Dakota Lee, teen author of Flash of Freedom, tells it like it is about horse manure!  Be VERY glad this isn’t smell-a-vision!There are some very interesting facts about manure.  Where does all the  manure of a barn go?  In a muck heap!  Actually horses have a gross factor.  They will NOT step in a fresh pile of poop!  They won’t even eat grass that has been growing from a pile of manure. They can tell the difference!  Horses do not like the long, tall, skinny grass.  Another factoid about horses…when they get off of a trailer, they would have pooped in the trailer…it’s a stress thing.  Who knew?  Horses do NOT want you to know this factoid–they CAN walk, trot, canter AND POOP at the same time!  They use pooping as an excuse to slow down, stop, take a break, and poop.  What is amazing is that horse poop in the muck heap is dried and doesn’t stink anything like cat or dog poop.  I can actually pick it up and it doesn’t stick to my hands! Wow!  Hey, come help me muck out stalls in the barn.  You have to get the big piles and then you are not done.  All the little bits have to be cleaned out too!  It’s a long and hard and gross job.  Oh well!