Please help me dehair my horse....any tips?

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I know this will sound petty but my horse wasn't clipped last winter due to living out 24/7 and not needing it......but now i have the tedious task of brushing away the hair while he moults.
I end up looking like a bear, being covered in his hair especially if there is a breeze, the concrete floor looks like it has a rug on it and he has a two tone effect with the hair that lies on his rump!
I haven't had an unclipped horse since i was a kid and forgot what it is like, i swear he has too much hair for a WB!

Does anyone have any handy hints on making this process easier or do i just sit it out??
I have toyed with designing a horse size walk through hoover, a bit like a car wash.....:p
 
I have a metal hoop thing which has little teeth on it which is brilliant for getting hair out. I don't even think it has a name but someone might know what its called.

When we get some warmer weather a bath might help as well. :)

Just found out its called a shedding blade! Had it years and don't even know the name of it. :p
 
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Furminator! Way better than a normal shedding blade, and leaves the coat lovely and smooth and shiny. Wouldn't be without one now.

Amazon is the cheapest place to buy them.
 
Love the sound of a horse sized hoover :D

To be honest, the only thing I've ever found to work it taking a long long long long long time to have a real scrub with a rubber curry comb one free day. (be prepared to use a LOT of elbow grease and be sore afterwards :D) Just get right in there and scrub scrub scrub! Then, dandy brush and some more scrubbing with the rubber curry comb :p xx
 
Kokopelli said:
I have a metal hoop thing which has little teeth on it which is brilliant for getting hair out. I don't even think it has a name but someone might know what its called.

When we get some warmer weather a bath might help as well. :)
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Exactly the same as me. The metal thingy is totally the best! I have 2 horses and 2 ponies, all unclipped and moulting like there's no tomorrow.

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Kokopelli said:
I have a metal hoop thing which has little teeth on it which is brilliant for getting hair out. I don't even think it has a name but someone might know what its called.

When we get some warmer weather a bath might help as well. :)

Just found out its called a shedding blade! Had it years and don't even know the name of it. :p
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do you mean a shedding blade? these work brill if they are actually malting but mine keeps going through phases whether she wants to malt or not!
 
haha at least i'm not the only one. Guess i will have a day without a ride and spend time de fuzzing, hopefully it warms up again soon and will bath some off.
Will look into the furminator though!
 
Tr0uble said:
Furminator! Way better than a normal shedding blade, and leaves the coat lovely and smooth and shiny. Wouldn't be without one now.

Amazon is the cheapest place to buy them.
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Oooh, never heard of them before. Ive just had a look as my horse is the same at the moment too. Have you the equine version?
 
I'd buy into that hoover! My boy has been shedding serious amounts of coat for a month and is still not finished - same as yours he was lived out 24/7 and previous owner didn't see any point rugging him cos he just loses his rugs.

Not a great tip and prob nothing new to you, but I discovered this morning that if I have a grooming mit on one hand and a rubber curry comb on the other, and go at him with both hands, I can really go to town on the teddy bear look! Like them both as opposed to bristled brushes as I get less coated in hair - they both just collect it and mat it so that I can put it into a bucket to save clothing/floor.

Have also found slightly damp micro-fibre cloths unbelievable for picking up dust/hair and not spreading it everywhere. Unfortunately they're then a b*tch to get clean so I just started buying huge big packs of them from the €2 shop and throwing them away once they get ridiculously dirty/hairy. :rolleyes:

Will be interested to hear any other tips cos it's starting to wreck my head now as well!!
 
HollyWoozle said:
Exactly the same as me. The metal thingy is totally the best! I have 2 horses and 2 ponies, all unclipped and moulting like there's no tomorrow.

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Snow!:eek::eek::eek:

:D

Rubber curry comb worked in a circular motion.

Or the metal thing...:D I have one of them and use it on the real hairies.

Mine seem really late to shed this year though. Wonder if other people are finding the same.
 
dozzie said:
Snow!:eek::eek::eek:

:D

Rubber curry comb worked in a circular motion.

Or the metal thing...:D I have one of them and use it on the real hairies.

Mine seem really late to shed this year though. Wonder if other people are finding the same.
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Mine started i'd say just over a week ago, around the beginning of April and he has had his rug off for a while before that while it was warmer, i'm not sure if this is late though.
 
The best method I've found is to use the shedding blade first to really lift the coat and get the really easy bits out, then finish off with the fulminator which lays the coat back down and takes a lot of scuff out as well as getting those last few hairs that the shedding blade doesn't get.

Out lf the two I'd choose fulminator, but they def work best if used together!

I think I got the equine one, but believe a dog one would do the job too.
 
Doggy stuff rules! Furminator to get loose hair out with minimum effort,and the Mars thinning thingy to get a superb pulled tail with no effort or pain to the horse or your fingers.Mine was so disgusting that I wizzed the clippers ..going with the hair,not against..in a low trace removing a mud clodded stomach as I wizzed. Love hairy cobs..pile of muddy hair ,and after an hour there stands a smart hogged and clean legged animal looking a treat.:D
 
Kokopelli said:
I have a metal hoop thing which has little teeth on it which is brilliant for getting hair out. I don't even think it has a name but someone might know what its called.

When we get some warmer weather a bath might help as well. :)

Just found out its called a shedding blade! Had it years and don't even know the name of it. :p
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Those things are amazing!!! and its really theraputic you will be there for hours:D
 
Just looked at the Furminator on Amazon, thought great, really cheap, then its over £5 postage. I was going to order 2 so my friend doesnt 'borrow' mine :) and the postage went to £10 odd :(
 
Another vote for the shedding blade, hooped thingy, only a few quid from the tack shop......it's sooooooooo satisfying to use, just seeing all the hair come out. I've filled a wheelbarrow with what's come off Shy over the last few weeks - sad but true ;)
 
Shedding blade or a unigroom, and give them a good do over when they are warm (not sweaty obviously).

Turn them out without a rug and let them have a good roll, let nature do the work :D the extra light apparently helps them to shed coat, hence why they change coats during the seasons.

and don't wear lip gloss, hairy lips are not very attractive so my hubby tells me :D
 
I use everything - shedding blade, rubber curry, grooming mitt, in no particular order, then flick off with flicky brush and start again.

I swear I will have her clipped out next winter, I'm not doing this again!
 
Lots at our yard swear by the Furminator - little woolly pony with cushings, now looks ready for summer! I think I will get one for next year.

I didn't really get on with the shedding blade, but I found one of those similar things, coiled round with a sort of sprung bolt in the 'lost tack' box (strange description, I know! Anyone know what they are called?) and that really 'de-furred' his woolly tummy! Still has quite a lot of longer hairs under his neck, but I don't think they are ready to come out just yet!
 
A few small pony mad children and several rubber curry combs, then split them in to two groups and have a competition as to which side can get the most hair out the pony :D ;)
 
Another vote for the Furminator. Brilliant thing and it's come down massively in price. Get the equine one, not the dog size. Yesterday I Furminated so much hair off Sunny that there was enough on the floor to knit another horse!
 
I bought the furminator from amazon for £15.55 in January with free postage, and I thought that was a bargain! Now looking, it's actually cheaper than that with the postage on top and they are brill, so it's very much worth it :)
 
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