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Why bank?; Why do we bank stalls...
Topic Started: Jan 18 2007, 09:12 AM (431 Views)
Buckybu
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Hi All!

I was explaining to my roomate how to muck out and bed a stall. She was like "I don't understand why you want to bank it higher around the edges!" I thought about it and knew that I was supposed to do it, but not why. I hypothesized a few reasons, but does anyone know the real reason why?
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Jessi P
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Shunnnnn the unbeliever. Shunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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It is supposed to help prevent a horse from being cast. :)
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RHowell
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Jessi P
Jan 18 2007, 08:21 AM
It is supposed to help prevent a horse from being cast. :)

what she said.
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2hsmommy
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RHowell
Jan 18 2007, 11:32 AM
Jessi P
Jan 18 2007, 08:21 AM
It is supposed to help prevent a horse from being cast.  :)

what she said.

I'll third that, so it must be true :yes:
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onthebit
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Jessi P
Jan 18 2007, 08:21 AM
It is supposed to help prevent a horse from being cast. :)

This is the reason I was always given.
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Buckybu
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That is also the reason I gave her... but decided to check just in case. Don't want to pass false info on to Newbies. Thanks guys!
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smorse
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that is true, but also, if you get shavings delivered once or twice a month and they are dumped outside of each stall, you put all the shavings in the stall and put the extra up on the sides and pull down as needed until the next load of shavings comes.
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equusrocks
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Jan 18 2007, 12:30 PM
that is true, but also, if you get shavings delivered once or twice a month and they are dumped outside of each stall, you put all the shavings in the stall and put the extra up on the sides and pull down as needed until the next load of shavings comes.

:one: Dual purpose. :yes:
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What everyone else has said. I speak as the owner of a horse who gets cast at least once every couple of years (but thankfully has a boatload of brains and common sense and can usually wiggle his way out of it...).
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Renn/aissance
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Tip likes to lie against his banks in one corner so he has a little nest. Make that triple purpose.
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Renn/aissance
Jan 19 2007, 07:00 AM
Tip likes to lie against his banks in one corner so he has a little nest. Make that triple purpose.

triple purpose for annie too
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yellowbritches
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Keep them from getting cast, a constant, fresh supply of clean shavings, nests for Tip and Stella (my dog), and a fun place to hide poop to frustrate the humans. How exactly do they hide piles of poop in their banks without disturbing the banks??? :brickwall:
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