What is everyone’s favourite grooming implement? Does anyone else find their grooming kit covered in mud, dust and soggy even after a week during winter? My three live out in the fields 24/7 and on our livery the ground is clay, you’ve never seen mud stick like it, it dries SO SLOWLY, the fields get so deep, slippy and sticky and my brushes take a beating.
I only really use a hoof pick, rubber curry comb and dandy brush regularly, I find that’s enough to get the mud off, flick the dust and make sure they’re at least clean enough for tack. Am I missing a trick? Should I body brush more often? I rarely brush their manes and tails, unless they’re looking super tangley or they need a clean. I do end up washing their legs down quite often, not if we’re hacking but if we use the school I don’t want to make some sort of muddy sandy gloop on their feathers.
This creates the ideal conditions for mud fever, sigh! Wet clay mud, wet washed down legs and a super sensitive chestnut, who so far only gets mud fever on his two white socks (Small blessing). So does anyone have any tips for this. I usually towel dry their legs, and use a sudocrem/pink protection balm mix on their sensitive bits, I’m considering that Qantas may also need his legs clipped, which I’ve never had to do for Tissy, who also has super sensitive skin.
Anyway back to the grooming kit, it was gross so I gave it a clean and seeing as I love watching makeup cleaning/yard sorting/what’s in my bag videos I thought I’d do the same with my grooming kit.
Beth Endurance 