My horse smells of wee :-(

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Due to a bedding error on my part, my mare has large wee stains down her flanks and back legs on both sides.

Normally I'd just wash or sponge them off but I don't want her to be shivering in this weather with water being applied to her skin.

She's a hairy overweight good doer, so not overly prone to shivering and she's staying in at the moment due to the yard restrictions because of the snow.

I'm tempted to sponge her off anyway and give her a good towelling afterwards to dry her but wonder if the yard know it alls would come rushing over to take me to task about wetting her in cold weather. :(

What would you do? Sponge, not sponge or something else?
 
Dry shampoo? My daughters pony gets through bottles of the stuff! He's grey and she likes him to stay that way. It's actually very good.
Alternativly I'd sponge lightly with warm water and a drop of citronella wash or similar which requires no rinsing. I have to bath Fully clipped TBs at work all the time even when it's freezing and they come to no harm! (Tho I was absolutely horrified and apologised constantly to the poor things at first!)- they have a fleece or cooler on to dry after then rug ASAP.
 
Is she clipped? If so then get a bucket of warm water, a sponge and some Cowboy Magic Greenspot stain remover. Works wonders. Sponge it off and towel dry if necessary. If she is clipped then she will be dry in no time anyway. She wont shiver for long if atall. Clean rug and she won't smell anymore. My horses are living out and have been laying in the snow, they aren't suffering atall! I do think we are too soft at times with them and today, here in West Yorks, the sun is shining.....
 
I've turned a cold hose on my lad's bum to the horror of the multiple rugged horse owners. Towelled him off, chucked his thermatex on and left him happily munching a pile of hay.

Do I care about the opinions of the multiple rugged horse owners ? Nope.

Of course, other times I'd be nicer and use a bowl of warm water with a little lavender rinse and witch hazel, but he's tough as old boots.

Just do it in the morning while temperatures are higher. Better than having urine on her skin or sinking of wee. Smell is important to horses, its one way they identify each other as herd members.


Sorry, got your mares sex wrong. Her, not him.
 
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Hello and thanks for the replies.

She's not clipped so may take a while to dry.

I'll see how cold it feels tomorrow and if the tap's not frozen then perhaps it is warm enough for a sponge down and towel dry! :p
 
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