Rule My Heart & Mi Chabela: grass, grass, grass...

Last Wednesday we moved to a new barn. Unfortunately our old one turned out to be quit a mess. Broken bridges, deep mud, hard arena ground and terrible handling of the horses had me worried for the safety of my two girls. In addition the horses had still not been turned out on the grass by June.

When I was told about Bella almost hanging herself due to them tying her inappropriately while mucking the stall I found a new barn and moved the girls the next day.

We didn't move far, but this time we moved to a barn, that a couple of friends had recommended to us. It doesn't have a big indoor arena, but it has a small one for lunging and a nice big outdoor arena. They have single indoor stalls and big outdoor stalls with huge paddocks for multiple horses. I though about where to place the girls. I didn't want to separate them. They love each other so much, but in the end I made the decision, that it would be best to place Cascara in an outdoor stall and Bella in an indoor stall.

Bella is still very skinny and I want her to be able to have her meals in peace and quiet in the mornings and evenings without being bothered by other horses. She's such a slow eater that I would also be afraid of her not getting enough hay in an outdoor stall with other horses. She still gets to go outside during the day every day.

Cascara is a little fatty, so she is fine in an outdoor with other horses. I can feed her her grain when I'm at the barn and she shares her hay with the other mare in her pen. They get along fine. The only downside is that Cascara and Bella scream for each other as soon as one of them spots the other. They obviously miss each other :(

Here are some pictures of Cascara being turned out in the field with Savannah for the first time...