Grooming Brushes - Soft or Hard?

[wiglet]

How do you groom your horse?
What kind of brush do they prefer? Soft brushes or hard bristles? Or a mix of both?

My veteran TB is not keen on being brushed and I can only use the softest of brushes on her as she is really ticklish.

My ISH on the other hand luuurves being groomed and the harder the brush the more she loves it. Even on her clipped bits and face - she much prefers a hard bristled brush and moves up and down 'telling me' where she wants to be brushed. Quite gutted really as I bought her a lovely soft goat hair brush when I bought her and have never used it

What do yours prefer?

 

[AmyMay]

Two horses I've had have really not liked being brushed - so I was always very careful about what brushes I used on them, and where.

 

[pansymouse]

My mare is very ticklish so I always groom her with a catus mitt and finish off with a sheepskin mitt. We have a thing that looks like a pan scrubber for stubbon muddy bits but the catus mitt is usually enough to get most of the durt off.

 

[Love]

Kenny loves being brushed with the hardest brushes I can find - which is useful when I need to get the mud out of his thick connemara coat with a plastic curry comb!

Can't wait for him to be clipped - tired of the scruffy mammoth look now!