The Old Folks Home

[vehve]

The beginnings of our makeshift greenhouse:

 

[dsqard]

CC because mustangs are moving almost constantly they "self trim" Farriers actually try to mimic the edges of the hooves when they file them down. It's called a mustang roll

 

[vehve]

Same reason dog's nails need cutting, most pet dogs don't get nearly enough exercise to keep the nails trimmed naturally.

 

[Beer can]

Some dogs actually chew their nails like people Lol! I have to trim the beagle's, she's fat and lazy, Tennessee cur keeps his trimmed, runs like a greyhound, and I've saw him chew on them.
Boxer I used to have, boxer's have their dewclaws cut off when they are tiny so they don't rip them off and bleed to death? They missed one of his, nail would come out big and curled, I would have to wait till he was dead asleep to attempt trimming it, he hated those clippers, I had a easier time pulling porcupine quills out of his face mouth feet than I did trimming that one toenail... Lol!

 

[Peep_Show]

Hey, Alaskan!

Did you have any repercussions from the Pavlof Volcano erupting?

Not sure where you are in relation to it.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

CC because mustangs are moving almost constantly they "self trim" Farriers actually try to mimic the edges of the hooves when they file them down. It's called a mustang roll

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Same reason dog's nails need cutting, most pet dogs don't get nearly enough exercise to keep the nails trimmed naturally.

Thanks to both of you. That's what I figured but I needed my thoughts reinforced.
So keeping horses in stables and corrals isn't necessarily a good thing. I was just thinking though that our horses ranged over 100 acres all the time and still needed trimming. Were they just lazy?

I use HDPE on the floors of the breeder houses. If they didn't go outside I'm sure I'd have to trim those chickens nails too.

 

[vehve]

CC, the surface makes a difference too, rock wears down the ceratine more quickly than grass.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Good point. Our horses ran a lot of grassy pasture and only encountered rock when running up the hills through the woods from one pasture to another.

 

[Bunnylady]

Good point. Our horses ran a lot of grassy pasture and only encountered rock when running up the hills through the woods from one pasture to another.

There's a concept called "Paddock Paradise" that tries to mimic what is believed to be the healthier patterns of the wild horses. Basically, the idea is that the wide open pasture that everyone thinks of when you say "horses" may be safe, but it creates fat, lazy, bored, spooky horses. This idea has smaller. connected spaces, with food, water, and resting spots well away from each other, which encourages the horses to move each other around and through the maze and thus cover a lot more ground every day. Varying the terrain as much as possible provides the horses with more mental and physical stimuli, and this is thought to make for a healthier animal. Some people will even bring rock in for a certain section, if for no more reason than to provide a different surface for the horses to walk across.

 

[Alaskan]

My baby sister has almost solid rock, some of her stock never needs trimming, just a "touch up" now and again.

And then she bought one problem horse that needs fancy shoes, and needs to be kept in her rock free arena.

@Peep_Show volcano

The one you mentioned is not the one out my front door, I will have to look it up.