Aarghhh Mud!!!!!!!!!!

[FOLLYFOOT]

Has anyone got any superfandango methods of removing mud from plastered horses other than the norm?! I must admit I find the rubber curry comb quite useful, but on my Thoroughbred I feel sometimes that no matter how gentle I try to be, he must be thinking ouch :( , Ouch :eek: , OUCH :mad: !!!

He always seems to get most of it around his head, ears and neck. Any tips would be gratefully appreciated!!

[Maci]

If the mud's dried, you could always "scrap" it off with your nails and fingers, around his head, neck and ears?

Maci :)

[Mossy]

I've got a wonderful green thing that looks like a cross betwwen a blunt toothed rubbe rcurry comb and a back massager. it is great.

[LindaAd]

I've got a thing that I bought at the Equus show - it looks like a sort of miniature doormat, made of plastic thread all tangled together. Don't know if it's got a name, but it's really flexible, and brilliant for getting of mud and stains .... or you could use a cactus cloth.

[larri]

With three all out and not rugged I have a total mud nightmare:eek: When I went up there today I could not believe the state of the b*****s, and it was all still soaking wet.

Good old plastic curry comb is my long standing favourite, my lot quite like having it scrubbed around their hairy heads! I just hold it against them sometimes and they do hard work.
Would your horse prefer to be brushed Follyfoot, or is a dandy to harsh for him?

Larri

[FOLLYFOOT]

thanks for the advice, I think everyone is in the same boat where mud is concerned. He doesnt mind the dandy brush too much, but our mud seems so clayey that nothing seems to shift it. Perhaps I should try the pressure washer ?!!!!:eek: :D

[lamprellsarah]

pressure washer as in using water!!!! hmmmm too cold and i don't think your horse would stand for it neither would mine lol!!! :D
mine loves a good stratch put the hay net there and she does it for me, although then i have to pick the hay out of her mane.
otherwise i use a mit with bumps or a rubber curry comb, i actually perfer to get my hand and just rub it all over her she also like this best!!! :)

[Spydgal]

LOL! I like this thread .... gawd what a nightmare winters are with this lot.
I have no easy answers - I just stand with a plastic curry in one hand and a dandy in the other and work both together to get it out.
I got stuck in the mud yesterday next to the gate and then proceeded to have to leave my wellies there while three mad TBs came bombing towards me. I have decided I am going to win the lottery next week and have a lovely double size arena built with chippings on the ground. dreeeeeeam on. back to the mud (to find my wellies). hehe.

[lamprellsarah]

ohhh yeah huge arena!!! :D,
*as i float off in my little dream with little dancing elves*
anyway back with a bump, yeah u don't even want to ask what i would do if i won the lottery oh well i will tell u anyway
1 build a horse santuary :P
2 live near it having hundreds of acres of land and wood, have huge indoor arne huge outdoor arena fantastic cross country and show jumps, and the entrance of the field would be sand and gravel nooo mud!! :D
3 get about 5 gougeous horse, that i could do all sorts on (event, dressage, western etc) :)

anyway what about you lot :) :D :)

[Elfin]

lamprellsarah I think what I'd really Really REALLY like is my own horse. I think I would have.........um er oh I don't know. I'd just have one (or two he he wishfull thinking!) baeutiful horses, ahhhhh how schweeet.:D

[HoRsE ChIcK]

hello,
we have 6 horses outside in a paddock that is almost complete mud in half of it!!!the four other paddocks we have to save 4 winter so...my mare has a VERY long coat and the dried mud will not come of with a rubber curry comb.Since my mare has such a long coat i have been using a metal shedding blade and she seems to actually quite like me using it as it doesnt hurt her through her long coat.for their heads i usually use a very stiff bristelled hard dandy brush and it does the work 4 me:)i had a question aswell. my friends horse hadn't been groomed that day and the next day she had dried mud on her coranary band (sp??)
and when i tried to take it off with my fingers it ripped off the top lair of skin!!!!(ouch) does any one know what that is called?i know it has a name but im not sure what it is so if any one has any suggestions of how to keep that from happening i would be gratefull.thanks alot


bye bye


~Holly~

[Abi_2k]

sorry for the bad spelling! i use a dishes scruber thingy its made from fine strands of metal all interwoven and it works wonders!

just 'stroke' the muddy area with it and the mud comes right off! :D :D :D

[Elfin]

Arghhh sounds painful!

