Stall management is essential toward the well-being of your horse. Controlling odor, mucking out stalls and making sure that the place where your horse beds down is clean and dry is imperative.

A product I have recently run across and have had great success with to control the odor problem in my stalls can be found at www.urine-off.com 

When I heard about it initially, I was skeptical, for as any horse owner will tell you, horse urine is quite powerful and especially so if you own a stud. Which I do not. But I thought I would give this product a try.

All it entails is to muck your stalls out and expose the area where your horse pees. One of my horses, Racer always pees in the same spots, so his was easy. I found the bare dirt, and poured 1/2 cup of urine-off on the spot. I left it alone all day blocking the horses out of their stall. Before I bed them for the night, I covered the spot with fresh bedding.

I did the same in the other stall in six different areas, because Trav is a sloppy horse when it comes to this function.

I immediately noticed after pouring out the solution a pleasant chemical smell taking over the stalls. I did wonder if this was just a matter of one chemical overpowering another, which is why I let the solution set for 9 hours before returning.

Upon my return to the stalls, I noticed an absence of urine smell and what was left behind was a pleasant odor. I put the horses in their stalls and closed them up for the night.

In the morning I returned, and let them out. I mucked out their stall, pitching their manure out the escape hatch into the garden, and I couldn't help but notice that I did not smell horse urine at all.

Three days later, I am happy to report, still no noticeable smell of urine and only on the fourth day did I have to treat the stall floor again. Because i am dealing with bare dirt, I imagine it is a bit more difficult than if your horse is on a rubber mat or wooden flooring.

Two galloping thumbs up from this horse owner! Bye bye stall dry, hello  Urine-off!