Well, one looooong HOT weekend later and the stalls are moved and re-arranged. I am still (ugh) working on cross-fencing. Bo seems to like his new setup, although he prefers the stall I don’t want him in.
Here’s my super fancy not-to-scale-at-all (paddocks are much larger than they appear) paint diagram of the new setup:
Quick explanation:
shaded grey area between the stalls is a shade cloth “roof”
grey lines are shade cloth on panel walls (top of diagram is west)
dashed line on the outside of stalls is open - no panels
I am still working on further subdividing the two sides of the paddock - so right now, Bo has the left side all to himself and Cooper and Elmo are on the right. I intended for Bo to be in the lower left stall, the one with the door, but he insists on spending all his time hanging out in the upper left one 
with his high maintenance life and extreme messy eating, I need him to be in one of the stalls with a door. Because I only have two “door” panels on hand, the upper stalls are accessed by gates in the green fence (where the arrows are), so I would have to go in and around to feed him, retrieve buckets and clean up his messes, etc.
Speaking of eating, I’m noticing losses in his topline even though his weight is fine. He is still giving me fits when it comes to reliably finishing his meals, and he’s just as likely to toss the food all over the ground as he is to actually eat it. I need to change something, but I’m not sure what.
Maybe I need to add back the senior and see if I can get him interested in it again. Maybe I need to try something different. I want him to continue getting forage, but I’m getting tired of dumping out half eaten buckets of soaked cubes that have gone rancid in the sun. And I can’t just give him a bucket full of whatever, he makes a HUGE mess that attracts flies and buckets (and water) need to be changed out frequently. When I have time to get Cooper in to see the dentist, I think I’m going to schedule Bo for a checkup too just in case there is something going on in his mouth. It’s only been 5 months, but you never know.
I’m hot, I’m tired, I’m tired of fencing and you’re stressing me out, Bo! Ideas are welcome, although you all already know that new foods must appeal to his discerning palate and he’s previously rejected almost everything out there. 
He is pretty keen on the Tribute RB I’m trying out on the ponies, but obviously that isn’t going to match his calorie needs. I’m able to get him to eat around 10-12lb of cubes per day (most days…), so that opens the door for non-complete feeds (currently on Ultium). Not sure if we’re running into problems with volume or appetite.
Will be back with Bobo pics later. And I’ll make an updated list of foods we’ve tried already, that have been rejected.
I am just doing what I feel is right. He deserves more than just good enough!
). It pained me to feed him nothing but Purina Senior in the first place since I usually subscribe to a forage-based, low NSC diet plan, but it was all he would eat at that point.
