Tips for quick winter fur removal?

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All of the brushing and combing is starting to get me down.

I spend an hour a day de-furring my horse.

First I use a "mud buster" curry to get the coat clean, then spend 30 minutes with a furminator, then another 15-30 minutes with a rubber curry, and still there is no end in sight.

I'm just about to give up and clip the whole lot off :rolleyes:
 
Don't know that they're called but we have a metal thing that's like 4 rows of little spikes with a handle on the end. It's made for de-during. I go back and forth in the direction and against the direction of the fur growth for about 5 minutes a patch. Your arms will hurt but it works!
 
I love the shedding comb, it's like an old fashoned metal sweat scrape (long metal strip with handle at each end) and small teeth on one side. It does a great job and doesn't get clogged up like brushes - hence it's quick.
 
My mare is loosing hair so much now but rubber curry's still leave so much on. What I'm doing now is actually pulling the hair out between my thumb and first finger. It sounds odd but it comes out easily and takes out so much more than shedding blade or curry :). Its really theraputic too.
 
swampdonkey said:
My mare is loosing hair so much now but rubber curry's still leave so much on. What I'm doing now is actually pulling the hair out between my thumb and first finger. It sounds odd but it comes out easily and takes out so much more than shedding blade or curry :). Its really theraputic too.
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I was also doing this at the weekend! I was getting handfuls of fur from his back legs just using my hands :o
 
Well if you can i'd go for sometime out naked if your horse isn't already! I did this last week for 24 hours when some of the milder weather was around and the difference was great!! God rid out quite alot of winter coat and stopped him itching so much too, which was an added bonus.

Granted there's still some to come out but at least it's coming to an end now,...thank goodness coz we've been casting since the end of Feb!!
 
He is naked most of the time.

I put a rain sheet on on Saturday, only because the temperature went from 28C on Thursday to 4C on Saturday, and he looked a bit miserable due to the huge difference in temp. Apart from that he has hardly had a rug on all winter, and even then only when it was wet and windy at the same time.
 
Clip them in March! Passionately hate moulting big time! Other options are bath and furminator!

Not sure what beastie you have but if it is a native you could be fighting a losing battle as they are notorious for hanging onto coat for absolutely no good reason!
 
Borrow a vacuum, if you know anyone that has one. I do my horses before and after I ride (before to stop saddles and pads getting covered in hair, after as the heat seems to loosen more hairs) and they seem to love it.
 
This time every year I curse myself for only trace clipping and swear blind that I'll full clip to avoid the fuzz next winter...not sure why I never do!
Big fan of the shredding blade - my ridden boy is nearly done but my old retired boy (who obviously wasn't clipped) has a long way to go before his summer coat makes an appearance!
 
I clip out normally, this year I didn't and I'm regretting it!!!

I'm just giving mine an hour with a shedding blade three times a week and a bath with a rubber curry comb if the weather is sunny then chucking a cooler on to dry him :)
 
mcnaughty said:
Clip them in March! Passionately hate moulting big time! Other options are bath and furminator!

Not sure what beastie you have but if it is a native you could be fighting a losing battle as they are notorious for hanging onto coat for absolutely no good reason!
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This is what I used to do :)
 
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