Blankets off the old man finally. Winters are hard on him. He is 26+ years old. Together Tucker and Scooter eat 100 lbs of hay every other day, they go through an equine senior 50 lb bag every other day and get 2 scoops of super gain every other day....and Scooter still needs to put on another 150 lbs. As soon as late spring early summer get here he will look 10 years younger again. We started feeding him the senior feed and a weight gain supplement just before winter hit, hoping he wouldn't lose as bad this winter. It helped, but didn't stop it completely. I think it is too cold over our winters and at almost 2K elevation for him to hang on to his calories...even with feed and blanket. I think he will be finding a new home this year. Hayden is too big for him now anyway. At 26+ years old I think he needs riders under 100lbs. He is in great shape for his age...but he will only stay healthy and rideable if people don't over do it on him.
Egg dying...I’m already tired from the 6 am wake up call we will get tomorrow LOL.
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