[Cara]

grrr, i don't have a grooming block...after reading that thread on one, i really want to get one!

[icyssunset]

I have the same problem. I have two mainly white horses in Washington. Right now all taht it is forcasted for the next ten days is rain. All that it has done for the last ten days is rain. See a pattern here??? Well my horses love to roll. I can't wash them cause its too cold. How can you get a white horse white without a bath??? I have been using a metal curry and a hard brush, but what else is there to do???

[dakota's_sable]

I use a rubber curry comb to get the mud loosened. Curry in a circular motion and you'll get most of it off if it's dried mud. Then I use a stiff grooming brush to get the rest. A grooming stone works great in sensitive areas too.

[Emily_H]

Originally Posted by dakota's_sable

I use a rubber curry comb to get the mud loosened. Curry in a circular motion and you'll get most of it off if it's dried mud. Then I use a stiff grooming brush to get the rest.

Thats what I would use too

[Cara]

rubber currey combs don't work for this kind of mud, lol. It's too stiff and plastered to the hair/horse.

[icyssunset]

Exactly thats my problem too.

[Horseshoe Girl]

[quote=Cara]any tips for removing that hard, caked on mud? Ya know, the kind that gets all thick and nasty as well as hangs from your horses belly? lol

Any tips would be great! I've been trying to use a metal curry comb,

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[TravelingGirl]

Here's a question....do you turn your horses out in the rain this time of year? If so, how is hosing off their bellies any different from standing in the rain? I know with Trav, the few times he's had himself a really good romp in the mud, I was able to get the mud off his back and sides with a shedding blade and curry brush, but not off his belly and girth area especially. I've hosed off his legs and belly and used a sweat scraper and towels to dry him best I could.

It's 39 here today and I lounged him through the mud puddles in the round pen and he was no less wet than if I took a hose to his underside when we finished, and none of us would give that a second thought.

[codyntampa]

Let it dry and then use a shedding blade to pull off the big stuff, then use a stiff brush to knock some of the other junk off, and then go over with a currycomb, stiff brush again, and then a soft brush and a towel.

[WP Blue]

I see that you are from Cali. I'm from Washington and we have been pretty rainy here as well ( not near as bad as Napa or other places). I have a turnout blanket on Blue, but his belly and legs still get muddy.


This is my grooming regimen:

* First, take a curry comb or ( I use a rubber one) and get the majority of the caked mud off over the body. Avoid the legs, and head with a curry.

* Then, I use a hard bristle brush and brush it over his body, especially the more muddier , sensitive places.

* Then, I use a Dandy brush to get off the dirt left behind.

I don't reccomend a bath at this time of the year, especially if you don't have heated water.. The horse's coats are longer and take longer to dry off. They can get chilled pretty easy.
A good grooming should do the job.

Good luck!, and don't drown in that rain .