Much Needed Rain

We finally received some much needed rain in our area. Unfortunately mother nature decided it should try to catch up all at once and rained for three days. What happens after very little moisture in months and then three days of rain fall...well lots and lots of standing water. My horses little pasture turned into a small lake. We referred to it as Lake Standing Rock (the old name of the ranch) So out came the horses. I can't have Pixie and Jess in mud day in and day out because their feet can't handle it. So for two nights they were inside in stalls and out in the smaller pens during the day. Once it stopped raining on Monday all four horses stayed outside all day and night in their little pens. They all hate it, but its better than standing in a lake. However yesterday we discovered Willow isn't drinking while in the pen. She won't stick her head through the opening to the automatic water. So we made the decision to move her and Navi back to their pasture. Both of them have very good feet and will be okay now that our lake has dried up and is only covering some of the pasture. There is enough dry area for them to stand. We still can't use our slow feeders because the "lake" surrounds them, but we have nibble nets hung on the fence for them as back up :)  So for the next few days my little herd will be separated with Pixie and Jess in smaller pens and Willow and Navi in their pasture.