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Hello everyone,

Please may I have some advice on the above? I usually wear a fleece jacket in the stables and I don't seen to be able to shift the horsey smell of sweat and pee no matter what I wash them with. This applies in particular to the cuffs... Don't get me wrong, the horses love it as it smells like them... Not good when you are at work.

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I am a teacher I have to smell nice...otherwise half a dozen little sods will tell me about it. I like the smell of horse, I don't care, however to present a professional front, I can't smell like one. The only way I have found that works, is too have horse clothes and work clothes and never the twain shall meet,
 
Agreed! I'm also a teacher and do horses before work. I always have a complete change of clothes to get changed into when I get to work. I don't even get changed at the yard for fear of contamination !
 
its_noodles said:
Hello everyone,

Please may I have some advice on the above? I usually wear a fleece jacket in the stables and I don't seen to be able to shift the horsey smell of sweat and pee no matter what I wash them with. This applies in particular to the cuffs... Don't get me wrong, the horses love it as it smells like them... Not good when you are at work.

:)
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I don't know but if you find one tell me.. People physically move away in the supermarket queue with me!!
 
Separate jackets for work and horses, I must admit to keeping my horse jackets in the boot but won't wear them in the car as the smell does tend to migrate to the seat and then onto clean work clothes. Some of the clothes I wear day to day I also wear at the yard but not for mucking out.
I also wear a hoody or hat when down at the yard as I have the horrible gift of long hair and the smell always seems to stick so hoody or wash hair every morning before work!
I usually wash my clothes with Tesco everyday value liquid and that seems to work really well and I go down to the yard smelling wonderful (for the first 5 minutes anyway)
 
Sukistokes2 said:
I am a teacher I have to smell nice...otherwise half a dozen little sods will tell me about it. I like the smell of horse, I don't care, however to present a professional front, I can't smell like one. The only way I have found that works, is too have horse clothes and work clothes and never the twain shall meet,
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Same on all fronts, I stank when I came home, I stupidly mucked out and hugged the horse while wearing work clothes so they've gone in the wash.
 
I have separate yard and work clothes and keep them separate. Work colleagues don't seem to appreciate the lovely aroma of horse - thankfully they are less challenging than school pupils though! :-)
 
For the horse 'pee' smell. Soak your fleece in white vinagar before you wash it in a bowl of water. Rinse it out fully in cold water before you put it in the washer. It breaks down the molecules in urine and therefore the smell goes away :)
 
Urban clothes and car for teaching job ESP inner city.... Some hav hygiene challenges too... No it's ok I don't go ponging of pony!

Did really notice it this morning going to urban work I could smell horse... Been on holiday and carted round rugs etc... Febreeze
 
I found the smell vanished when i stopped using straw for bedding

I usually wear a top over my clean clothes in case my pony rubs against me though
 
you absolutely have to have seperate clothes im afraid!

that said, i tend to wear joggers and a really old manky jacket to muck out,poo pick etc and only put nice breeches and matchy tops on to actually ride, so the smell doesnt get ingrained at all except in the old manky stuff that never goes off the yard!

i really dont want to be the smelly horse person in the supermarket and by having a separate coat to muck out etc in, i can ride then pop out and not stink :)
 
Different clothes are probably the easiest solution. When I was at university I always wore a different jumper, jacket and boots to do the horses before I went and kept a clean pair of jeans in the car just in case!

Prince33Sp4rkle - I refuse to believe you own joggers and a manky jacket :P
 
WelshD said:
I found the smell vanished when i stopped using straw for bedding
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This^^

When I used straw, I had to wash my hair every day as even that stank. But as soon as I moved to shavings (and now megazorb and wood pellets) the smell was no longer a problem. I single handedly take care of up to 8 horses and even in winter when they are all in, I don't have clothes that smell of horses. I wash them all normally and keep all of them together with going out clothes. No problems at all.
 
I keep my horsey clothes in the car & get changed at the yard or in the car! All my tack lives in the car too, so it can develop quite an aroma too. Time for a full valet soon!
 
