Snow!

Hello again :)

Snow is here! This white powder is just glorious to everyone and especially me! However, when I have an applicant day all the way up north and need to leave the ponies for the night with my mother (who has a broken leg), lets say I wasn't as welcoming the snow as usual.
So I now have 2 horses needing water and hay, in the morning, yesterday. On to the phone to call my friends nearby, "What? Help out before school?!". Well I couldn't force them to do that! Run round to my neighbor, yes! She would do it! SAVOIR! Thanks so much!

Snow can create issues for ponies, such as fears, spooks and phobias. Blue and Shannon never suffer from anything of the sorts. Both of them just care about if I have food in my pockets. As you can see, I put out hay on the ground (instead of hay hutch) this morning due to my sub sleep state my lack of grip to it. Blue is just a cutie right here! Even though I need to clean that lump! Now I know what you are thinking, Why isn't he in a rug?  I guarentee he definitely doesn't need one right now, he is an overweight highland with over an inch long coat of furry hair! The actual temperature is warm enough. It is a common misconception is that if it snows then its freezing, this is wrong, it has to be warmer to snow. Get in your head :P. Rant over.

Tip
After snow has fallen and the temperature falls put out salt on to your most used route that your horses use to  get to food and water. The snow will freeze if otherwise and turn to ice, making it a huge struggle for horses to walk down it without injuring themselves. Also its a good idea to put salt down where the horses are likely to settle and roam in the in field and I have had my late elderly pony fall down on the ice (Don't worry she didn't  hurt herself), it gave us all a big fright.

Mini Review
This medium size hay hutch is a past model with square holes in the side. Its such a brilliant feeder for the ponies. The matt, hunter green finish on it gives a very well placed and an unitimidating feel. All the ponies I have had have welcomed this little hutch in their space well. There was no spooking or backing off at the site of it. The lid of the hutch is very practical with a firm grip, although it can take some time to assure that it is on properly, its brilliant for staying on when there is battering about, looking for more hay! One major flaw of it is that I seriously can't fit an entire bale into it but I guess it doesn't specify it can fit a medium sized bale. Another negative is that there is 3 holes which means each one is in close proximity to another. Preferably I would want 2 so both my ponies were further apart. They struggle to get on when this hutch is involved, however, with a bit of alpha alpha input from me, Blue soon realized that he wasn't allowed to start a scrap around with Shannon. Overall its a great wee hutch that I would recommend to everyone who has 1-2 horses anything more, they should buy a different size, product or several of them.

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