[AnAmericanMother]

Oh yeah. I get laughed at a little because I keep a fork hanging on the wall outside my mare's stall - as soon as she produces anything, I go in and carry it away before she steps in it and kicks it all over the stall.

She has the routine down pat - even uses one corner now and steps aside as soon as I enter. I think she likes it better clean - and it's easier on the shavings.

Do y'all use shavings or straw in the Pac NW? Sitting in the middle of pulpwood territory like we do, everybody uses shavings because they are actually FREE if you go to the mill to fetch them.

[HairOfTheDog]

Shavings...Shavings are cheap if you have dry storage for a dumptruck full.... I don't, so I pay a premium for it in plastic bales.. I don't like to clean stalls with straw.

Both of mine are relatively tidy, mostly pooping just in one spot. The pony is a little more precise than Bay is about her poo, but she pees right in the center. Bay's big feature is that he won't pee inside. Sounds like an excellent characteristic (and it is for cleaning!) till he is pounding to get out and go at 5 in the morning 'cuz he's been holding it all night.