Would Love to hear everyones winter grooming tips and tricks :)

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With the horrendous weather lately I've found myself spending ages grooming my horse. He is looking lovely and sparkly :) but would love to hear peoples grooming tips and tricks and any unusual products and potions you use to get your horse gleaming ! Especially any cheap products you have in the cupboards at home you use on your horses eg. furniture polish on tails !
 
Close your eyes and don't look. Trying to remove all the mud takes forever when you have a horse that insists on grinding it in everywhere especially ears and eyes. It just gets replaced again in minutes.
 
I was seriously thinking of investing in some goggles the other day whilst scrubbing away behind my horses ears and getting blinded hahah
 
I have a grey horse who is too much of a diva to roll in the mud!!! Everyone comments on how clean she is, she's white grey too!!
 
i hot cloth with detol/baby oil or Nettex no-rinse wash every could of days :) she's gleaming!

wash and towel dry legs and them puff baby talcum powder on them to dry, and legs are beautifully white the next day
 
PO&S on his feathers, and for the main part over winter I scrape the mud off his face and belly and leave the rest until spring!
 
Hot cloth is great, especially if they're dark and clipped. Bit of baby oil, dettol and tiny smidge of fairy liquid and hot water. Then dip a cloth in and wipe over horse. It lifts all grese and dirt up and makes them super shiny.

I've also just received a petticoat for Christmas which goes under rugs. It means you can wash that lots so they always have a clean rug on them :)
 
i don't groom my horses at all!!
brush off girth area and head due to saddle/bridle. they wear a rug with neck so the rest stays clean. tail and legs get done with pigoil and that keep any mud away.
I always get compliments on how shiny and healty their coat looks.
 
I don't bother with nugz :) He gets his legs washed down and that's it during the week.

Friends horse who I look after is groomed to within an inch of his life and he takes great delight in turning himself from black to clay. I am with myprincess in the thought of goggles, my face is brown by the time I have finished, and sneezing like a madman.
 
I'm afraid I am of the "don't really groom" academy.

Winter is just so bloody horrible, I just make sure the horses are warm, comfortable, dry and have plenty of food. Mud has to stay where it is. I pick out feet in the mornings when it's dry and get the worst off at the weekends.

I can't be bothered to polish my horse in winter. It's my age.... :D
 
lots of own brand human hair conditioner left in manes and tails, plaited tail at the end of the dock if really muddy or they have jippy tummies. when they came in at night they were clipped out and were hosed off and well rugged up now they live out they get quite grubby
 
Perhaps I'm lazy, but i tend to just get the worst of it off so it's comfortable for him with tack on.

What do you use for the mane, tail and feathers to help? His are disgusting. He loves to roll in the mud!
 
My hairy highland can be a nightmare in muddy conditions. They don't call 'em hippos for nothing!!! I find pig oil a bit messy so use baby oil instead on feathers, mane and the bottom of his tail. Where he does get muddy, I leave it to dry and remove with a magic brush - my new favourite grooming tool. But tbh a bit of mud on a highland in winter is the norm and I don't get too hung up on it as long as he's not uncomfortable.
 
Cant believe how high maintenance I am reading all your replies, I give him a quick flick over in a morning in between changing his rugs then if i im not at work i groom him for about half an hour so hes spotless when i bring him in. Even though I know hes going to get dirty again in the morning I find it therapeutic getting him all clean and shiny lol
 
penina said:
One of those shedding blade/mud scraper things - best £3 I ever spent ;)
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I agree! Great for removing mud caked onto legs and even on the face if used gently. One of mine loves head planting in the mud and getting his ears and cheeks as muddy as possible - but hates being groomed around his ears. His head is half-clipped and I get off as much of it as I can but the rest of it has to wear off as he hates me trying to get it off and not worth arguing about.

I also use one of those grooming mitts which has a fleecy side and a rough side on it for removing mud from the head.

I don't tend to groom my horses too thoroughly on a daily basis in the Winter as I just don't have the time. They are in 24/7 at the moment so aren't dirty anyway so I prioritise getting them exercised. I do pick their feet out everyday though.
 
My winter mud grooming tip would be

1. don't bother except to do the bits of horse where the tack sits.
2. if the horse wears a rug, that helps keep the saddle area clean. (girth area still manky and needs brushing).
 
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