Paint it Lucky
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I found out today that at my yard they use engine oil rather than hoof oil to put on the horses' hooves. Is this ok?
Engine oil on horses hooves?
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Nudibranch
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No no no! It's apparently carcinogenic. Crikey, how much is a tub these days? Is it really worth the saving?
Spot_the_Risk
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Oh please don't! One of our customers does this, too tight to pay under a fiver for hoof oil for a local show!
teddyt
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What next? Old chip fat from the takeaway for putting in feed? Bl**dy tight ars*s!
Kenzo
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I thought oil was just to make the hooves look pretty
, my farrier says is serves no purpose but hey their all different!
Do they run faster with engine oil?
Do they run faster with engine oil?
Paint it Lucky
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It's not me! I was shocked. Thanks for your replies, I was sure it couldn't be good. Is it really carcinogenic? Oh dear, most of the horses have it put on every day.
Dottie
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Thats interesting, i always thought the top show producers used it on there horses as it seems to 'grow out'. Is this right or do they use something else?
xcalicox
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What next? Old chip fat from the takeaway for putting in feed? Bl**dy tight ars*s!
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Strikes me as the lesser of two evils
How ridiculous tell them to stop doing it now
What next? Old chip fat from the takeaway for putting in feed? Bl**dy tight ars*s!
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Strikes me as the lesser of two evils
How ridiculous tell them to stop doing it now
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Donkeymad
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Hell noooooo...most hoof oil is not good, but engine oil
sidesaddlegirl
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Funny this should be brought up as I was telling my OH yesterday about how when I was a kid, I used to have a Barbara Woodhouse book on ponies and she recommended going to a garage and asking for tins of old engine oil to use as hoof oil as they had so much of the stuff, they didn't know what to do with!
It struck me as odd even when I was a kid to put engine oil on ponies feet.
It struck me as odd even when I was a kid to put engine oil on ponies feet.
marlyclay
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I make up my own hoof oil out of vegetable oil,cornucresine ,lard and stockholm tar.
Nudibranch
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It might be the USED oil which is carcinogenic, I'm not sure, but either way I wouldn't use it!
somethingorother
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They used to do this at the riding school i worked at ( i always refused and bought hoof oil) but luckily it was too much effort to do that every day so it soon seemed to die out. I was never a fan
Enfys
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I know lots of people who use engine oil, just for a bit of a shine, I've done it myself. It lasts from the box, to the Meet and is rubbed off by the first covert.
Sidesaddlegirl, it must be an old fashioned thing, most of those that used it had been hunting for 40 odd years.
I used to use good old baby oil for shows and hunting, never use any sort of oil now as I don't show. I once tried that paint, ghastly stuff. Every Farrier I have ever spoken to about it says oil is purely cosmetic.
Sidesaddlegirl, it must be an old fashioned thing, most of those that used it had been hunting for 40 odd years.
I used to use good old baby oil for shows and hunting, never use any sort of oil now as I don't show. I once tried that paint, ghastly stuff. Every Farrier I have ever spoken to about it says oil is purely cosmetic.