Horse grooming thread

[Themellowyellows]

"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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Ouch! Thats harsh! Someone likes to be pampered!

 

[SunriseChickers]

Hallo! I definitely have my brushing preferences, lol.
Oster has never let me down, and you've got to have a magic brush! I also absolutely love my pumice stones, I would go through them SO fast during the show seasons.
Unpopular practice/opinion: Using a metal curry comb on the lower legs, even in the summer. A metal curry is a constant companion to me when grooming and is perfectly fine on the legs if you are careful. I drew blood because of it once. Once(and it was but a drop). It's really easy to get wrong, but you learn quick. My show "pony" would always get his fetlocks absolutely caked in mud and he would never stand for a bath. Soaking wasn't an option.
The pumice stones are so awesome for grass and poop stains! They were about as magic, if not moreso, than the magic brushes!
I also developed an absolute need for a hoof pick with bristles, lol. The bristles would always stab the back of my hand though.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Or a before and after...

Even better!

 

[Farmgirl283420]

"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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Guess I’m spoiled Cici never gets that dirty!

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Hallo! I definitely have my brushing preferences, lol.
Oster has never let me down, and you've got to have a magic brush! I also absolutely love my pumice stones, I would go through them SO fast during the show seasons.
Unpopular practice/opinion: Using a metal curry comb on the lower legs, even in the summer. A metal curry is a constant companion to me when grooming and is perfectly fine on the legs if you are careful. I drew blood because of it once. Once(and it was but a drop). It's really easy to get wrong, but you learn quick. My show "pony" would always get his fetlocks absolutely caked in mud and he would never stand for a bath. Soaking wasn't an option.
The pumice stones are so awesome for grass and poop stains! They were about as magic, if not moreso, than the magic brushes!
I also developed an absolute need for a hoof pick with bristles, lol. The bristles would always stab the back of my hand though.

Hoof picks with brushes are very useful!

 

[SunriseChickers]

"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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My 4H pony was a very light palomino. The dry lot portion of his large pasture wouldn't ever drain very well and so it wasn't quite a "dry" lot. I don't know how, but he would roll, and get entirely encased in a crusty mud shell. And in his mane, ohh, it was always terrible getting that out.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

My 4H pony was a very light palomino. The dry lot portion of his large pasture wouldn't ever drain very well and so it wasn't quite a "dry" lot. I don't know how, but he would roll, and get entirely encased in a crusty mud shell. And in his mane, ohh, it was always terrible getting that out.

I bet the barn was a lot dirtier by the time you finished grooming him!

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Guess I’m spoiled Cici never gets that dirty!

Everything except the perfect little spot I sit on and a very small area around his tail was sooo gross. He better have shaken most of it off by now. I couldn't brush off fresh mud.

 

[SunriseChickers]

I bet the barn was a lot dirtier by the time you finished grooming him!

Oh, yes! And then when he'd shed in the spring there would be a white rug all around his feet.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Oh, yes! And then when he'd shed in the spring there would be a white rug all around his feet.

Must have been comfortable