[skye]

When your horse is really clen give him a coat of canter coat shine,it makes the coat really silky soft and the mud doesn't seem to be able to stick to it quite so much also grooming blocks are excellent they loosen the mud off and you then just sweep over with a long bristled soft brush and all clean! rugs with neck covers are also a good one!:D :D

[sweetbriar]

I use the canter mane & tail conditioner on her and the mud doesn't stick as much.

I swear by my rubber curry comb. Its great for removing mud and it gives Lizzie a lovely massage.

I hate it when bits of her are still wet with mud and haven't dried. I'm really not keen on washing her in the cold weather and it sometimes is a chore.

Lizzie is a real hippo and wallows for hours in lovely mud. She always looks so content after a day rolling in the field.

[Cathy Reynolds]

I'm afraid I cheat and Benny is rugged up - he stills gets unimaginably filthy when he feels like it, but at least you don't have to scrape it off large areas (his tail was SO disgusting with hunks of mud last week I had to wash it quickly before the yard owner saw it!). I'm more worried about his legs and mud fever. I try to keep him dry down below and have found Equibed good for his legs. I actually use the clean stuff like a 'rub', in handfuls.

[larri]

Has anyone got any good suggestions for removing half a bramble bush from Merlin my welsh cob's very long and now terminally tangled mane.....ow!

[Paul C]

Maybe it's his revenge for your sheath-cleaning foray :D

[larri]

OI! its not funny - I got hold of a bit of the bush and was trying to tease it out, I must have pulled a bit too hard - he jumped sieways and I went face first into the mud...and pricked my fingers:eek: Er...has anyone got any superfandango methods for getting mud off humans????

The shame - I had to go straight to the supermarket:o

[Elfin]

Awww poor you larri!

Mmmm one of the little ponies had bramble stuck in his tale and I tried to give it a gentle pull but he didn't like it and well, we walked all the was back and I had to try and snap bits of it out!

[heland]

Mud lovely Mud:D

On the ponies we use the dandy brush and the clipped horses rubber curry comb and fingers.....It's even worse when wet. Roll on spring & summer thats all I can say

[Lucy J]

My old horse did this all the time. There is only one way. You need to spend a few hours and untangle it one strand at a time, then give the tail a really good brush and spray with canter mane and tail! Patience is the best bet!

[skye]

you can get these sachets of detangler called dermoline detangler ,they cost £1.13 each and they are fantastic! no mud or tangles in my horses mane and tail!!!!!!!!!! also for hairy natives a slicker brush is an absolute must!;)

[fizz21]

Please may I ask you all what is a Slicker Brush ?

[lleeaannee]

A good tip for stopping natives getting mud and twigs stuck in theor talis is to loosly plait it (not a show type plait tho) this will make it shorter so it doesn't drag in the mud and will also stop twigs getting caught in it. When you bring the horse in dunk the last end bit in a bucket of cold water to remove the tangles fromt he ends (think when you go under water in the smimming baths how your hair becomes really untangled). Give it a go it works!

[FOLLYFOOT]

Thanks for the plaiting tip. I have tried it on my daughters welshy tonight and it remains to be seen if it still is there in the morning!!:D He didnt seem very impressed that his beautiful tail should be reduced to a pendulum swinging between his legs!! Still if it stops the baubles forming, I say tough!!:D

I am a little worried my other horse and his mate may decide to start pig-tail pulling though.....:eek: