Sheldon is getting as much of the “forbidden” grass as he can! He nibbles at the edges of arena where there are little tufts of grass. A little grass won’t hurt him, but he has a thyroid condition, and too much green grass can make him seriously ill; he could founder and get laminitis, a very painful condition. But Sheldon doesn’t seem to take this limitation on his life too hard. He lives life large. His gait is rounded and powerful and if anything spooks him, he’s off! All of our horses are seniors (Snitch, at 20, is the youngest), and age has put some limitations on the way they live their horse lives, whether it’s soaked alfalfa cubes instead of regular hay due to dental issues, or having to take anti-inflammatory medicine every day. But they seem to enjoy every meal, every turn-out, and then the return into the barn at 4 for dinner. I think for our horses, a life with limitations, can still be an enjoyable one.
