Awareness of the outside world. In honor of Memorial Day, the uncle I never met, Pilot 2nd Lt. Thomas Tuttle Killed in Jet Airplane Crash (1958). My father says Tommy would have absolutely been in the astronaut corps had he lived.
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Milton is perturbed.
First, some background. The living area of the run-in shed/barn is open at the back, has the stall on the right, has the pass-thru portion in front and is fenced the rest of the way around. Milton eats in corner formed by the stall and the pass thru.
You can kinda get the idea from this photo. His eating area is to his left. Repost. [Bug Season II]
Also, Milton has a water bucket next to his hay bucket. He’s been doing this since he discover the idea during his vet stay. He loves it. He dunks with abandon.
He still makes a mess. Repost. [Photos from the Vet Clinic, Nothing Gory I Promise]
Therefore. we must occasionally move his buckets to a temporary spot so that the ground underneath can dry out.
This is what has caused Milton to be perturbed.
Not the food.
He found that immediately.
That is not the problem.
He is currently eating in the other corner of the run-in, surrounded by wall & fence. It cannot be reached from the pass-thru. One has to go in & around.
That is not the problem. Well, it’s a problem for the people because you have to go into the shark tank instead of staying outside and dumping hay and feed over the board.
Still not a problem for the horse.
The problem is that in this configuration it is logistically impossible to guard one’s feed bucket AND stand in front of the pass-thru demanding one’s dinner.
Onwards!
Katherine
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