Oof, having Covid the last couple of weeks has been rough - so glad to be back with you all! I’ve been busy keeping rehab pony Sol entertained though ☺️
Keeping enrichment varied is key! Here’s a few of the tools and activities we have been doing in the last week, which have included:
🧂 Salt lick
🌱 hanging foraging toy (our very own willow twist!)
👅 Lick mat (marmite and dried mint)
👃 snuffle mat
🎯target training
🐴 hay pillow slow feeder The Hay Pillow, Inc.
Do you have a favourite enrichment activity? 🐎
A whole lotta love goes into making our willow hay hearts. After soaking the willow for 5 days and wrapping in damp towels for a few hours, it is finally ready to weave. The hearts are woven (see video!), allowed to dry and set for a day and then fortified with hemp string before trimming excess ends and adding the finishing touch of a hemp hessian bow that can then be used to hang the heart in the stable, yard, field or around a track, filled with the forage of your choice. A whole lotta love from us, to you and your equine friend.
P.S. apparently I look grumpy in this video but it’s just my concentration face!
Today’s Hay Heart featured extra forage treats in the form of cleavers and dandelion leaves, both of which have extra horse health benefits.
Our willow Hay Hearts are:
✅ 100% plastic free
✅ durable
✅ designed to provide excellent, flexible, natural enrichment
✅ made from sustainable materials
✅ packaged in recycled, recyclable and compostable materials
✅ beautiful!
You can buy yours here: https://www.naturalhorseenrichment.com/product-page/willow-hay-heart
Hay Heart Mixed Forage Enrichment
All of the enrichment, none of the plastic! Our willow Hay Hearts aren’t just for hay either - they are great for multiple forage types and having more than one plant to choose from is an extra enrichment bonus. Here you can see Sol actively picking out all of the cleavers first - clever boy ❤️
Sometimes, enrichment is throwing around your Cavallo Hoof Boots 😎👌
Trying to hang today’s Hay Heart with an impatient pony “helping” 😂
NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH - sustainably made horse enrichment toys!
We are delighted to launch two new horse toys - the Willow Hay Heart and the Willow Twist. Fill the Hay Heart with hay and hang in multiple locations and heights to mimic natural browsing and problem solving and use the Twist to encourage play and exploration - both alone and with you!
These toys are designed to provide excellent natural enrichment for your equine while being sustainably produced and packaged.
Read all about them in our latest blog:
https://www.naturalhorseenrichment.com/post/new-product-launch-sustainably-made-horse-enrichment-toys
and check out the rigorous Willow Hay Heart testing video below!
Buy here: https://www.naturalhorseenrichment.com/shop