It went down to zero Friday night and Lancelot was shivering. Like Maisie, he's got plenty of hair and good weight, but when you get to be his age and it gets that cold, it's hard to keep up, even with a huge stack of hay in front of you.
Neither horse likes wearing a blanket and there's a lot of discussion about whether or not it is good or bad to blanket them, but if you stop shivering once the blanket is on, that tells me they help. Frankie probably could have made it without his, but why be colder than you have to be.
I was able to get quite a few decent snow pictures over the last couple of days so I'll have more to share over then next couple of days. I have a funny (and interesting and educational) series for Tongue Out Tuesday.
In the meantime, how about a couple of new puzzles :-).
1 comment:
There are definitely times when it's good to blanket. My 2 arthritic horses get blanketed when it gets extra cold, especially if the wind blows. The other 2 made it through the stupid cold (-40) without blankets even though one of them is 24 years old- she has a good layer of fat. I did make sure to feed them in their shelter when that nasty wind hit.
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