Sukistokes2 said:
The only way I have found that works, is too have horse clothes and work clothes and never the twain shall meet,
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This, when I had the messy gelding on DIY I used to 'suit up' over work clothes before hitting his stable, if I was mucking out before going straight to work I'd even wear a hat to keep the smell from my hair.
 
Dump a cup full of white vinegar into the drawer on your washing machine & it is brilliant at eliminating odours & also acts as a natural fabric softener - its great stuff!! :)
 
emalou2 said:
I don't know but if you find one tell me.. People physically move away in the supermarket queue with me!!
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You could use this to your advantage, never queue for ages at a till again.

Apart from that I'm in the separate clothes camp. I keep my yard clothes in a bag in the boot of the car and get changed in the toilets just before going to the yard (I go straight from work). I always hope no one will spot me coming out of the toilet in yard clothes and walking as fast as I can to my car.
 
I agree :) I think you must change clothes completely after visiting the stables!

We have dress down days at work on Fridays (I work in an office) and I was wearing boots which I wore that morning to the stables to let my boy out. Halfway through the day I found some hay tucked down the sides of my boots HA!.
 
Wagtail said:
This^^

When I used straw, I had to wash my hair every day as even that stank. But as soon as I moved to shavings (and now megazorb and wood pellets) the smell was no longer a problem. I single handedly take care of up to 8 horses and even in winter when they are all in, I don't have clothes that smell of horses. I wash them all normally and keep all of them together with going out clothes. No problems at all.
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I agree. I currently use straw though but I still have only one set of clothes rather than horsey clothes and normal clothes. My solution is to muck out early wearing yesterdays clothes, then go home change clothes and wash my hair.

I do have separate yard boots though, which never come indoors and separate yard coats which do, but are not worn for mucking out (the work keeps me warm) and are washed often enough that my normal coats don't pick up the smell.
 
Another with completely separate clothes for yard and work, I am lucky I don't have to go first thing before work, but even sometimes when I change after riding in to my normal clothes I can smell the smell, my hair is the worst for it unfortunately, doesn't matter how long I am there is just absorbs the aroma! :(
I keep a cover on my car seats, tend to change before driving but if I don't at least it doesn't absorb in the car seats. I find it easier in winter, as you can cover up with horsey coat, big boots etc but when it's summer and I am in a vest, I always seem to come away covered in slobber and dust! I tend to take my horsey clothes to yard, wear them for a few days and keep them there then change back out of them. I can wash them all together as long as I do a proper wash, a quick wash doesn't always get the whiff out!
 
CobsCanDo said:
You could use this to your advantage, never queue for ages at a till again.

Apart from that I'm in the separate clothes camp. I keep my yard clothes in a bag in the boot of the car and get changed in the toilets just before going to the yard (I go straight from work). I always hope no one will spot me coming out of the toilet in yard clothes and walking as fast as I can to my car.
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This is me exactly. Don't want anyone to catch me in my holey yard jeans, I still haven't lived down getting caught in the stripey long socks I wear with my wellies in the winter!!!!!!!

OH won't even kiss me when I get home until I've got changed into 'home' clothes LOL!
 
Cheshire Chestnut said:
For the horse 'pee' smell. Soak your fleece in white vinagar before you wash it in a bowl of water. Rinse it out fully in cold water before you put it in the washer. It breaks down the molecules in urine and therefore the smell goes away :)
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LegOn said:
Dump a cup full of white vinegar into the drawer on your washing machine & it is brilliant at eliminating odours & also acts as a natural fabric softener - its great stuff!! :)
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I think I will deffy try that... many thx to u all!!!
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LegOn said:
Dump a cup full of white vinegar into the drawer on your washing machine & it is brilliant at eliminating odours & also acts as a natural fabric softener - its great stuff!! :)
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That's what I was going to say! I started using white vinegar instead of fabric conditioner on my jods (you're not supposed to use fabric conditioner on clothes with 'stretch' fabrics) and I'd read that vinegar worked as a fabric conditioner on clothes you're not supposed to use fabric conditioner on. As a 'side effect' it gets the smell out of the clothes as well!
 
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