Sometimes horse owners underestimate the importance of regular horse grooming, thinking that it pertains mostly to visual appeal.Although it is true that grooming does help bring out the best in your horse's attractiveness, that's actually the least important reason why you should groom a horse regularly. Horse grooming plays an important role in promoting good long-term horse health. Horse owners know that picking hooves can help keep thrush at bay,...
Put the scissors down. You can do this. Breathe deeply. Add oil. This process will have many benefits: untangled mane and/or tail, deep conditioning of the mane and/or tail, and a mini spa treatment for your hands, too. The name of the game is to remove the burrs and keep most of the mane and tail intact. So, you need to create some slimy and slick hair. Your best bet...
Like it or not, cool weather is upon us. If you’re conscientious horse owner, you’re making plans to ensure your horse is properly groomed as temperatures dip and seasons change. Colder temperatures pose a unique challenge with two main factors–the amount of time the horse will spend in the elements, and how much exercise your horse will receive in the cooler months. With that information in mind, here are my...
Can I just skip grooming under my horses tail - skip cleaning his anus? Or her anus and her exterior genitals? As tempting as it is to routinely skip this area, it’s just as important to clean and inspect under the tail as the eyes and feet. There’s a lot that can go on under the tail - some things are benign, some are downright dangerous. Daily handing and grooming...
Please, for the love of horses, keep WD40 (and all household cleaners and chemicals) FAR AWAY FROM HORSES. I know I’m probably going to sound like a nagging mother about this, but I have seen way to many pictures and suggestions on the internet lately of using WD-40 on horses, it’s just wrong. The front of the can spells out some of the dangers. I personally love...
World Class Grooming - Click the image to buy it on Amazon. In World-Class Grooming for Horses, two of the best professional horse grooms in the business share their trade secrets for topnotch turnout and performance. Authored by Cat Hill and Emma Ford, this is the ultimate modern day guide for all riders who want their horses to look and feel their best. It contains more than 1,200 color photographs...
Get ready to throw out all of your bathing mitts and scrubbers in the trash for good. Remember as a young kid bathing horses and not understanding what the useless bathing mitts were good for? And then, as you got older and your hands were bigger, the mitts were still useless and wouldn’t stay on – especially for the soapy, wet conditions they were designed for? These problems were the...
Why Are These Gloves So Amazing? Well first of all it allows you to groom with both hands. The gloves provide a massage effect that allows you to move to areas where the curry comb can't like tight body contours and sensitive areas such as around the ears, circling the legs, and the face. There are scrubbing nodules on the fingers and palms of the gloves. Massaging with both hands...
