Horse grooming thread

[paintedChix]

"Roll, you say? Well, let's oblige the people!" Max says. We got a ton of rain last night and today. Send help and magic brushes.

Spoiler: NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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Ah, foal coat is somewhat clean... & no more signs of overheating.




Did somebody say "roll in the sandy dirt"?




Registered American Shetland Pony. LP Painted Shamrock & her dam, Koalah.

 

[paintedChix]

Or a before and after...

Already partially done... Favorite brushes for Tory - double sided rubber mitt w/ nubbies, a colored dandy brush (soft) and elbow grease.



Mane & tail brushed out. Favorite brush - black bristled, brown base women's hairbrush. For a while extremely hard to get, back @ Walmart & Dollar General now. Bridlepath trimmed with scissors... Owned from 2012 - 2023 & even w/ vet supervised tranqs, could never get a set of clippers near her. If not securely double tied, she'd strike bite or kick while clipping her foals...



Mane & tail braided...




& because I showed her during last stages of glorious pregnancy roundness, here's a picture of her son, Echo.

 

[paintedChix]

I've been doing a major shedding groom once a week since early March, and each time I get a full muck bucket full of horse hair!

GREAT for birds' Nests, compost or even mulch in the garden!

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Wow, those look wonderful!

I really like them! They work very well.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Already partially done... Favorite brushes for Tory - double sided rubber mitt w/ nubbies, a colored dandy brush (soft) and elbow grease.

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Mane & tail brushed out. Favorite brush - black bristled, brown base women's hairbrush. For a while extremely hard to get, back @ Walmart & Dollar General now. Bridlepath trimmed with scissors... Owned from 2012 - 2023 & even w/ vet supervised tranqs, could never get a set of clippers near her. If not securely double tied, she'd strike bite or kick while clipping her foals...

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Mane & tail braided...

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& because I showed her during last stages of glorious pregnancy roundness, here's a picture of her son, Echo.

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Awww! She and her baby are both very cute!

 

[paintedChix]

I discovered my favorite "brush" many years into horse & pony ownership.

When I became fascinated w/ recycle & reuse, I used haystring to braided into many articles of tack. We had LOTS of haystring from the round hay bales we fed free choice.



Anywho, I had just replaced another scrub brush for one of the 100 gallon water tanks. So tired of replacing every few months when bristles fell out or handle broke.

I grabbed a knotted glob of haystring not yet washed & "tamale'd" for braiding. WOW! The green scum came right off the tank w/ o scrubbing like you had to do w/ a brush. HMMM... At that time I was braiding, but not crocheting. Enter the Boye plastic loom from Walmart.




So. Works great on water tanks & nasty feed buckets (we soaked feed, alfalfa cubes or pellets & beet pulp shreds for all ponies). Have one at every paddock or pen, by the water tanks or tubs.

One day, a brush bucket i was using was missing the curry comb & a nubby glove. Grrr... rather than walk a football fields length to find one in equipment room, I grabbed the "scubbie" off the post by the water tank. Again - WOW! I was able to use on both Koalah & Tory - both always unhappy when grooming heads. Worked a charm & the hair worked into layered matts that pulled right off when I took a break from currying, just like a rubber curry.

Flipped it over - used like a brush to get the loose hair off in sweeping motion.

If I could only have one brush, I'd have a loom woven, haystring scrubbie. It does it all except clean inside hooves.

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of it in use.

 

[littledog]

Love this! Anything that involves making useful things out of stuff you already have, is right up my alley.

 

[paintedChix]

Love this! Anything that involves making useful things out of stuff you already have, is right up my alley.

Not grooming, but...

Haystring braided tack

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xFZNLwjY5A8F8uYG7

 

[Farmgirl283420]

I discovered my favorite "brush" many years into horse & pony ownership.

When I became fascinated w/ recycle & reuse, I used haystring to braided into many articles of tack. We had LOTS of haystring from the round hay bales we fed free choice.

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Anywho, I had just replaced another scrub brush for one of the 100 gallon water tanks. So tired of replacing every few months when bristles fell out or handle broke.

I grabbed a knotted glob of haystring not yet washed & "tamale'd" for braiding. WOW! The green scum came right off the tank w/ o scrubbing like you had to do w/ a brush. HMMM... At that time I was braiding, but not crocheting. Enter the Boye plastic loom from Walmart.

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So. Works great on water tanks & nasty feed buckets (we soaked feed, alfalfa cubes or pellets & beet pulp shreds for all ponies). Have one at every paddock or pen, by the water tanks or tubs.

One day, a brush bucket i was using was missing the curry comb & a nubby glove. Grrr... rather than walk a football fields length to find one in equipment room, I grabbed the "scubbie" off the post by the water tank. Again - WOW! I was able to use on both Koalah & Tory - both always unhappy when grooming heads. Worked a charm & the hair worked into layered matts that pulled right off when I took a break from currying, just like a rubber curry.

Flipped it over - used like a brush to get the loose hair off in sweeping motion.

If I could only have one brush, I'd have a loom woven, haystring scrubbie. It does it all except clean inside hooves.

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of it in use.

That’s so cool!