Too Much of a Good Thing.

There are 2 of us horses who have had a problem in the past with our feet - something called laminitis. Frosty and I have to be careful, or so we are told, about how much grass we can have because there are sugars in the grass that can make our feet worse again. Our big front pasture has LOTS of grass. I can't go out there with Cloud and Ace without this thing called a grazing muzzle, and then not for very long. It let's me eat some grass, but not very much at a time. The ponies never gets to go out there at all! Bullet, the white dog, said he thought lots of grass was good for horses, and really, so did I. But it seems too much of a good thing can cause trouble. (Mom says that is true for everyone, not just horses.) So I am usually in the middle pasture with hay, so I don't get too much sugar. My family is careful about what we eat and each of us 5 horses has our own measured amount of grain, supplements and hay. We all wish we could eat as much as we want of everything! But Mom says that is dangerous for us. She said whoever started the phrase "healthy as a horse" never had one. Oh well, I guess it is good to have someone look after what is best for you when you don't know about things yourself.