM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
On the Countdown Posts: 2934 Location: Texas	There are a few that do this at Paint world but you don't see it much. Most of these show horses will not pee outside of a stall. Some of the barn help are really good and then you have others not so great. You may see a stall spotless and not many dirty shavings at all, and the next stall you walk by is filth! Some of the trainers do have mats under the truck load of shavings. I was talking to a halter horse guy over the weekend, horse came from Fl, and had been to a show on the way to Texas in MS for about a week. So that makes it hard on them. Edited by scamper 2014-11-11 9:30 AM
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Fairweather Reg. Jan 2004	Posted 2014-11-11 9:35 AM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Twin Sister to Queen Boobie Posts: 13315 Location: East Tennessee but who knows?!	For looks and to help keep the horses clean,and less slippage. Mats are heavy to haul.
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MC1993 Reg. Mar 2013	Posted 2014-11-11 9:38 AM Subject: RE: Dumb question, but...
Elite Veteran Posts: 617 Location: London Ontario	Some people do however convert two or three stalls into one for specific horses
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