Yeah, anything you WANT them to play with they ignore, but the stuff you want them to leave alone they seem to delight in busting all to pieces. Bob is real bad to get a hold of my broom if I forget and leave it out. He likes to step on the handle and them grab the straw and pull until either the straw comes out or the handle breaks. The little bugger! If I leave any spray bottles out in the wash rack he'll try to bite holes in them. And heaven help me if he ever gets in the tack room. You have never seen such a mess in your life! He acts more like a puppy than a horse.
Rusty loved playing with the hose if I left it in his trough after filling it. He'd chew holes in it. I've had to cut lenghts of it off till it just about doesn't reach anymore:). I need to buy a new one.
Becky
When I was babysitting the animals (horses, cats, dogs, fish, birds, etc) for my riding instructor in Susanville One of the horses, named Jiggy, would take the electric cord and play with it when it was off. She had turned it off when she left and Jiggy had unhooked one ind of it from the fence and was swinging it around and got the cloth part wrapped around his head. I have no idea how he kept from poking his eye out, but when I drove down the hill he was just standing there waiting for me to rescue him. He does the same with his blanket. I would find him with his blanket over his head and NONE of his hooks were broken. I have no idea whatsoever how he does that.