Cold horses and justification for blanketing
I'm sharing blanketing duties with the owner of the new mare in our corral. The mare's name is Jasmin, and she has -- inexplicably -- grown quite attached with Rondo. Usually it's Panama who gets the ladies, so I was quite surprised about her choice of companions, especially since I don't think he cares all that much.
In any case, Jasmin's owner is a little on the nervous side -- she fussed about introducing Jasmin to all the horses individually the day she came before finally putting her in with them. Likewise, she is a bit of a nervous Nellie about blanketing, not to mention she seems a bit inconsistent: She blanketed one night that I know of not too long ago for 30 degrees, but wasn't blanketing the other night for 20 or so.
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