Blue And Remy

Remy and Blue are wearing their grass muzzles most of the time now, though they are also getting skilled in slipping out of them. I didn't make them wear the muzzles during our heat wave:

They seem to me to be able to eat grass as fast with the muzzle as without, but I'm trusting in the manufacturer's promise and the obviously small size of the opening through which they must get the grass:

They now seem to enjoy coming into the barn each night about 5:00, when I take off their muzzles and give them each a 1/4 cup of grain. They then eat only hay for the rest of the night, but they also get respite from the flies while in the barn and, in hot weather, relief from the excessive heat:

They still usually come to me when I walk out into the field and, surprisingly, let me put the muzzles back on after they have slipped out of them. They just wait patiently until I'm finished and back at the house before they begin working at getting rid of them once again:

They both look healthy with shiny, lovely coats. I think Remy has lost weight, but I'm not so sure about Blue:

Remy was trotting playfully when I took this photo:

I put down hay in three places to keep them from fighting over it at night:

And the yellow flagging ribbon is usually visible from far away, enough so I can stand on my porch, look out on the pasture and tell if they are still wearing their muzzles or not:

The farrier said their founder (laminitis) is not yet bad, but Blue often walks as if his feet hurt in the mornings. He was always stiff and sore in the morning, so the founder may not be the sole cause of his limping. Any limping goes away after he's up and moving around in the field:

Yes, Remy had shucked his muzzle once again. I sometimes have to get on the tractor and drive around the pasture to find it:

See that red thing on his muzzle? It's a small dog collar with a quick release in case of emergency. I usually use them to tie the muzzle to the cow collar, though they break them regularly. Sometimes I tie them together with baling twine but I prefer to know they could escape if they caught them on something:

This time, Remy managed to shuck both his cow collar and his muzzle. He was quite proud of himself: