Stable Skills: How to Clean a Stall

have a dirt floor, scrape the wet spot with your manure fork. If the wet spot is smelly, treat it with an odor- and moisture-absorbing agent, like Sweet PDZ or Stall Dry. If you have time, let the spot air-dry before re-bedding the stall.

STEP 6: Re-bed the stall.

Use the manure fork to pull the shavings away from the wall and spread them across the stall. Put this older bedding in the wet areas first.

Spread out all of the bedding, then pick and remove any manure pieces that were still hiding.

STEP 7: Add fresh bedding.

Don’t forget to return the leftover hay to its place.

STEP 8: Remove, clean and fill water buckets.

Take the buckets from the stall, dump them outside, give them a quick scrub with a stiff-bristled brush and refill. This step comes last so you don’t make a mess of the fresh water while you clean the stall.

This process should take about 15 to 20 minutes when you first start out. Every horse’s stall habits are different, and as you learn your horse’s habits, you’ll establish a rhythm and make this chore go even faster. This system can be used in all stalls bedded with wood shavings, so you can teach your friends to amp up their stall cleaning, too!