Perhaps one of the most important elements of your horse ritual is grooming. From picking hooves to the curry combing each part is essential to your horse’s health & well-being.
This video provides a beautiful setting (all barns should look like that) for a great how-to video. Step by step instructions are peppered with advice & tips for giving your horse or pony the best (& most efficient) groom you can.
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Horses:How To Groom Your Horse
How Clean is Your Horse?
Perhaps it’s time for a good groom. Remember that it’s a great way to check for injuries & ensure that everything is working as it should be. Your horse will love you for it.
What a fun video. Thanks for posting this. I’ll have to get the e-mail address of a recent hire to send this one to her for tips (although I don’t agree with all of them, it’s a great basic primer).
One thing I would caution on this one, though, is if you have a horse stabled outside in winter months (hopefully there’s some good shelter available in such arrangements year-round), grooming daily isn’t necessarily a good thing. The horse’s natural coat oils and fluff helps them stay warm and can be undermined if groomed too much. Of course, with any horse, it’s important to check daily for injuries or issues, but this doesn’t always require a curry comb and body brush. Using a bare hand run along the body (especially on the legs and hoofs to check for heat, swelling, wounds, sensitivity or foreign objects) can sometimes reveal more than a good brushing.
I’m so happy to have discovered your blog. You do a wonderful job with great pictures and videos.
Hi, I found that video quite informative, but I, like Nanette, do NOT think horses need to be groomed EVERY DAY. It can be bad for the horse. I love your site, by the way, and thanx a LOT for all the pictures, videos, links and pages and pages of information.
Snoo
PS. No, I don’t particularly LOVE grooming horses, its just its quite relaxing if your horse isn’t stressing or tossing her/his head.