Social Butterfly

When I got to the barn on Christmas Day, as I stripped the blanket from Ashke, I realized that it was covered with arena dirt. Like he had been let out into the indoor arena and had rolled. I thought that was really strange.

Then in my lesson, Amanda told me he had let himself out of his stall when she was riding her mare and Amanda had to stop to shoo him back into his stall. There was an additional carabiner clip put on his stall door to help keep him in.

Last night when I got to the barn one of the other boarders was leaving and I was greeted with "YOUR HORSE!!!"

That's not a good sign.

I went inside and his stall door was tied shut by using his halter (which he had already managed to remove once) and his lead rope (fastened to the door lower down and tied to his blanket bar).

Guess someone has been bad.

He let himself out of his stall twice during the flatwork lesson going on in the arena that night.

I replaced the carabiner with a double ended clip that is worked with your thumb, which has been effective in keeping him in turn out (he also let himself out of his turn out paddock and in with DaVinci last week) in the hopes that his midnight wanderings would be curtailed. I also used the chain from a broken leadrope to chain his door lower down where he can't reach it with his mouth.

I texted the BO this morning to see if it had been effective and she said he was safely in his stall this morning. He had already destroyed the carabiner she had put on his stall. She and her daughter had watched him do it.

I guess I need to provide some entertainment in his stall, more secure locks and maybe more work.

My little social butterfly.