Owning a mostly white horse... WHAT was I thinking!

Tydyecowgrrl · 06-15-2008, 11:14 PM

Omg. I have the dirtiest horse alive! My leopard gelding is a hog... All I do is wash wash wash and all he does is ROLL! Blahahahahhhaa. The white horseys are sooo purdy but man it takes a lot of work to keep them that way! Man... a nice solid appy with a small blanket and no leg markings sure sounds nice. hehe. If I ever am in the market for another appaloosa... please slap me if I go looking at another leopard!

No real point to this post... Its just 2 am and I can't sleep! I think the purple shampoo is finally seeping into my brain... God knows I come in contact with it enough

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Oo. I've got to upload pics of him... I had to take some of him after the storm we had the other day. you couldn't even see his spots.

Tydyecowgrrl · 06-16-2008, 12:03 AM

Yah! Its now 3 am and Im still awake! I can't sleep! I'm going cwazy! I wonder if I should go ride my nasty horse... it is a full moon out.

gluey33 · 06-16-2008, 12:14 AM

does he sit in nice sloppy green poo the night before a show to? I have a pale pally and thats what he does

haunani · 06-16-2008, 01:39 AM

Be careful bathing him too often.

I'm finding that my gelding stays remarkably clean with his fly sheet on, and SHINY, too. Like GLEAMING.

And he's about 99% white, being a lightly flea-bitten grey (he's probably up to about 2-300 spots now. He had about 8 when I first bought him).

sheryl15 · 06-16-2008, 06:24 AM

Yes white horses!!

They are such a challenge to keep clean...but when they are...dont they look fabulous!

Keep up the purple shampoo!!

Sheryl
www.highlandparkshowhorses.com

Aurical · 06-16-2008, 06:58 AM

lol I think white/light colored horses like to be as dirty as possible. Years ago I took lessons with my sister who rode a white horse named George. Almost every week he would be covered in an inch of dried mud. Even with my mom helping my sister I could usually get my horse ready before George. Even if you take into account the fact that he was white and showed dirt much more easily he was still the dirtiest horse in the barn by far.

NovDressageRdr · 06-16-2008, 07:10 AM

I also have a flea bitten grey, I left the day sheet off this weekend because temps are high and I could not get out. I am curious to see how dirty she got lol.

Rinse before rides and rinse after rides with baths at your discretion but do not wash every day I do every 10-14 days. I wash the mane ans tail every day (they are mostly white).

horse_lover08 · 06-16-2008, 07:52 AM

My white & paly horse always is dirty too..so i wash her a day b4 the show and stick her inna stall..otherwise i leave her so she can enjoy her dirtiness....lol

Arco · 06-16-2008, 07:57 AM

I used to have an appaloosa. He was a near leopard and had a mainly white base coat, a mixture of brown and black spots, silver-grey mane and tail and roan-grey legs and neck. He obviously didn't think he had enough colours on his body because he liked to roll in the grass to add green stains, the buttercups to add yellow stains and the poop to add greeny brown stains. Honestly, he looked some some kind of walking rainbow!

rose1081 · 06-16-2008, 10:29 AM

its the grass stains on the knees which really get me! so hard to get out!

06-15-2008, 11:14 PM	#1
Tydyecowgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 441 Images: 4	Owning a mostly white horse... WHAT was I thinking! Omg. I have the dirtiest horse alive! My leopard gelding is a hog... All I do is wash wash wash and all he does is ROLL! Blahahahahhhaa. The white horseys are sooo purdy but man it takes a lot of work to keep them that way! Man... a nice solid appy with a small blanket and no leg markings sure sounds nice. hehe. If I ever am in the market for another appaloosa... please slap me if I go looking at another leopard! No real point to this post... Its just 2 am and I can't sleep! I think the purple shampoo is finally seeping into my brain... God knows I come in contact with it enough. Oo. I've got to upload pics of him... I had to take some of him after the storm we had the other day. you couldn't even see his spots. __________________ RaTiCal RoOstER~ 2 yr old ApHC~ Tari Time Gal~ 6 yr old AQHA~ Spanky Starcatcher Grassbelly~ 7 YO 10hh pony

06-16-2008, 12:03 AM	#2
Tydyecowgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 441 Images: 4	Yah! Its now 3 am and Im still awake! I can't sleep! I'm going cwazy! I wonder if I should go ride my nasty horse... it is a full moon out. __________________ RaTiCal RoOstER~ 2 yr old ApHC~ Tari Time Gal~ 6 yr old AQHA~ Spanky Starcatcher Grassbelly~ 7 YO 10hh pony

06-16-2008, 01:39 AM	#4
haunani Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Marion, IA Posts: 3,199 Images: 237 Blog Entries: 1	Be careful bathing him too often. I'm finding that my gelding stays remarkably clean with his fly sheet on, and SHINY, too. Like GLEAMING. And he's about 99% white, being a lightly flea-bitten grey (he's probably up to about 2-300 spots now. He had about 8 when I first bought him). __________________ Carmen & Meteor & Mars

06-16-2008, 06:58 AM	#6
Aurical Full Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: currently Upstate NY but by August I'll be in NC Posts: 226 Images: 4	lol I think white/light colored horses like to be as dirty as possible. Years ago I took lessons with my sister who rode a white horse named George. Almost every week he would be covered in an inch of dried mud. Even with my mom helping my sister I could usually get my horse ready before George. Even if you take into account the fact that he was white and showed dirt much more easily he was still the dirtiest horse in the barn by far. __________________ When I was a kid, my parents tried to tell me my horse obsession was just "a phase." Well it's been over 20 years and I think its safe to say they were wrong!

06-16-2008, 07:10 AM	#7
NovDressageRdr Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: High Desert California Posts: 758 Images: 23	I also have a flea bitten grey, I left the day sheet off this weekend because temps are high and I could not get out. I am curious to see how dirty she got lol. Rinse before rides and rinse after rides with baths at your discretion but do not wash every day I do every 10-14 days. I wash the mane ans tail every day (they are mostly white). __________________ It's not about long and low as much as down and around Courtesy of Gay McCall (Dressage Trainer)

06-16-2008, 12:14 AM	#3
gluey33 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 554 Images: 7	does he sit in nice sloppy green poo the night before a show to? I have a pale pally and thats what he does

06-16-2008, 06:24 AM	#5
sheryl15 Full Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sutton Forest NSW Australia Posts: 63	Yes white horses!! They are such a challenge to keep clean...but when they are...dont they look fabulous! Keep up the purple shampoo!! Sheryl www.highlandparkshowhorses.com

06-16-2008, 07:52 AM	#8
horse_lover08 Full Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The UP Posts: 272 Images: 66	My white & paly horse always is dirty too..so i wash her a day b4 the show and stick her inna stall..otherwise i leave her so she can enjoy her dirtiness....lol

06-16-2008, 07:57 AM	#9
Arco Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,575 Images: 21	I used to have an appaloosa. He was a near leopard and had a mainly white base coat, a mixture of brown and black spots, silver-grey mane and tail and roan-grey legs and neck. He obviously didn't think he had enough colours on his body because he liked to roll in the grass to add green stains, the buttercups to add yellow stains and the poop to add greeny brown stains. Honestly, he looked some some kind of walking rainbow! __________________ When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age, you splatter. ~Roy Rogers A woman needs two animals - the horse of her dreams and a jack a-ss to pay for it. ~Author Unknown

06-16-2008, 10:29 AM	#10
rose1081 Full Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 168 Images: 13 Blog Entries: 10	its the grass stains on the knees which really get me! so hard to get out! __________________ .

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