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| Posted: Tue Sep 16th, 2008 11:49 pm |
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jn1022 G.O.G Community Member 
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What flooring philosophy do you use, permeable or nonpermeable (allow urine to pass through to ground or try to keep on top for bedding to absorb)? And what do you use for bedding? The ground in Florida where I live is very sandy. I have 4 stalls and I just let them use the ground since it drains fairly well and scoops very easily though I'm afraid of needing to eventually muck the ground. I don't even put shavings down. This is in 3 stalls. About a year ago I purchased a stall skin and installed in the 4th stall. It allows urine to readily pass through cutting down on the shavings I put in there. Some people prefer the rubber mats so the urine doesn't get to the ground, but use a small fortune in shavings. The local saddle maker has had horses forever and uses construction fill dirt (which is almost like sand down here) with nothing under it. He likes that. He doesn't like the mats because he says they are too hard and don't allow the horses feet to sink into the flooring and is bad for their joints. With the costs of the stall skins, mats, and shavings I'm about ready to order a load of this fill dirt myself. Shed some light on me ! i1 Jim
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 12:43 am |
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Cheyenness G.O.G Community Member 
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Mine just have dirt/sand floors. I have been very lucky in that none of my horses mess in their stalls. I tried rubber mats but with the humidity, etc here in Florida I ended up having mold growing under them which played havoc on Jazzy with her allergies 
____________________ Lisa A rolling stone gathers no moss Pepsi - 12 yr old itty bitty saddle horse mare Sierra - 17 yr old HUGE (need a ladder to mount) TWH mare In loving memory of Jazzy - 17 year old Paso mare - - - The best horse that ever lived - - - |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 02:35 am |
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jn1022 G.O.G Community Member
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Cheyenness, you are lucky. One of the mares I sold in May was that way. It was her stall that I put the stall skin in because of that. Once I filled it up with shavings I never had to add anything with her. She was worth her weight in gold in bedding savings. I have a giant clydesdale/fresian cross boarded here and he is the same way also, but his floor is dirt. The only thing I don't like about the dirt floor down here is that it is really dusty. I want to put sand in on top of it. You're only about an hour away from me. I live just east of Mt. Dora and Eustis, Fl. Jim
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 03:04 am |
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Cheyenness G.O.G Community Member
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I was just in Eustis Sunday picking up my new TWH mare. She came from Dunnellon and we met halfway at a Publix on 19. You should trailer over here sometime and I will take you out to Buck Lake riding. I ride to it from my house. I don't care for shavings, sucks the natural moisture right out of their feet But your right.... when we are in a prolonged dry spell, it does get real dusty. Thats when a light sprinkle with the gardenhose works wonders.... just enough to cut the dust down.
____________________ Lisa A rolling stone gathers no moss Pepsi - 12 yr old itty bitty saddle horse mare Sierra - 17 yr old HUGE (need a ladder to mount) TWH mare In loving memory of Jazzy - 17 year old Paso mare - - - The best horse that ever lived - - - |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 06:49 am |
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SunnysMum G.O.G Community Member 
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I just use....dirt. Ocassionally I'll toss in a bag of shavings for my own amusement it seems cause otherwise it serves little purpose for where Sunny's at. There are mats along the front which seems to be the BO's answer for divets and holes in the ground? Those suckers are heavy though and she keeps tripping on them but he wont take 'em out.
____________________ Chi ha tegoli di vetro, non tiri sassi al vicino |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 06:59 pm |
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MTRA872 G.O.G Community Member
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Our floors are cement with a drain at the back that runs into a tile under the barn. Over the cement we have rubber matting. For bedding we use peat moss. It is 5 times more absorbant than shavings and composts in no time at all, making it great for the garden. The only thing I don't like about peat moss is its a bit dusty, but some how the dust doesn't bother the horses.
____________________ "And on the Seventh Day...we went trail riding!" |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 11:23 pm |
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jn1022 G.O.G Community Member
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A few years back I used to collect tarantulas. Mainly because my wife said I couldn't have one. I wound up with 11 before she learned to be quiet. Some would get a leg span as large as a dinner plate. Absolute monsters with an attitude. I used peat moss in some of the aquariums. The pet stores always told me to microwave the peat moss to kill anything in it before putting it in the aquariums. I don't know what I was supposed to be killing, but I would be afraid of affecting the horse in some way. The other thing I don't like about the dirt floor is the poop stays right on top and they step and kick it around a lot. The stall with a stall skin has about 6"- 8" of shavings and I'd swear the horse covers it up like a cat in a litter box. Cleaning every day is like digging for gold. Jim
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 11:27 pm |
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jn1022 G.O.G Community Member
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Cheyenness, I'd love to come over to meet and ride with you, but unfortunately I don't have a trailer. Hasn't your area been under water from the tropical storm a few weeks ago. Thy had shut down 46 just west of Mimms. I heard there were a lot of pastures standing in water. Boy, that can't be good. Jim
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 11:50 pm |
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shags G.O.G Community Member
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We don't have stalls; the barn is partly storage and mostly run-in shed. The floor is clay dirt. When we had two horses the dirt was fine, easy to rake smoooth and clean, but with four in there it gets really muddy (why oh why do my horses make a special trip inside just to pee?). We put down rubber mats, and pine shavings. I pick up poop every few days, and use StallDry in the wet areas. When the horses spend a lot of time indoors because of flies, I strip the shed maybe every 3-4 weeks. Thank goodness they are spending more time outside these days.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2008 12:22 am |
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Cheyenness G.O.G Community Member
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I am in the same boat.... no trailer anymore Sold my truck and trailer a little over a year ago so I could get a car for my business. Yeah some areas around here got pretty flooded. I was lucky...... times like that are the only times I like my backyard having a pond LOL A friend of mine works for Animal control and she was taking care of the evacuated horses down at Wickham park. They finally all got to go home late last week. jn1022 wrote: Cheyenness,
____________________ Lisa A rolling stone gathers no moss Pepsi - 12 yr old itty bitty saddle horse mare Sierra - 17 yr old HUGE (need a ladder to mount) TWH mare In loving memory of Jazzy - 17 year old Paso mare - - - The best horse that ever lived - - - |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2008 03:51 am |
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gaitingal Ranch Hand 
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(I ain't got no stinkin' stalls... Only run-in sheds. (They prefer to whizz, etc. in the danged hay they pull from the hay ring... (Ungrateful thangs.) --Debbie in GA
____________________ "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." - Mark Twain |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15th, 2010 05:34 am |
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AppyJo G.O.G Community Member 
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Since I stable my horse, I use whatever they provide. The current barn uses a product sold as horse shavings. Its fine grain without being dusty. Its a mix of fir and other soft woods. Best stuff Ive ever seen. As I have a VERY clean horse, the stall cleans up like a giant cat box. Doesnt matter to me if there are mats or dirt under the shavings. We are surrounded by clay so it compacts really well but is slow to absorb. The only thing I have to worry about is keeping it deep enough as my horse tends to get sores on his hocks from laying in the shavings.
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