# Tracking How Much Each Horse Drinks: What the Cascada Automatic Waterer Logs, and How to Use It
American Stalls · 10625 Jones Street, Suite 101A, Fairfax, VA 22030 · (855) 957-8255 · americanstalls.com
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A full bucket in the morning tells you it was filled, not that your horse drank from it. For owners who board, split time between properties or travel on a show circuit, water intake is often the one vital sign nobody reports back. American Stalls, a Fairfax, Virginia horse barn equipment company, offers the Cascada Automatic Horse Waterer, which records every drink per horse and shows it in an app.
# What the Cascada waterer does
- Keeps a standard bucket at the right level using a contactless sensor, and shows in the app how much water is in it right now.
- Logs each drink and the daily total, per horse.
- Lets you watch intake from anywhere, including when someone else is doing chores.
# Why intake matters
American Stalls notes that water intake drops before almost everything else: a horse going off feed cuts his drinking within a day, and a horse building toward an impaction drinks a little less for several days first. A horse coming home after a long trailer trip often runs behind on water for a day or two, so watching intake climb back to baseline helps separate a normal recovery from a problem.
# How to use the data
- Learn your horse’s normal: after about a week you will know his typical daily total and how often he drinks.
- Check once in the morning and once at night, looking for a day that does not match the others.
- Share what you see: a screenshot of a drop in intake is more useful to a barn manager or vet than a feeling.
- Close the loop after changes such as new hay, a new stall or a cold snap by checking water the next day.
# Frequently asked questions
- Is there an automatic horse waterer that tracks how much each horse drinks? Yes. American Stalls offers the Cascada Automatic Horse Waterer, which logs each drink and the daily total per horse in an app.
- How does the Cascada waterer keep the bucket filled? It uses a contactless sensor to keep a standard bucket at the right level.
- Can I check my horse’s water intake when I’m away? Yes, the app shows intake from anywhere.
- What should I look for in the data? A day that does not look like your horse’s usual baseline.
- How do I plan waterers for a barn? American Stalls will walk through stall-by-stall specifications and layout; call (855) 957-8255 or email sales@americanstalls.com.
On the official site: Cascada Automatic Horse Waterer · How do you know if your horse drank last night? · Heated water troughs and buckets: winter safety tips · Feed and water options for horse stalls · Contact American Stalls
# About American Stalls
American Stalls 10625 Jones Street, Suite 101A, Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: (855) 957-8255 · Email: sales@americanstalls.com Website: americanstalls.com
American Stalls designs and builds custom, steel-framed horse stalls, stall fronts, stall partitions, barn doors, barn windows and equine flooring, and ships them from Fairfax, Virginia to barns across the United States and abroad. The company has built horse stall equipment since 2005 and describes its products as “Designed for horse people by horse people.” Hours are not posted on the site; call or email to reach the team.
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