Washing off...

[severnmiles]

Do you wash off in warm or cold water? Or not at all.

 

[vivhewe]

I wash off in summer if it's really warm and horse is sweaty so he can feel a bit fresher. Usually cold water out of the trough does the trick

 

[Santa_Claus]

depends on how hot and the weather at the time. If sweated up badly as far as possible i will wash off with luke warm water then rug up in a thermatex or similar to allow to dry off. sometimes though I prefer to rug up to dry then brush off the dried sweat when dry. Really just depends on how hot the horse is

 

[Super_Kat]

I will wash off legs and feet but never the bodies! If I wash Storm's body off she ties up so now I'm too paraniod to wash Missy off but they always get a good brush as soon as they're dry.

 

[Salcey]

Only tend to wash off in the summer. In the winter I leave any mud/grit to dry off then brush off - seems to work ok for me.

 

[tigers_eye]

I wash off if sweaty, do it with a wrung out towel in very hot water with a bit of alcohol or vinegar in it if I have some around when it's winter and they're clipped.

 

[LEC]

I do same as Tigers eye if sweaty. With that method he drys within 10 mins. If hunting I wash off just the legs in cold water with hose the night before. My lifeline in winter is a cactus mitten as my horse is very ticklish and no other way of getting mud off.

 

[sojeph]

I wash off with the hose. No different to them getting rained on

 

[Macha]

I use lukewarm water to wash legs off when she comes in and if she is muddy and sweaty after exercise.
She loves being washed especially drying her legs with the hairdryer after

 

[Irishcobs]

Depends how hot/sweaty they are. I wash off in the summer with cold water and warm in the winter if its a cold day. I always put a sweat rug on in the winter as I don't what them to catch a chill.

 

[serena2005]

ill only wash off in the summer with cold water. this time of year ill walk them off till dry and cool.

 

[RunToEarth]

In the winter he gets cold hose under belly and on his legs- after fast work or hunting- mainly for the mud, and then washed over with warm water, in the summertime he gets cold water.

 

[MissDeMeena]

Not enough options to the poll..

I only really tend to wash off in the summer, when i'll just use the cold hose pipe!!

If i do wash off in the winter, then it would deffo be with warm/hot water

 

[riotgirl]

I only really bother in the summer and I use the cold water out of the rain barrell.

 

[air78]

If i am just cleaning his legs after a hack then i will hose down with cold water; but if i'm sponging off a sweaty body, i always use warm or tepid water.

 

[Tierra]

Same as tigerseye. I wash off everytime he's worked with hot water (cap full of savlon for me though) and a towel rung til its almost dry.

In summer i use cool water (not as cold as the hosepipe...). I fill buckets before i ride then leave them in the sun to take the edge off them slightly

 

[jayvee]

May I ask why the use of savlon or vinegar?
Is it to counteract the use of hot water? as hot/warm water opens the pores to allow infection in. I was lead to believe hot/warm water is bad to use because of the above.
Just I have never heard of adding these into the water. Please enlighten me, don't want to hijack thanks.

 

[vicijp]

In summer everything gets hosed off after working.
In winter geldings will get hosed off if very sweaty, fillies and mares get washed off with warm water if any sign of a chill in the air. If a gelding isnt especially sweaty will sponge off ears and girth with water cleaned out from drinkers. Will usually add Medivet if washing off with warm water.

 

[severnmiles]

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In summer everything gets hosed off after working.
In winter geldings will get hosed off if very sweaty, fillies and mares get washed off with warm water if any sign of a chill in the air. If a gelding isnt especially sweaty will sponge off ears and girth with water cleaned out from drinkers. Will usually add Medivet if washing off with warm water.

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I use Medivet, though only in the winter.

Why do you use warm water on the fillies and mares? Something to do with tying up?

 

[vicijp]

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Why do you use warm water on the fillies and mares? Something to do with tying up?

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Exactly - prevention is better than cure.

 

[Theresa_F]

Wash off in the hot weather - Cairo is a sweaty beastie.

In cold weather prefer to leave to dry and then groom unless he is very sweaty in which case I will hot towel or sponge the clipped areas.