Ideas for stable bound horses
No turn out yet? Injured horse?
Here are some ideas to keep your horse happy…
- Drop an apple in the water bucket as it will float and entertain your horse
- Have a radio playing throughout the day
- Buy a treat ball
- Design a mobile made from vegetables or fruit (don’t hang it too low to avoid stable accidents)
- Hide treats around the stable in various places for the horse
- Attach a Likit to the stable wall
- Buy a stable mirror (make sure it is shatter proof)
- Feed hay in a small hole hay net
- Buy a dog toy for the stable, you will be amazed how much fun horses can have with those
- Hang a small bottle of water on a string by the door for horse to play with (l)
- Put an old football or a small horse ball in stable
- Cut some fresh grass and put on the floor
- Cut some dandelions and put in stable
- If there are nettles growing in your area, cut a whole bunch, and put them in stable when fully dried
- Put some dabs of liquorice extract in the stable the strong smell will keep him amused
- Hang a wind chime near his stable
- Cut a horse friendly small branch (https://blog.treesandhedging.co.uk/news-from- treesandhedging-co-uk/horse-friendly-plants/) for the horse to chew on
- Buy a small water feature for the yard, the sound of running water calms horses
- Hang a familiar rug over his door like his best friends or girl friend to make him for relaxed
- Have a salt block in the stable
- Hand two hay nets on opposite sides in stable so he can wander between them both
- Get a small hand full of hay, and twist both ends opposite ways into a long sausage; once its twisted, make a knot in it and pull tight, the horse will chuck it around and play with it
- Fill a hay net and bury fruit inside
- Get some natural calmer which increases the Serotonin level in the brain (it’s a neurotransmitter making the horse happy); the best one I have found so far is from www.equinescience.co.uk
