Some General Points on Mucking Out what I typed all on my ownsome :
a. The door of the stable must always be securely hooked back during mucking out. So first step would be to get off your lazy ass and go put some hooks up.
b. The positioning of the wheelbarrow requires some thought. Push it into the stable and see if it hits something. (you will be able to tell by the subsequent 'thud', 'Ow' or 'squeal' noise).
c. take the poo and leave the bedding. That much really should be obvious.
e. Keep yard sweeping to a minimum by not really having a yard, just a patch of grass - then who cares if you spill anything ?
f. If the horse is in the stable while you muck out, and that worries your sorry ass ... then turn him out ! Good Grief.
g. While working around the horse, make sure you have trained and worked with the horse enough so that he's fine with it.
h. If the horse is going out of its stable to work or to be turned out... IF the horse is going out ?????
i. Overly thick beds are great. Just go get shavings in your big-ass truck once a month or so and dump it all right in the stable. Don't bother smoothing it at all cos within 3 minutes it's going to be infesting with silly, snuggly rolling ponies kicking shavings in their ears and into the rafters anyway.
j. Some owners prefer to use a "day bed" and "night bed". But there you go, there's no accounting for people, is there ?
k. If the bed is skipped out frequently throughout the day, and again at evening stables, then you'all are probably asleep and dreaming.
Full Mucking Out Procedure for a Straw Bed
a. Go look for the fork - it's probably still in the garage where your husband was using it to try and knock down his ancient surfboard on the pretext that oh, yeah, he is going to get fit again like he was when you met.
b. Remove the horse from the stable. Remove the next horse from the stable. Remove the first horse from the stable again and this time close the gate. Yell at first horse to stop leaning against gate trying to get in again, and try to convince her that no, she can not help.
d. Pick all the poo out. if you need more detailed instruction about this, please reconsider whether you should be allowed access to horses.
e. Pick the wet out.
f. That's it really. I mean, what more could you say about cleaning anything really ? Clean it - job done.
g. Scatter tools about liberally in odd places where you will not find them again til next Tuesday.
Variations for Full Mucking Out
a. Invite your sister-in-law over on the pretext of teaching her to ride and make her do it.
b. Refuse to honour any of your conjugal obligations until your husband has done it
c. Mucking out ? well, you know, it's all organic - what harm can it do - it'll all rot down eventually. Throw some more shavings on top - that'll work.
p.s.I didn't scan none of this in, and then not read it through, honest.
a. The door of the stable must always be securely hooked back during mucking out. So first step would be to get off your lazy ass and go put some hooks up.
b. The positioning of the wheelbarrow requires some thought. Push it into the stable and see if it hits something. (you will be able to tell by the subsequent 'thud', 'Ow' or 'squeal' noise).
c. take the poo and leave the bedding. That much really should be obvious.
e. Keep yard sweeping to a minimum by not really having a yard, just a patch of grass - then who cares if you spill anything ?
f. If the horse is in the stable while you muck out, and that worries your sorry ass ... then turn him out ! Good Grief.
g. While working around the horse, make sure you have trained and worked with the horse enough so that he's fine with it.
h. If the horse is going out of its stable to work or to be turned out... IF the horse is going out ?????
i. Overly thick beds are great. Just go get shavings in your big-ass truck once a month or so and dump it all right in the stable. Don't bother smoothing it at all cos within 3 minutes it's going to be infesting with silly, snuggly rolling ponies kicking shavings in their ears and into the rafters anyway.
j. Some owners prefer to use a "day bed" and "night bed". But there you go, there's no accounting for people, is there ?
k. If the bed is skipped out frequently throughout the day, and again at evening stables, then you'all are probably asleep and dreaming.
Full Mucking Out Procedure for a Straw Bed
a. Go look for the fork - it's probably still in the garage where your husband was using it to try and knock down his ancient surfboard on the pretext that oh, yeah, he is going to get fit again like he was when you met.
b. Remove the horse from the stable. Remove the next horse from the stable. Remove the first horse from the stable again and this time close the gate. Yell at first horse to stop leaning against gate trying to get in again, and try to convince her that no, she can not help.
d. Pick all the poo out. if you need more detailed instruction about this, please reconsider whether you should be allowed access to horses.
e. Pick the wet out.
f. That's it really. I mean, what more could you say about cleaning anything really ? Clean it - job done.
g. Scatter tools about liberally in odd places where you will not find them again til next Tuesday.
Variations for Full Mucking Out
a. Invite your sister-in-law over on the pretext of teaching her to ride and make her do it.
b. Refuse to honour any of your conjugal obligations until your husband has done it
c. Mucking out ? well, you know, it's all organic - what harm can it do - it'll all rot down eventually. Throw some more shavings on top - that'll work.
p.s.I didn't scan none of this in, and then not read it through, honest.
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so I can wheel the barrow in and out without her leaving........ this requires constant shooing though because she likes to stick her head out under it and eat loose stuff from the aisle 
