Bathing horses at the moment

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My boy desperately needs a bath - despite being regularly brushed, he has quite a bit of dead skin in his coat which I can't seem to get out. I therefore need to give him a good wash. However, I'm concerned about it being too cold.

I've got the day off on Friday and it is supposed to be 15oC so it warm enough to give him a bath?

He will be rugged up straight after, but I don't really have access to warm water, other than a couple of buckets for the shampoo.
 
I had to do mine yesterday!! Have a show on thursday and he is coloured with a lot of white, so I took the chance while I had it! He did get cold though so was walked untill the shivers stopped and the cuddled up in a big fluffy rug while I did the fiddly trimming bits!!!
In a perfect world we would all have warm water hose supplies but we dont and tradition dictates that my white bits should be white!!!!
Im such a mean mummy, but he feels much better now as its got rid of loads of hair and the built up grease!
 
It's really warm here today (Lincs) & I've washed my grey TB down after riding & washed his mane as he'd got bird poo in it. He wasn't cold at all, but I always put a kettle full of hot water in the bucket before adding the cold.
It's supposed to be warm for the rest of the week now.
 
I am really lucky now, having had the times when we wash in cold water then rug up to keep em warm, he is now on a yard where they have a shower room with a power shower for bathing an heat lamps to keep em warm whilst drying
How much easier I just cant believe
 
Boil the kettle and use tepid water - just takes the chill out and he will be fine in this weather - you can use the hose for the tail and legs with no problem.

Once washed, rug on and take for a walk to warm up and dry off.

I have washed in the middle of winter using warm water and the hose on the tail and legs and mine was fine - though I didn't hang around - quickest scrub and rinse I have ever done as it was freezing cold but having a skewbald meant it had to be done.
 
I bathed my grey horse yesterday. However I only washed the bits that were clipped (blanket clip) because he would have been too cold otherwise.

However, in your case you're best bet maybe to just add some oil to your horses diet. It will sort his skin and coat out beautifully for you.
 
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Bearing in mind that one of my horses didn't have any qualms about bathing me in the river today, I would hose him down with cold water:)))

BUT if you don't want to bathe yet, good idea is to groom well, then boil a kettle, make up very warm water with a bit of dettol in it and hot cloth the ned - gets rid of dirt etc, gives lovely shine and dries very quickly.
 
I bathed my hairy yearling on Wednesday. Scraped her off then let her loose on a woodchip surface for 10 mins to get over her strop then by the time we walkd to the field she was nearly dry.

Other ones turn tommorrow, although she was fully clipped.
 
Did my one yesterday, warm water for the really dirty bits that I had to scrub then quick rinse off with the hose and tied up in the sun, his clipped bits (he has full clip) dried in about 5 mins and just had to wait for the legs to dry. He wasn't cold at all and he is a skinny TB!
 
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