Persephone
Well-Known Member
It never fails to amaze me when I see the condition of some beds!
I freely admit I am a perfectionist with mine. It's a 15 x 15 stable and 13 x 15 of that is covered in a foot deep of solidly packed sparkly clean paper with large banks (habit lol). My horse is 16.3 ISH, very clean, I can't bear it to start looking grubby lol and I get no fly problems as a result.
But take a wander around my yard and I find
1. A 10 x 10 stable with a concrete floor and right at the back 3 feet of sparkling white shavings
It's no more that 2" deep at the most. The horse that lives here is 15hh
2. A 12 x 12 stable 2/3 covered with shavings so dirty and damp that you can barely make out the droppings on the top
It's maybe 4" thick. The pony that lives here is 13.2hh
3. A 15 x 13 stable with a concrete floor and about half a bale worth of hay sweepings (and straw reclaimed from the muckheap) in the back left hand corner. The pony that lives here is 14hh.
4. A 12 x 12 stable with a paper bed approximately 6" thick covering 2/3rds of the stable. This pony is 14.2hh
I know everybody has different ideas about what is and isn't good enough, different budgets, ideas of cleanliness. Some don't see a problem if the shavings are black and think I am nuts for doing my bed the way I do.
All I know is my horse has never banged herself in the stable, been cast, got through to concrete or had thrush, so I'll keep doing what I am doing.
I muck out and bed down as I was taught to as a kid, you took pride in your bed!
Am I being black and white about this lol?
I don't expect my horse to sleep in a bed that I wouldn't want to touch without gloves lol!
What's the worst you have seen?
I freely admit I am a perfectionist with mine. It's a 15 x 15 stable and 13 x 15 of that is covered in a foot deep of solidly packed sparkly clean paper with large banks (habit lol). My horse is 16.3 ISH, very clean, I can't bear it to start looking grubby lol and I get no fly problems as a result.
But take a wander around my yard and I find
1. A 10 x 10 stable with a concrete floor and right at the back 3 feet of sparkling white shavings

2. A 12 x 12 stable 2/3 covered with shavings so dirty and damp that you can barely make out the droppings on the top

3. A 15 x 13 stable with a concrete floor and about half a bale worth of hay sweepings (and straw reclaimed from the muckheap) in the back left hand corner. The pony that lives here is 14hh.
4. A 12 x 12 stable with a paper bed approximately 6" thick covering 2/3rds of the stable. This pony is 14.2hh
I know everybody has different ideas about what is and isn't good enough, different budgets, ideas of cleanliness. Some don't see a problem if the shavings are black and think I am nuts for doing my bed the way I do.
All I know is my horse has never banged herself in the stable, been cast, got through to concrete or had thrush, so I'll keep doing what I am doing.
I muck out and bed down as I was taught to as a kid, you took pride in your bed!
Am I being black and white about this lol?

I don't expect my horse to sleep in a bed that I wouldn't want to touch without gloves lol!
What's the worst you have seen?