When good horses do bad things...

I went out to feed Ahab after work, and found this....

Ahab had broken into the feed room and trashed it. He knocked everything over, threw stuff around, and totally squashed a metal garbage can flat. Luckily he also knocked a tall shelving unit over, which partially blocked his access to the bulk of the grain.

Of course, it's really my fault; I latched the door, but didn't attach the chain to one of the the little black chain hooks. He can open the door latch faster than I can, and even though there is also a chain stall guard up, he just breaks right through it.


What I don't understand is this: the feed room is 6x12 with no windows, and he struggles to get in it. My three horse, wide open stock trailer is much bigger, but for Ahab to go in it? Not so much.

Maybe he heard that the great white whale was hiding in there Sorry couldn't help it.
What a mess... have fun cleaning it

Bahaha....sorry but the whole time I was reading it I kept thinking "Ahab the Arab!" bah sorry. But horses are like cats....theyll squeeze into the most impossible places and then blame you for not making it big enough for them to do REAL damage

Have fun cleaning tho!

I had a gelding that would have figured out that set up in less than five minutes. He two would have trashed the place. I sympathize, been there.

Ahab is a draft right? I think it's a draft thing because my two belgian geldings do the same thing... They play with everything they can find... And when I'm picking out the pasture, one will steal my pitchfork and the other will dump my wheel borrow... Horses, I tell ya.

Well at least he didn't lock himself in a chicken coop for a night.

????

Any particulars? Ahab the Arab would like to know...

Clever horses, bane of our lives!!
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Too cute. What a big mess. Glad he wasn't hurt trying to get back out!

Major has also done some damage around the barn. He once freaked out in the middle of the night, and my B/O walked over in the morning and found a completely bent in stall wall as well as Major with the skin on his hock flopping around. The vet wasn't able to stitch it since it was already dried out (mostly) and it was pretty disgusting. Plus, my B/O's dad (who is in charge of repairs) wasn't too pleased about having to fix the door.