Mud is everywhere on this large boarding barn where turn out is limited to these paddocks.
Mud is everywhere on this large boarding barn where turn out is limited to these paddocks.
A filthy stall. The ammonia smell was very strong throughout the barn. The wet bedding gave no insulation and actually makes the horse colder. You couldn't pay me to lay down in this stall. The kick mats hung along the walls were filthy and damaged.
Holes in the ceiling created by horses rearing in this stall in the past. The grooms said the rats would fall through these holes during the night.
A filthy stall in disrepair. The metal bars over the glass windows are an after thought and dangerous. The kick mats are hung by string, fithy, and torn. Cobwebs were everywhere. And the stall was too small for this horse.
Unused tack hangs covered in dirt, dust, and cobwebs in a barn equally filthy.
Unused tack hangs covered in dirt, dust, and cobwebs in a barn equally filthy.
Filthy environment
Filthy environment
Filthy environment
Filthy environment
Filthy environment
This water trough is non-functional, the paint is peeled off or is fading and the stall and barn are covered in cobwebs and stale air.
Filthy environment
Knee and hock-deep mud with nowhere to go to remain warm and dry. There is a shed, but it also has a mud floor, just not as deep. The hay manger is in disrepair and is dangerous. The fence line is in disrepair with a loose hot wire - all potential injury causes.
This shed offers shelter from wind and rain (assuming the roof does not leak). The wet mud floor offers no dry area to allow body heat to remain in the horse. The wood lining is destroyed and is coming apart. The roof is sagging. The bucket is tied with string, so it cannot be easily cleaned. The horse’s crested neck indicates the farm feeds grain to compensate for other poor health conditions.
