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Location: Georgia | ND3canAddict - 2016-12-20 3:58 PM mandita8907 - 2016-12-20 12:47 PM I use a slow feeding hay net and it helps A LOT with my messy one, really keeps him busy all night! I really really like the Hay Chix heavy duty ones because my horse can be rough on them. The mini nets will fit about half a bale of hay and the micro minis will fit a couple of flakes. In my signature there is a link for a 20%off coupon code. Good through december 31st 
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Location: Arkansas | ND3canAddict - 2016-12-20 10:31 AM
CarrieH77 - 2016-12-20 9:28 AM I have a paint gelding that is the cleanest horse I have ever had. He is totally content in his stall, doesn't make a mess and poops all in one spot. I love it....now I have a weanling that poops random and mixes it all in. He is turned out right now but they still come into the end of the barn for shelter and I clean it daily, and the weaners are pigs!! I am not hopeful he will outgrow it. But I love him so I just try to clean it 2x a day. LOL.
SEE? The white makes him cleaner! The weanling is Furrry, right? He's dark, so he can hide the stains!
It's a theory...
Ok, blowing the theory----Sean's big paint (mostly white) is past the pig stage. . . . He's a HOG. Only in his stall long enough to eat (twice a day) and pees at least 2 to 3 times as well as poops. And usually the poop is in his feed tub. Sonny knew your theory and bucked it!! |
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Location: Where I am happiest | heidiinaz - 2016-12-17 11:01 AM I heard somewhere that if you pile their poop in one corner they will start going there. Could be a old wives tale but worth a shot
This actually works. It's even better if you have a run/paddock off their stalls because you can then train them to go outside. Leave 1 pile where you want them to go. If you have a paddock off the stalls take all the bedding out of the stalls and put a bag of shavings outside in a corner where you want them to go. Put 1 scoop of their wet and 1 poop pile on the new spot and leave the stall bare. They will learn to both poop and pee outside. After they have been good for a couple weeks you can try rebedding their stalls. If they start going potty inside again, remove all bedding except your one spot outside again. It really works and your cleaning will take 5 minutes because you only have 1 spot outside to clean. Your just re-training habits. Some horses it also works to use a different horses poop on your chosen spot. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | I found a calming supplement helped with my messy horse. He still stall walked but not nearly as bad. |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | SmokinGirlie - 2016-12-20 12:00 PM ND3canAddict - 2016-12-20 10:31 AM CarrieH77 - 2016-12-20 9:28 AM I have a paint gelding that is the cleanest horse I have ever had. He is totally content in his stall, doesn't make a mess and poops all in one spot. I love it....now I have a weanling that poops random and mixes it all in. He is turned out right now but they still come into the end of the barn for shelter and I clean it daily, and the weaners are pigs!! I am not hopeful he will outgrow it. But I love him so I just try to clean it 2x a day. LOL. SEE? The white makes him cleaner! The weanling is Furrry, right? He's dark, so he can hide the stains!
It's a theory...
My gray didn't get the memo, he uses manure piles as pillows...
I also have one that just pees soooo much...I don't even know how it's possible. He basically floods his stall every. single. night. Maybe he just likes fresh shavings... |
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Location: MN | heidiinaz - 2016-12-17 12:01 PM I heard somewhere that if you pile their poop in one corner they will start going there. Could be a old wives tale but worth a shot
This is going to sound terrible but I had a gelding years ago who would destroy his stall. Just disgusting. I had to strip it almost every other day, he was that bad. So finally I went all 'tough mom' on him and didnt clean his stall for a couple days (they only stayed in at night), until I started seeing a 'poop brim' lol. I then, stripped his stall, bedded it down with his favorite shavings because he loved to lay down and the next morning his poop was all nice and tidy in the corners of his stall. Kid you not, that horse never had a messy stall ever again. He loved his clean shavings and laying down too much to make a messy stall again! |
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Location: Wherever They Send Me | I know how you feel...my geldings are neat (the 10 year old is super neat). The mare...well...I think she is part piglet. She seems her happiest when she is covered in mud with her face in the round bale.
They spend most of their time turned out, unless the weather is gross. I spot pick what I can, but pretty much just strip the inner 6 feet of her stall. I think it is due to her being a water drinker...at least she is hydrated. |
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