Settle a argument for me please

Why would you shower a horse in winter anyway? Even with hot water, it would pretty much turn cold once you've turned off the hose.

Thought we clipped horses to prevent them getting soaking wet?

IMO, all a sweaty cooled down clipped horse needs is a rub down with an old hand towel, brush off and then rugged- simples! Oh, and maybe a damp sponge between the legs if a bit frothy :D
 
Mardy Mare said:
Why would you shower a horse in winter anyway? Even with hot water, it would pretty much turn cold once you've turned off the hose.

Thought we clipped horses to prevent them getting soaking wet?

IMO, all a sweaty cooled down clipped horse needs is a rub down with an old hand towel, brush off and then rugged- simples! Oh, and maybe a damp sponge between the legs if a bit frothy :D
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My horses are bathed weekly unless they are turned away they are never cold you shower scrape put on one or two thermatexs dry legs with towels put on thermatex neck hood If apporiate all over in less than fifteen minutes do some jobs thermatex has done its magic , put on night rug job done no need for the horse to get cold.
 
I just think nowdays, we are getting a bit OTT.

Bathing a horse all the time can't be good for them. It removes all the natural oils from the coat and all the chemicals from the shampoo on their skin must dry it out.

Plus they live outside in stables, not a heated house so IMO I think its not right to be hosing horses in winter when there is no need for it.
 
Ludoctro said:
Time to agree to disagree I think folks :-)

Each to there own , horses for courses.
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Yup. Agree. I don't need to bathe mine completely but he always gets washed down the girth, legs, face area and between back legs with a bit of dettol in hot water. Its my choice and I compensate accordingly. I choose to wash down so I can be sure I never miss any small nicks which with this horse, are sufficient to make his legs blow up for a couple of days.
 
Mardy Mare said:
I just think nowdays, we are getting a bit OTT.

Bathing a horse all the time can't be good for them. It removes all the natural oils from the coat and all the chemicals from the shampoo on their skin must dry it out.

Plus they live outside in stables, not a heated house so IMO I think its not right to be hosing horses in winter when there is no need for it.
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Well the reason is I need to turn out apsolutly immaculate horses who go in the field daily I need to have clean horses quickly after they have worked over four hours when they return from hunting
it's not about right and wrong it's about different yards and different systems and also what you do with the horse , it much quicker to wash a horse who is head to foot in mud and sweat with its tail a rats tail of mud not an inch of its legs uncovered by filth to clean that horse without washing might take the best part of a hour you have to keep going back to them as they dry where as I have them clean legs checked for injury ( not easy through inches of wet mud ) and in their stables in fifteen minutes.
In times past we groomed them clean and we where still on yard at nine pm sometimes with a filthy broken out horses leading them round and round, washing is just so much better IMO .
The horses are clean ,checked in their thermatexs and settled very quickly after they get home which is what the horses like .
 
How can the question' Is it ok to leave a wet horse all night in a stable rug' cover 13 pages of replies ?

Answer is No.

Use a thermatex/bucas or thatch.

Or stop washing the horse and sponge over with a damp cloth.

Easy, but I guess you'd worked that one out several pages back OP.
 
horserider said:
How can the question' Is it ok to leave a wet horse all night in a stable rug' cover 13 pages of replies ?

Answer is No.

Use a thermatex/bucas or thatch.

Or stop washing the horse and sponge over with a damp cloth.

Easy, but I guess you'd worked that one out several pages back OP.
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LOL yes i did , after page 1 but you know H&H - catfights to the max :-)

Anyway im now the proud owner of a bucas celtic h/w stable rug and hood (not cheap though £165 but hopefully worth it)

- so my horse will now not shrivel up and die from being wet under a stable rug

Yaaaa the horse has been saved :-)
 
Goldenstar you wouldnt be hunting the same horse everyday so it wouldnt be washed everyday so thats okay, its the pdaily after exercise that concerning when a simple sponge could do the trick nicely.

Anyway the lady now has a bucas, enjoy it
 
putasocinit said:
Goldenstar you wouldnt be hunting the same horse everyday so it wouldnt be washed everyday so thats okay, its the pdaily after exercise that concerning when a simple sponge could do the trick nicely.

Anyway the lady now has a bucas, enjoy it
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I am soooo glad you think it's ok for me to bath my horses once a week or so.
 
I dont think I would rug the horse for the night unless totally dry.

Have put a turnout rug on a slightly damp horse (ie unprediced rain shower-quite common in this country :rolleyes) modern turnout rugs are breathable.
 
I've always thought to use a sweat rug/fleece rug/cooler or whatever. The material these rugs are made of allows water to move through the rug, from the horse and settles on the outside, whilst keeping a layer of warm air between the horse and the rug.

I always use a sweat scraper then towel dry before I put a fleece on, then swap once dry.

I would be concerned about putting a rug on a wet/damp horse that isn't breathable as the water can't 'escape' so to speak?

Also, just my opinion, but I would be more inclined to clip my horse and prevent sweating than to wash frequently over winter.
 
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