How Clean Is Your Horse? Photographic Evidence

[Weezy]

Well this is the daaaaaaaaaaarling Boss this morning, must say tho that the photo does not do justice of exactly HOW filthy he really was!

I had already curried off most of it and started to attack his saddle patch LOL The following side was just as bad, in fact prob worse as he had buried his head in mud

But I had already done quite a lot of work on it!

Can you beat this - this is what I have to contend with every day!

 

[pixie]

Atleast you'll build up strong arm muscles from using all that elbow grease

 

[Super_Kat]

He can't be turned out with a rug on can he....... Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, gutted

I refuse to turn mine out so all I have to deal with is a bit of flax, a few crusty bits here and there and p!ssy tails, I really feel sorry for you

 

[ExtremeB]

He looks very pleased with himself!!
Can't you rug him up to save yourself some time in the morning?
Bridget

 

[Weezy]

Thats what I continuously chant to myself!!!

 

[Weezy]

LOL nope no rugging permitted!!! This was yesterdays mud as I turned him out after riding and he went straight for the mud - I actually welled up when he did it and my friends were laughing at me! (they hadnt been out for 2 days as the fieds were too wet) - left it last night as I am only rugging on cold nights (and it was particularly mild last night) so had to attack this morning - oh the joys of it! Still he is worth it

 

[Weezy]

No ExtremeB he has a rug phobia and I would rather have to deal with the mud and let him go out than to keep him inside

You wouldnt believe he is a 2* eventer looking like that would you LOL!!!

 

[x_Hannah_x]

hehe, had one of them, altho mine broke three rambo rugs within as many days and i was not happy so it went naked for the rest of the winter

I sympathise!!

he is lovely tho

 

[PapaFrita]

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He looks very pleased with himself!!

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That's what I was going to say!

 

[Blackhawk]

That is one filthy horse!! PMSL!

Thankfully I have two bays, so the mud doesn't show!

 

[rrose]

o deary me, that must take ages to clean. i dont think i will moan about mine anymore

 

[Weezy]

I might have to take some more when I get him in in an hour or so as I reckon he will be even worse today!

 

[xspiralx]

*sigh* I miss that yard!

are you sharing a field with Leoni by the way?

 

[kerrylou123]

awww, a least he had a good time out playing in the mud!!
I can't beat that im afraid

 

[Weezy]

Nope - cant even have them in adjoining pens anymore as Treacle was kicking the wall

I am in with Sandy (and yes, L has your old paddock still so our 2 are in the smallest (well other than Ash's) but never mind!

 

[tinker512]

So how do you work it with sweating clipping etc if he cant be rugged up?

 

[xspiralx]

flippin heck! well you;re lucky you;re not sharing with her!

Not only did she not bother with the poo picking half the time, but T completely wrecked the gate and then blamed it on P!!

 

[Jiffy]

LOL I wonder what Kim & Aggy would recommend?

Do we get to see the after pics too?

 

[Weezy]

Thats why I am not clipping him yet - luckily I have all the time in the world to work my horses down without being in a rush at the moment and he doesnt sweat up an awful amount

Once we step up the anti and he requires clipping (should he) then he will only go out for an hour or so and then only when the weather is good! Luckily he is in a big pen so not confined to a 12 x 12 - J has managed to get him through every winter so far so I dont think we will ahev too many issues (and he will rug happily indoors)

 

[Weezy]

My phone had died by the time I had finished

I will certainly do some tomorrow tho!

 

[RachelB]

Aww Bossy looks so happy! I was disgusted when my horse rolled yesterday after I spent the previous night bathing her ready for clipping, she had a rug and neck cover on and still got so filthy she blunted the clipper blades! But Boss... well that he is just something else!

 

[sojeph]

Well at least you can resore a muddy horse back to white with a bit of elbow grease!! This soil in Devon stains!! This is my white pony in the summer:

and in the winter:

 

[showjump2003]

This is my horse on one of her clean days....

 

[madgirl]

lol !! got what a job!! glad mine has a rug lol!

 

[Nuttymanxmare]

This is mine (yes im gready and now have two horsies!!!!

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[Tia]

Sorry but that is my worst nightmare Weezy!!

We don't really have mud over here but it has been raining for a couple of weeks on and off. Our farm drains very quickly and not really a chance for mud to build up.....however my lot do enjoy it when it rains and they try to get dirty......foiled their plans by rugging, LOL!!

I'm dying for the snow to arrive = nice clean horses.

 

[Weezy]

LOL!!! Thing is we dont actually have any *mud* in the field, but we are on clay, so it sits on the top if, like we have had the last few days, daily rain (albeit only at night) - ho hum, dont mind really, would prefer he was out and dirty than kept in constantly - he loves his time out!

And to make you crnge even more - just got him in and he is like this again

LOL!!!!!!

 

[Tia]

Aaargh! Mind you I suppose if they are already wet and it isn't too cold, you could always hose them down.

How depressing LOL! Nice to see them having fun in the field though.

 

[Blackhawk]

must never buy a grey...must never buy a grey...must never...

really girls, you are TOTALLY putting me off them. They are FILTHY!

Hurry rolls a lot, but he rolls in poo rather than mud and will go off searching for poo to roll in. Dirty and stinking!

 

[Pidge]

No photographic evidence I'm afraid but went to get Pidge in a couple of weeks ago and was met by a lovely bay horse, problem is Pidge is chestnut! He was covered from head to toe in mud, makes Boss look positively clean. I took me 30 minutes with one of those round bendy metal combs to get the worst off, and then another 20 minutes with a stiff brush followed by a body brush! There was a nice pile of dry mud on the floor by the time I'd finished and I was kn******d. He is the original mud monster and actively finds the mud in the field to roll in, his speciality is getting mud where his saddle goes and that's with his rug on