washing powder on horses?!

[BRAMBLE]

can it be used?!

I saw someone put 'Daz' powder on their coloured!!

[domane]

Did it pass the "Doorstep Challenge"???? :D

Seriously.... washing powder is for clothes not horses. We wouldn't use it in the bath would we, so why put it onto a horse....? There are plenty of cheap supermarket shampoos available that would be a better choice if they can't afford "proper" horse shampoo....

Did they put it all over?

Some people....... :eek:

[BRAMBLE]

Did they put it all over?

Some people....... :eek:


they put it on the white.

it's wierd! I said that i didn't think it was good for them - but they insisted that it exfoliates tooo!!:eek:

[Bay Mare]

Have you seen what it can do to your hands? Most definitely wouldn't put it on a horse's body. I HAVE tried it on the end of the tail (khaki grey) and it didn't work anyway.

[april]

i wouldn't put washing powder on a horse!!!!!.... i use head and shoulders with lemon extracts :D

[Wally]

Only use it on tail ends, especially the bio stuff, the enzymes can cause terrible irritation and reactions.

I only ever use it on the ends of tails and make sure it doesn't get onto skin. Never put it onto skin.

[crinks]

Used to really dilute Glo white for Taffys tail, remember once they had none on the shelves when I needed it, this young man tried to telll me that bleach would work on white net curtains ( Imean I don;t have net curtains) told him it was for the horse, he looked at me as though I were a nutter out for the day!

[andreaB]

a friend of mine used to use it on her grey cobs white area's particularly the feather , did a really good job actually & never irritated him

she did use on of the eco senstive skin type ones though

[Jessey]

I have known people use it, I wouldn't, I made the mistake of washing Bo's brushing boots in ariel once (in the washing machine so well rinsed), he now has areas of white hair where he had a reaction to it, though I can was stuff in fairy and he is fine :D

[sidesaddlelady1]

Did it pass the "Doorstep Challenge"???? :D

Seriously.... washing powder is for clothes not horses. We wouldn't use it in the bath would we, so why put it onto a horse....? There are plenty of cheap supermarket shampoos available that would be a better choice if they can't afford "proper" horse shampoo....

Did they put it all over?

Some people....... :eek:

Wouldn't even use most detergents even non-bio ones, for washing numnahs and rugs let alone horses. I use Acdo Soap Sowder - quite hard to find but worth the effort. It's a pure soap made with veg oils and comes in a small blue packet. (Don't use the other Acdo automatic detergent powder in the bigger box.) The soap powder is ok in automatic machines if you don't go mad with it. I think it's made by the same people that make Glo-White so they should be let you know where you can buy it. It's quite inexpensive.

You can use baby shampoo on horses. The very cheap shampoos are often quite harsh however if you dilute them first you should get away with it.

[sidesaddlelady1]

they put it on the white.

it's wierd! I said that i didn't think it was good for them - but they insisted that it exfoliates tooo!!:eek:
Yes, but proper grooming exfoliates too and more gently, doesn't leave deposits in the hair and brings up a super shine. It removes scurf and dirt and distributes the natural oils through the coat. When you use detergents and soap you remove the oils and makes the horse less able to stand up to weather. With proper, regular grooming there is definitely a glow which you don't get with shampoo.

You can say I'm old fashioned if you like but please don't tell me you don't have time for proper grooming. I work full time, run my own household and that of my elderly mother for whom I am principle carer and I manage to fit in WI and church activities and occasional part-time work on the yard as well as looking after the WH when he's not working on the school and still have time for strapping every other day. We both enjoy it as well. Obviously if he lived out without rugs in the winter I wouldn't do it then, but that doesn't apply.

[¿M€®¥ñ™]

That doesn't sound too good does it. I usually use Pert (it's a human brand) (2 in one shampoo and conditioner) but then again I've never known the frustration of owning a grey horse. My friend has one at the moment plus she lives on red dirt. Her horse is almost always pink even though he's almost covered 24/7 and she hates it! I don't think I'll tell her about washing powder...

[NoviceNic]

If you dont wash your horses rugs etc in wash powder because of irritation why on earth would you put it on their bodies?? Words fail me. :rolleyes:

[Herbie's mummy]

we use a powder called zincoxide (SP?) mix it with water until it becomes a paste then sponge it on to their legs, put it on over night, bandage the legs up, brush it away in the moring and the legs are whiter then ever!
get it from boots.
amaing for coloureds :D or any whites bits.
does not irrtate, washes off not dangerous at all :D:D
it has been goign for years.

oh also it is used as a base for creams (like suedefed can't spell it sorry lol ) and things like that.

[eventerbabe]

washing powders are choc full of enzymes. these are not good because, as in jesseys case, it can cause a reaction. i wouldn't even use non-bio powders as they contain chemicals to replace what's lost by removing the enzymes. believe me, i spent 9 months researching washing powders and no way would i use them on my horse!!

Zinc oxide. hmm, certainly not harmless. if absorbed through the skin it can actually be quite harmful, and eventually toxic.

[Herbie's mummy]

Nope we asked quite a few vets.......something about his skin and its ok to use:)

[Wally]

Zinc oxide in in nappy cream, Zinc and caster oil, very old indeed.

I'm not sure about making it into a paste and bandaging over it though.

[Herbie's mummy]

yup its perfectly fine to do so :) its been going for yeras in the show world.

[domane]

Ah Zinc & Castor Oil cream.... my babies's bums were plastered in the stuff under their nappies :D Brilliant stuff - a better layer of grease than I ever found from Sudocrem.....

[Herbie's mummy]

Ah Zinc & Castor Oil cream.... my babies's bums were plastered in the stuff under their nappies :D Brilliant stuff - a better layer of grease than I ever found from Sudocrem.....


LOL-had to laugh then!

[Wally]

Sudocrem is for amateurs!;) ;) :o, good old zinc and caster oil cream, excellent stuff. My baby's bum was also coated liberally in the stuff.

[samsaria]

Question also -

CAn you washing-up liquid to shampoo a horse?

I fear its evil, but on the yard they swear otherwise...

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[Herbie's mummy]

Question also -

CAn you washing-up liquid to shampoo a horse?

I fear its evil, but on the yard they swear otherwise...

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yup many people i know do :)
i use care-ex of herbies tail :D

[Wally]

Fairy liquid is fine. There used to be an advert on the telly for it used as a shampoo to wash your own hair in it as it was so mild!

We have used Fairy Liquid for donkey's years, rinse well, and you'll have no bother, you only need a little bit.

[0dd]

argh, i knew someone that said she was in a rush for a show and had no shampoo about but had PERSIL!
apparantly the mare looked fabulous for the show but the next day went completely bald :o

washing powder's a no-no me thinks!
my gelding gets MY shampoo! lol! mmm herbal essences..