Avi digging through snow to eat bluegrass 4 Feb 2023

Various grasses along with forbs are the foods God made which horses are best adapted to eat. Horses like their food fresh - they like to harvest it themselves if they possibly can. Given enough acreage with enough grass in it horses will do as you see Avi doing and paw through the snow so they can eat the grass buried under the snow and make a living off of it just as feral horses do - think of it as "standing hay." For Avi it is a special treat to be let out on the back yard so she can paw through the snow and eat some bluegrass. She does the same thing in her pasture but bluegrass is a special favorite grass for horses. We personally do not have enough acreage in pasture for Avi to make a living off of all Winter when the grass is not growing - so we feed her grass hay to make up for that deficit. And when the ground is firm enough so she won't punch holes in the yard I occasionally let her paw through the snow and graze on the bluegrass in the back yard. I shot this video after she had been out grazing for a half hour or so just before I bridled her then saddled her and rode her 3.6 miles.

Remember to read, study, and ponder upon God's word each day and also pray each day to find out what God needs you to do today and then do it. And have a blessed day!!

Jack Griffes
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