Conference noted::equitation

    
    	Maybe because he doesn't get any splash-back if he pees
    	on the hay, haha...!
    
    	Can you put some type of hay racks in the paddock if you 	
    	can't stop the problem??
    
    	Sherry
    

    Just when I thought I had heard it ALL!

    I also have a horse who pees on his hay.
    
    I really cant visualise your horse making another horse eat this hay!
    
    J

    Maybe he thinks he's 'marking' pile A as 'his', then going over to eat pile
    B thinking the other horses won't eat pile A after he laid claim to
    it?? I'm surprised any horse WOULD eat of pile A, after it had been
    peed on. Yuck! 
    
    I like the hay rack idea, or at least hanging hay nets from the
    fence....
    
    

    
    Great idea about the hay racks.  We have an electric fence around
    4 acres of land.  and there is no where to put nets or racks..but..
    I could make some mangers to put the hay in them.  I think I will.
    
    He must pee on his hay then kick his mate out of her pile then go
    back to her later (this is why he is fat) :-)
    
    Thanks for idea!
    
    Louisa

  
  You know those post & backboard things that they hang basketball
  nets on? well I saw two of these set out in a pasture (at a lower
  height, of course, we're not talking about giraffes :^) ) with
  hay racks on them instead of basketball hoops. Sounds like just
  what you need. Probably not a terribly cheap solution though...

    Whatever you do, I do not reccommend haynets in the field. I had a
    mare tangle herself very badly, I can only imagine what might have
    happened if she had not waited patiently for someone to come cut her
    loose.
    Sandy
    

    How about not letting him out with the others until after
    they finish their hay?  Leave him in the stall to eat his,
    and then turn him out after....( I know, hard to do when
    you have to feed before work, but I had to do this when
    aggressiveness kept 1 from getting his fair share....)
    
    In a safe area, sink a few 4x4x12 posts far enough apart
    to provide company, but no competition, for the hay, put
    up a plywood backing, and attach a hayrack.  The rack should
    be above horse head level, so they have to reach for it.
    They also won't get a foot caught that way! (-8 
    

    How about a muck basket?  I've used these as pasture feeders for both 
    hay and grain. Sure, he'll eventually just turn it on it's side to get
    the hay out, but the hay still won't be in a big inviting pile for him.
    And it might be difficult for him to "position" himself over it. 8^}
    Be sure to take off the rops handle, though.  With these removed, your
    horse would have to *really* try hard to hurt himself on one of these.
    
    Or, you could even hang the muck basket up on the fence like a feed
    bucket.  I've often thought of doing this, but so far I've only used
    them as ground feeders.  I've also used them as hay feeders in a stall
    for horses that insist on walking all over their hay and grinding it
    into the bedding.  
    
    -ellie

    
    Thansk for all the great ideas.  But I was just wondering if any of
    your  horses do this terrible act.  
    
    I really can't do anything about him doing this.  I board my horse in 
    Berlin and I live in Hudson 10mi away in the opposit direction from work 
    (work is in Maynard) I put a round trip of miles on my car of 60mi a day.  
    I can't wait an extra hr for Joey to finnish his hay.  And I can't build 
    anything for him to eat out of becasue I would have to build one for the 
    other horse to and it's not my barn.
    
    But they are all GREAT ideas and when I get my own barn I will build
    a kind of manger for him to eat out of.
    
    thanks,
    
    Louisa