Auslander
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Someone said that on a post on here.
You lied...!
You lied...!
Grey horses that live out dont get covered in poo
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khalswitz
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Also a grey horse owner... she is constantly covered in poo, both her own/other horses' and sheep poo, in grass stains, and general yellowness/beigeness from mud.
I've watched her genuinely look for the most boggy and muddy patch to lie down to sleep in so this is definitely on purpose.
I've watched her genuinely look for the most boggy and muddy patch to lie down to sleep in so this is definitely on purpose.
Roxylola
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Nope, can't relate - bon is a confirmed muck monster
Auslander
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Thankfully his machiavellian plan to ruin my day was foiled, as I'd told one of my liveries that he could take him hacking! Removing the poo was not my problem!
maya2008
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Oh dear!
(My grey and coloured ponies do subscribe to the ‘not rolling in poo if living out’ policy. They like to become entirely brown through rolling in mud instead!)
(My grey and coloured ponies do subscribe to the ‘not rolling in poo if living out’ policy. They like to become entirely brown through rolling in mud instead!)
AandK
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My grey never managed the field poo stain, would always be covered in it when he was stabled though!
He preferred to just plaster himself in mud when in the field…
He preferred to just plaster himself in mud when in the field…
Roxylola
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Haha 
Oh, nope....
Oh, nope....
AandK
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94lunagem
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Now that is impressive! Please keep him away from my little grey, I don’t want him giving him ideas
AandK
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Now that is impressive! Please keep him away from my little grey, I don’t want him giving him ideas
He was a bad influence on my other horse! Doesn’t look quite as bad on a chestnut…
Errin Paddywack
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My first stallion's breeder was going to be in the area so said she would pop in and see him. He was usually immaculate but that day he did something he had never done before or did again and rolled in the muddy pond in the corner of his paddock. He was plastered from head to foot in wet slimy black mud. Couldn't see his colour at all, loudly marked black near leopard. Just could not believe my eyes.
Birker2020
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Omg this has made me even more determined that my next horse will not be grey 
AlinFaolan
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Mud and sheep poo for mine, it goes amazingly hard set when you get lumps stuck in the mane….
Auslander
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I nearly gave him a bath at the weekend, but cba. Very glad, as I've been livid if he was sparkly white, and then wallowed in poo.
He's lucky he's an absolute angel in every other way!!
He's lucky he's an absolute angel in every other way!!
teacups
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…but that’s what they do!
AShetlandBitMeOnce
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Now this, is impressive!!
AandK
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That was his finest work to be fair, although I have many, many similar pictures of him!
This was way back in the day (he’s very sadly been gone almost 2yrs) when I got him in to go to a show, luckily it was summer so I hosed it all off!
ETA the same on both sides! And a pic to show he could scrub up well!
exracehorse
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Luckily mine wears a sweet itch rug in the summer. So when I remove to ride. He’s brilliant white 
HufflyPuffly
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Cheater cheater!Luckily mine wears a sweet itch rug in the summer. So when I remove to ride. He’s brilliant white
Unicorn
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Mine just saw the sweet itch rug as an extra challenge!
Identityincrisis
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This was the exact reason i ruled out greys when i was buying again! I love them when they’re clean but I don’t have the time to dedicate to a bucket and sponge
poiuytrewq
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We had one some years ago who would literally tip toe through the gateway, out into the field and find a clean dry area before rolling. I remember turning up one day and getting him in and, you know that kind of "omg somethings really wrong" feeling when you can't instantly put your finger on it?
He had a muddy cheek! Never in the years we had him had i or did i again see him muddy.
He had a muddy cheek! Never in the years we had him had i or did i again see him muddy.
poiuytrewq
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My coloured (pure white mane) wore a sweetitch rug all year round for this very reason! The proper thick fabric ones, under his turnout. Worked brilliantly!Luckily mine wears a sweet itch rug in the summer. So when I remove to ride. He’s brilliant white
Auslander
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I jet washed his waterproof fly rug yesterday, as it was so plastered in mud that it practically stood up by itself.
This morning, he spent a very long time working on getting it back to how he likes it
This morning, he spent a very long time working on getting it back to how he likes it
seriously festive equine
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They are so insistent! Their way or the highway! The golden spaniel does the same when shes had a bath though tbh!
khalswitz
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This is very typical for Mary. She had hated the dry weather recently because she’s just been dusty instead of completely clarty. She chooses to sleep in mud pits that she digs out herself…
She ends up wearing some kind of rug (at this time of year at least a fly rug) year round just so I can get a saddle on her without her being completely soaked in wet mud!