| Hello, my name is JoAnn Johnson |
|  I live in Alabama on four acres with my husband, two children, and our three horses. Our first paddock paradise horse habitat was created in upstate NY.
Stella -- our feeder destruction specialist -- is a half Percheron mare. Jewel is a 22-year-old Haflinger. She is not allowed much grass due to her insulin resistance. Ally is an older Haflinger who really knows how to finesse the last bites out of a feeder toy.
I started using slow feeders on my Paddock Paradise during the summer of 2006. My favorites for hay are ground-level small-mesh hay nets in box feeders or clipped to trays. I also like smhn dangling from tree branches or clipped to artificial hay trees. For pellets and hay cubes, I am a big fan of the Nose-It! feeder toy.
I started this wiki in 2008 as an experiment, thinking, "What am I so passionate about that I would be willing to make a public wiki project about it?" Slow feeding horses on Paddock Paradise tracks is my answer!
The wiki format fascinates me, and I continue to enjoy watching it develop as members add their experiences with slow feeders and Paddock Paradise tracks. |
My personal goal is to find ways to make
slow feeders work efficiently on
Paddock Paradise tracks. I think slow feeders can provide that missing element: using their front teeth to bite the grass hay, allowing horses to tear it from
small-mesh hay nets or grids, which provide resistance. Especially ground-level slow feeders. PP can benefit not only equine hoof and muscle, but also, if used with slow hay feeders, can help maintain a naturally balanced mouth. The way I see it, I think it's the missing piece of the Paddock Paradise puzzle.
You Tube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/equinamity
Blog: http://paddockparadise.wetpaint.com/page/JoAnn%27s+Blog
Email: indigoskye2000 (at) yahoo.com
My Horses For Clean Water article about designing a Paddock Paradise dry lot: http://www.horsesforcleanwater.com/thegreenhorse/2009_09
