nikicb
Well-Known Member
sorry, but I think op raises a good point. Hard standing combined with stables gives them even more freedom. That can't be a bad thing if they can't go on the fields!
I think you may need to re read her post in its entirety. I don't think any of us disagree that a bit of hard standing is useful if you are able to have it, but the rest.....
if horses living quarters were the same as those in zoos, there would be legislation against the type and amount of confinementto a 12 x 12 cage some use. Ok, responsible owners get them out and about from time to time but a stable is still quite a confinement for such a big animal but it’s not considered to be so. Is it because horses fall under the legislation of urban as well as rural work animals, still? Cribbing, weaving, wind sucking, box walking, kicking walls ....are these just products of our horses screaming to be heard?