Filthy Grey Bogmonster!!

[Linz75]

I have had enough!! Went out to field this morning to find my grey has decided he wants to be dark bay & has gone to alot of effort to change colour, using mud as the prefered "dye".

This is a regular thing & now that summer seems to have left us, I cannot cope. I cannot bath, as it is too cold but also cannot groom that amount of dirt off either (it could probably re-turf a small garden)!! Thats not taking into account the grass stains, rust marks & yellow dots off the daisies...

Who in there right mind would want a grey..?

Rant over now.

 

[Nailed]

ill have a grey.. they still get as muddy as any other colour.. stick a lightweight rug on.

Lou x

 

[Linz75]

Going for new lightweight today!! He will, however, still manage to get filthy everywhere that is exposed around the rug...

 

[Vikki89]

I asked myself that same question when i was grooming mud off my piebald (in sig below) yesterday. no-one else comes in as muddy as him

 

[Banshee]

Oh do I get you on that one... my sympathies

 

[Linz75]

It was so bad even my friend who has a grey, gasped when she saw him!!

 

[jumpthemoon]

Oooh I'd never have a grey for this very reason! YO has two of them and they are ALWAYS filthy - I've never before seen horses that roll in so much filth!

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

My grey is exactly the same

- my piebald stays lovely and clean though!!

I just chip of the worst of it off - he stays clean in the winter thanks to his rugs!!

 

[MagicMelon]

I ask myself this every day. My horse is grey and I currently have a friends horse to compete who is grey as well

I've already bathed one horse earlier in the week and am hoping he'll stay clean for BSJA on Saturday...

 

[f_s_]

I don't let anyone see my greys in the winter...they're not grey anyway, more a rust brown colour!!!

One mare insists she's not grey, and has been dyed at birth!!!!

 

[spaniel]

I was really bad in a past life and have two greys....both think they are hippos!

 

[Linz75]

Mine doesn't think he's a hippo - he IS a hippo, disguised as a horse!!!

 

[Small65]

I have a bay that wants to be more bay.......fly sheet head to toe works a treat, still gets lil mud but your can groom that and the rug fits in a bucket of water for 10mins hang out and ready for the next day.......... OH AND IT KEEPS THE FLIES AWAY!!! LOL

 

[Hippona]

I have a grey who quite often isnt......blessed is the LW turnout

Daughters dun stays so clean we don't even need to bath him for shows, quick brush anbd a bit of show shine ....sorted.

I do love greys though......they look lovely when (ha!) they are clean

 

[Aoibhin]

you with ya there, my boy lives to be bay (im sure i brought a flea bitten grey though) oh and to really help matters he is scared whitless of water so baths take hours & are a huge issue for all involved.

 

[Mike007]

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Mine doesn't think he's a hippo - he IS a hippo, disguised as a horse!!!

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Huh you think youve got problems,mine thinks i,m the hippo and trys to dump me in the mud at every opportunity

 

[Chellebean]

I love my grey!! he somehow manages to get muddy to the point where I look at him in horror. however is extremely easy to clean, the mud just slips off his coat

I just love my boy

 

[Linz75]

Would you like to swap...?

 

[Chellebean]

Erm... can i think about it first please?

 

[Linz75]

If I had my camera with me I could've sent you piccies - you would DEFINATELY want him!

 

[Chellebean]

you should see my boy!!! mud may not stick to him but sugar beet does

 

[diamonddogs]

I don't know how she does it but Kels manages to get mud on every bit of exposed bodywork, but her fly rug's hardly got a mark on it.

And I was combing her tail out the other day, and I had to peer closely at it to see what was causing a particularly evil tangle. My own dark blonde hair fell forward on to her tail and it was almost the exact same colour.