Even This ...

Everything is a toy in Izzy Zweibrücker's eyes, even the water hose! If it wiggles, moves, clangs, bangs, splashes, bounces, clunks, or thunks, he finds it uproariously entertaining.

He dumped over his massive water trough the other day and then dragged it at least 15 feet to the far side of his paddock. That thing is heavy. Even empty, I can't pick it up, yet he dragged it across his paddock for fun. 

I had to drag it outside of his stall to scrub and hose it out, it was full of dirt, and then drag it back inside. How he did it with just his teeth is a mystery to me.

To fill it up, I shoved the hose down into the bottom and tried to walk away. Before I had even turned my back, Izzy had the hose in his mouth, shooting water everywhere. No matter how I positioned the hose, he managed to grab it from me. 

I finally pulled the hose through the fence and simply let it spray into the trough. Even that was fun. For at least twenty minutes, he licked the water bubbles or let the hose splash him in the face.

While I don't want a dullard for a horse, I do sort of wish he'd grow up a little. It seems as though the more toys I find for him, the more toys he wants! At least filling the trough is a freebie!