Do any of you use grooming blocks?

S.HorseWoman · 01-04-2006, 12:28 AM

Never Have, But I Have Heard Good Things. How Exactly Do You Use It? Do You Use A Circular Motion, Like A Curry Comb, Or Just Wipe The Horse With It?

(Oh, And Off-Topic, But This Is My 1,100th Post!

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saylesgirl · 01-04-2006, 08:46 AM

I love the grooming blocks, and have found the Slick N Easy one of the best (and it's inexpensive). I usually break it in half though, just so it fits better in my hand. I found they are the best things to use on bot eggs, especially around tendons and small areas. I also use them for helping to shed my horse out 'cause she won't let me get near her with a shedding blade (she's too sensitive, even if I do it really light). I just use it like I would use a brush.

Photochick · 01-04-2006, 10:25 AM

How's it work on dried mud?

paint_gurl_101 · 01-04-2006, 09:30 PM

was gonna get one, but i didn't have enough money!! LOL! but i think ishould get one.

Jess! · 01-04-2006, 09:36 PM

LOVE them. I just swipe in the direction of the hair, with moderate pressure, and get alllll the dried on hair/mud/whatever off.

mimzie242 · 01-15-2006, 04:33 PM

They are great 4 removing hair, bot eggs, and very tough dirt. I use mine when the dandy brush doesnt like me.

horse_crazee · 01-15-2006, 08:58 PM

cool, that sounds like a great grooming block by the sounds of ppls comments... maybe i should go out and buy one!

honeydoozy · 01-17-2006, 11:39 AM

They are THE thing, to get the dried mud on ticklish spots. My verrry sensitive old TB barely tolerates a stiff brush *anywhere*, so this little gem has been a LIFESAVER this winter. You just go over the coat as you would a brush - I go slower and lighter with it though - same strokes. When it gets dull and dirty, you just rub it lightly on cement and it freshens right up again.

Ticklish spots are STILL ticklish... but much cleaner these days!!

TinyAcre · 01-17-2006, 12:31 PM

Slick and easy blocks are the greatest invention since sliced bread!!!!I love them,a dn none of the other blocks I have tried compare.....They are excellent for shedding out and getting bots off....You really gotta use a good amount of arm to get horses to shed nicely with it but it is worth it.

jeda_horse · 01-17-2006, 12:45 PM

OMG I love those things. I use it all the time, it really picks up every piece of dirt unlike brushes which just seems to move the dirt around so you have to go over the spot several times. It makes grroming a sinch! I usually just us tit after all the other brushes though, not in place of them

01-04-2006, 12:28 AM	#21
S.HorseWoman Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Central FL, USA Posts: 1,764 Images: 14 Blog Entries: 1	Never Have, But I Have Heard Good Things. How Exactly Do You Use It? Do You Use A Circular Motion, Like A Curry Comb, Or Just Wipe The Horse With It? (Oh, And Off-Topic, But This Is My 1,100th Post! ) __________________ Posie - not mine, but still in my heart.

01-04-2006, 08:46 AM	#22
saylesgirl Full Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 284 Images: 25	I love the grooming blocks, and have found the Slick N Easy one of the best (and it's inexpensive). I usually break it in half though, just so it fits better in my hand. I found they are the best things to use on bot eggs, especially around tendons and small areas. I also use them for helping to shed my horse out 'cause she won't let me get near her with a shedding blade (she's too sensitive, even if I do it really light). I just use it like I would use a brush. __________________ "There is no one alive that is Youer then You!" ~Dr. Seuss Horsemanship and Horse Training Tips

01-04-2006, 10:25 AM	#23
Photochick Full Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 245 Images: 12	How's it work on dried mud? __________________ Jerri Munn, Photographer www.jerrimunnphoto.com - "Capturing the Spirit"

01-04-2006, 09:36 PM	#25
Jess! Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Alpine, CA/Jacksonville, NC Posts: 9,277 Images: 211 Blog Entries: 15	LOVE them. I just swipe in the direction of the hair, with moderate pressure, and get alllll the dried on hair/mud/whatever off. __________________ (¯`·._¤ Jess!·._¤ ´¯) A Thousand Mile Journey Proud Marine Wife - He is HOME!

01-15-2006, 08:58 PM	#27
horse_crazee Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 1,653 Images: 153	cool, that sounds like a great grooming block by the sounds of ppls comments... maybe i should go out and buy one! __________________ *< <\* v\|v) c c)

01-04-2006, 09:30 PM	#24
paint_gurl_101 Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hippie Town Or. Posts: 680 Images: 40 Blog Entries: 7	was gonna get one, but i didn't have enough money!! LOL! but i think ishould get one.

01-15-2006, 04:33 PM	#26
mimzie242 Full Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 57 Images: 2	They are great 4 removing hair, bot eggs, and very tough dirt. I use mine when the dandy brush doesnt like me.

01-17-2006, 11:39 AM	#28
honeydoozy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2005 Location: sunny so. california Posts: 1,765 Images: 51	They are THE thing, to get the dried mud on ticklish spots. My verrry sensitive old TB barely tolerates a stiff brush anywhere, so this little gem has been a LIFESAVER this winter. You just go over the coat as you would a brush - I go slower and lighter with it though - same strokes. When it gets dull and dirty, you just rub it lightly on cement and it freshens right up again. Ticklish spots are STILL ticklish... but much cleaner these days!!

01-17-2006, 12:31 PM	#29
TinyAcre Full Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Westfield, WI Posts: 55 Images: 20	Slick and easy blocks are the greatest invention since sliced bread!!!!I love them,a dn none of the other blocks I have tried compare.....They are excellent for shedding out and getting bots off....You really gotta use a good amount of arm to get horses to shed nicely with it but it is worth it.

01-17-2006, 12:45 PM	#30
jeda_horse Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: QLD, Australia Posts: 5,448 Images: 393 Blog Entries: 28	OMG I love those things. I use it all the time, it really picks up every piece of dirt unlike brushes which just seems to move the dirt around so you have to go over the spot several times. It makes grroming a sinch! I usually just us tit after all the other brushes though, not in place of them __________________ ~ T H O R O U G H B R E D S ~ County Renegade Fyrefly Throw your heart over the fence and you horse will go after it... R.I.P Rusty

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