Horse water

In the spirit of continuous improvement, we addressed the issue of providing water to the horses.

Over the years we have had a number of schemes, from having plastic garbage cans, which are difficult to clean and waste a lot of water, to smaller buckets with floats, which were also difficult to clean but wasted less water unless the float was stuck, which happened frequently.

The smaller buckets also froze, so we hauled water in the winter. This was not that big of a deal as we have water plumbed to the barn, but may become more of a problem when we are "old".

So we went for the gusto: the Cadillac of horse founts: Ritchie. There are two of them, both provide water at either end. One fount is shared between Cody and Buggs, the other one is between the arena and Bueno.

Thanks to Dave, our neighbor, for loaning us his Tonka Toy to dig new trenches. Next came running new water lines and electrical as these founts have a thermostat to keep them ice free. I am so grateful that Dan knows how to do all this stuff and does it well to boot.

Today we set the forms for the base, made and poured concrete, and this afternoon we installed the founts. I thought the horses would be all over them to check them out, but it was as if they already knew and had quite frankly expected nothing less. What took us so long to do it right anyway?