tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post2799410362019291710..comments2023-10-21T04:05:07.237-07:00Comments on The Horse Resource: Mud and shedding... what a lovely combo.AlmightyMarshmellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12669895783995261706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-675374821102810932009-03-17T17:54:00.000-07:002009-03-17T17:54:00.000-07:00My horses love this weird round soft rubber curry ...My horses love this weird round soft rubber curry that I found in a feed store. It has long fat round rubber fingers on it. It really loosens the hair, then a regular rubber curry slicks off the loosened hair.<BR/>For really matted manes or tails full of cockleburrs there's nothing like WD 40, just don't get it on their skin.kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03253025366100154732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-89548540836762335282009-03-13T08:34:00.000-07:002009-03-13T08:34:00.000-07:00The stones work great but Redi manages to step on ...The stones work great but Redi manages to step on every single one I have bought. Cruussshhhh!!!!!! Then you have little pebbles. <BR/>Somewhere in the deep dark recesses the shaving cream is awakening.... Yep!!! My girls used it for a quick clean up on show day for manure stains on white/light horses. Worked, too!!!nccatniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493239156885255783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-22291832097219467292009-03-12T07:23:00.000-07:002009-03-12T07:23:00.000-07:00Fern:No kidding, I have never heard of that trick....Fern:<BR/><BR/>No kidding, I have never heard of that trick. Will give it a try. I have 3 with light colored tails plus 3 that have white legs.<BR/><BR/>When I am grooming the woolly mammoths, I scrub with a rubber curry, then I use a body brush that I spray Vetrolin shine on. It helps to pull the hairs off of their coats, helps to smooth the coat and gives them some shine without being like show sheen.CharlesCityCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322605385748323962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-65081291637254293752009-03-11T21:13:00.000-07:002009-03-11T21:13:00.000-07:00For serious? I'm going to have to try that when th...For serious? I'm going to have to try that when the snow melts.AlmightyMarshmellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669895783995261706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-22814564345769349972009-03-11T20:46:00.000-07:002009-03-11T20:46:00.000-07:00AMM this is going to sound wierd but here goes .Of...AMM this is going to sound wierd but here goes .Often the mudd is mixed with, well, poop. Regular shaving cream (the foamy stuff) does an amazing job of disolving it and the it just brushes out! great for spot cleaning.Sherry Sikstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739108723318002627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-82471144027847460212009-03-11T20:38:00.000-07:002009-03-11T20:38:00.000-07:00I love how furry ponies are. I love their thick fl...I love how furry ponies are. I love their thick fluffy manes, especially on minis. Mocha was a dappled grey pony with a very white mane and gosh was there a lot of it. I used to fluff it up with a blow drier when we were using her for a birthday party. <BR/><BR/>She was also a very special pony (though very moody) because she was the first pony I ever trained... the first horse I ever trained with permission.<BR/><BR/>I'll not get into the gory details of my first training project... <BR/><BR/><BR/>At any rate, thick tails are NASTY to get mud out of... holy jeeze, really.AlmightyMarshmellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669895783995261706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-76380159520953852712009-03-11T19:51:00.000-07:002009-03-11T19:51:00.000-07:00Dammit, SWA!!I WAS first.You type too quick!You gr...Dammit, SWA!!<BR/>I WAS first.<BR/>You type too quick!<BR/><BR/>You greased up your fingers!<BR/>No FaiR:(<BR/>:):):):)<BR/>Ponies are incredibly furry creatures, for their size, eh?GoLightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283690734019490983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-88623425990381793732009-03-11T18:34:00.000-07:002009-03-11T18:34:00.000-07:00haha yeah, I use rags and a bucket, keeps it damp ...haha yeah, I use rags and a bucket, keeps it damp and sweeps the dust off as it comes up. <BR/><BR/>Back when I worked at the dude ranch we had to deal with shedding PONIES. And a couple of old girls... that didn't get blanketed over the winter. The barn floor was COVERED with fur after grooming. <BR/><BR/>We just swept it all outside and the next day it would be either gone in the wind or birds would have carried it off to nests. <BR/><BR/>One old girl I would sit down with and groom for a couple of hours. She LOVED it and I enjoyed the quiet work. And she really appreciated not having all that extra hair when it really heated up... I kept her clipped and roached, just because she was so darn old and such a sweetheart and she overheated so easily. <BR/><BR/>She was 26 and old and fat and happy when I left and died the next year in a good retirement pasture. What a great pony.AlmightyMarshmellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669895783995261706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-84390862736705947632009-03-11T15:29:00.000-07:002009-03-11T15:29:00.000-07:00First:) heehee.Towels, towels, and more towels. Oh...First:) heehee.<BR/>Towels, towels, and more towels. Oh, and a washing machine. And more towels.<BR/>A rubber curry, and a shedding blade, and more curry, and more blade.. Body brush, if you're lucky and more towels.<BR/>Did I mention towels? Oh, and a dust mask for yourself. Nothing like half a pound of dirt between your teeth. Yum.<BR/>Your elbows are screaming, I can hear them:)<BR/>Nothing like a real good grooming, with lots of towels for rubbing wet filthy coats drier and cleaner.<BR/>But ya need towels:)<BR/>And grease up them thar elbows..GoLightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283690734019490983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660253149660311873.post-16094160893579356622009-03-11T15:28:00.000-07:002009-03-11T15:28:00.000-07:00I love Spring. And I hate Spring. :) :) Even wit...I love Spring. And I hate Spring. :) :) Even with many areas to rotate horses they still seem to congregate in one area which gets churned up into mud and well, that's that. We wrap tails in the Spring and the horses wear turnout sheets to try to keep the body mud down a little. I keep telling myself, 'this too shall pass' and before you know it the ground is thawed and starts to dry out. :)<BR/><BR/>I love the grooming stone. I buy something that's called 'Slik Block'...don't quote me on the name and it's cheap too! Just a couple of bucks apiece and if you have some time it can really get the hair out nicely. Seems like the more you use it the more hair keeps coming out! When it gets a bit "clogged" I rub the side on some concrete and it's like new again. It's probably not quite the same as a pumice stone, but the premise is the same. It's a nice massage for the horse and it pulls out tons of shedding hair.<BR/><BR/>I don't have any drafties but I can imagine what dealing with long feathers must be like in the Spring mud!secondwindacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710829691108123868noreply@blogger.com