Horse Shedding Out? Best Tips…
I love spring. The budding trees, the profusion of flowers that seem to burst every day. The rich green grass. It’s such a wonderful feeling of renewal. But the shedding? Moka, my beautiful rescued thoroughbred, seems to shed overnight, with no brushing. I often wonder if she just leaves it in her blanket one night. And then there’s Nick – the brat. His sire was a fjord and his dam was quarter horse/arab. He’s a chunky guy, lovingly called “fatty boy” and looks like a quarter horse on steroids. He’s the ultimate in “big hair”. I should call him Mr. Bouffant. He’s a beautiful ivory buckskin and got his sires long furry coat – yuck. He looks so cute when he fuzzes up for the winter, but come spring – I could make a whole new horse with what he sheds. Bleah. He rolls and rolls and rolls, leaving white patches of hair all over the pasture. And even with the shedding blade, he leaves volumes of hair stuck to every part of me. Believe me, I’ve been mistaken for a sasquatch after brushing him! One huge tip for women, do NOT wear lipstick or lip balm to the barn in spring.. unless you want hairy lips. There’s nothing quite like having to pull horse hair out of your lipstick. I’ve tried everything to help my horse shed out, and the only thing I can tell you is… brushing and a shedding blade. Some people swear by baby oil, but my feeling is that it leaves a mess and you have to bathe your horse… so what is working? The baby oil or the fact that you have to bathe them? Undoubtedly the bathing is what helps them shed out, and if it’s cool, you don’t want to be bathing them. I’ve found the best method is using a rubber curry brush in a circular motion all over him first, then use the shedding blade. Oh yeah, and as for what to wear so you don’t wear the hair home? I found putting on overalls over my clothes keeps most of the hair off of me. I just leave the overalls at the barn, and I go home, relatively clean – or at least mostly hairless (going home “clean” from a barn has got to be a miracle – and an oxymoron!) Enjoy spring and the bursting of new growth – including “new hair”. Andrea
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