The S.W.A.T Team

The winter season brings cold winds and sometimes snow. The summer season brings heat and fly swatting. You're cheering for winter now, right? Sadly it doesn't matter what we wish for; we are still stuck in summer for many many more months. So, here are some fly swatting tips to get you through summer.

Prissy could use some fly swatting advice!

1. Gather your pasture mates together and discuss your techniques. Maybe they have some that no one but them knows about!

2. Nose to butt. Nose to butt. Your tail is a very efficient fly swatter, but it can not reach your face. By standing side by side with another horses's tail you can kill two flies with one tail. The other horse's tail swats the flies on your face and your tail swats theirs.

3. Stand in tall grass. The flies have a harder time getting to your legs when they have to weave through stalks of grass.

4. Allow your human to put the ridiculous looking mask on your face! This will stop the flies from bothering areas around your eyes.

Some of our pasture mates keep flies off with masks.

5. Also allow your human to spray you with the nasty smelling liquid. The flies do not like this substance and will avoid you.

We hope that helps your fly problem.

That's our two bits!