Days are a bit chilly here in the Pacific Northwest with temperatures highs around 45. Alan, one of the boarders, was treating his draft cross Belle to a warm bucket of water with some molasses to encourage water consumption. He asked if I would like to have some molasses for Blessi.Sue even got Blessi's bucket and filled it with warm water. We added about two tablespoons of molasses and put the water bucket back in Blessi's stall. As we watched Blessi dove right into the water. I turned to say "Blessi loves it. Tha....," when I was interrupted by BANG, BANG, SPLAAAASH, Bump, Splish.
Blessi decided that drinking a lot of water to get to the good stuff at the bottom was too time consuming. He was doing his best to upend the bucket, which was attached to a wall bracket, spilling what looked like gallons of water about the floor. I quickly intervened, took the bucket outside to dump most of it, and then let Blessi drink the last few inches of water and lick out the sweet stuff. I then rinsed out the bucket thoroughly and filled with just water.
I hope Blessi does not destroy his water bucket (he has two large ones) in an attempt to find the on switch for the flow of molasses. I now have to send an email to the stable owner explaining why his stall is flooded and offer to pay for a bucket if he gets creative tonight.