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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Sooo spring is definitely coming at my house. Just about everywhere I look there is a clump of hair(horse or dog) LOL!
This is the first year in many years that I haven't blanketed so they are all extra furry this spring....what have you found to work best to get them to shed out faster and get that hair off?! I always just brush a lot and bath them but it's not warm enough to give them baths yet. I know everyone has their own trick...so what's yours? |
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Location: Alberta | DO NOT wear lip balm when attempting to brush horses in the spring AND this year I may borrow my husbands weldingshield to prevent hair in my face  BUT I blanketed mine so they havent been so bad! |
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Location: Kentucky | I don't rush the shedding process. Spring in KY is ups and downs.... we are 50's and 60's this week, but they are saying back to the 20's and 30's next. I brush mine to help them with itching, but that's about it. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | HAHAHAH! Don't talk too much either!!! I'm probably going to blanket next year. All this hair isn't worth it lol. The welding shield is a good idea! I'm gonna ask the SO if I can use his!! |
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Location: Alberta | lexyy12 - 2014-03-18 11:34 AM HAHAHAH! Don't talk too much either!!! I'm probably going to blanket next year. All this hair isn't worth it lol. The welding shield is a good idea! I'm gonna ask the SO if I can use his!! It has to be the clear ones they just use for grinding, not actual welding one, because those you cant see anything except a weld flash 
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Can you tell I know nothing about welding?!
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Location: Deep South | Murphy - 2014-03-18 12:33 PM I don't rush the shedding process. Spring in KY is ups and downs.... we are 50's and 60's this week, but they are saying back to the 20's and 30's next. I brush mine to help them with itching, but that's about it.
I don't really have to worry about much shedding, because I'm religious about blanketing my own, but this year a client brought in a horse THREE DAYS before the warm weather hit that has been turned out in the worse winter we've had in decades. He was a wooly mammoth and then our crazy temps shot into the 70's and he started shedding like crazy. I've been brushing GOBS of hair off him every day, but the poor guy is so itchy he is literally rubbing huge bald spots all over him self. He looks absolutely hideous at the moment. Long hair AND bald spots. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i have kept mine blanketed and under lights and they are still shedding..........i was really hoping to keep it toned down a bit but nope........
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Location: Northern Ontario | Mine just started shedding this week! Woohoo! Come on spring |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I spent two hours out there tonight on all 5 and 4 out of 5 still look goofy but my mare sure is slicking up nice already! |
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Location: Oklahoma | The most challenging part for me is the legs! The hair gets SO long and its not like I can vigorously curry comb there. Its a pain, i read somewhere about rubbing baby oil on their legs, letting it set over night and then bathing it off in the morning. Anyone knoew about this? Its suppose to take the hair right off. Wasnt sure, and sounds messy lol |
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Location: Minnesota | I bought an XL furminator dog grooming blade and it works wonders on the horses in the spring! I have one gelding with absoultely no hair and my mare has a full coat. They have both been blanketed the same amount of time. I also have a mini that is not blanketed. My mare is loosing hair by the gobs, and my pony still has his full coat and its not moving an inch! |
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Location: Wide open spaces, Canada. | I have an incredibly fuzzy palomino !!! He looks horrible but once shredded out he looks like a million bucks . I'm debating clipping him .... Anyone have any experience with clipping in the spring ????? Opinions ? |
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Location: Oklahoma | porky - 2014-03-18 10:26 PM I have an incredibly fuzzy palomino !!! He looks horrible but once shredded out he looks like a million bucks . I'm debating clipping him .... Anyone have any experience with clipping in the spring ????? Opinions ?
I was always warned not to body clip unless you want to continue doing it every year because it messes with their natural shedding patterns |
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Location: Iowa | I had read that clipping now would take the tips off their summer coat making that dull. |
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Location: Where you need a paddle... Oregon! | I use the shop vac |
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| Mine are shedding like crazy. I have very hairy rolling spots out in the lot!
I just use a shed blade and keep after it. I brush mine in the barn and clean out the hair. Keeps the wind from blowing it around and getting it in my face. On my clothing, no big deal, face...UGH!
When I KNOW the weather is pretty much going to cooperate, OR when I have to start using leg protection I clip their legs. I don't go too short, but enough so the boots fit right. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | We blanketed and are in a pretty warm area anyway. None of mine are complete wooly mammoths. That said, my gelding who I ride most days is shedding a bit. I just brush and curry him everyday, and, if its warm enough, rinse him off and curry again. In a couple weeks he'll be done. I don't rush it. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | aquinnell - 2014-03-18 10:26 PM I bought an XL furminator dog grooming blade and it works wonders on the horses in the spring! I have one gelding with absoultely no hair and my mare has a full coat. They have both been blanketed the same amount of time. I also have a mini that is not blanketed. My mare is loosing hair by the gobs, and my pony still has his full coat and its not moving an inch!
I was wondering if those Furminators worked. I never see them in the stores anymore?
Mine are all blanketed. Some are still hairy and shedding. My good mare has been on her Platinum Performance all winter and she's got a much nicer, shinier, healthier looking coat than my others. She's got hair but not excessive. |
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Location: MD | henderson78 - 2014-03-18 10:21 PM
The most challenging part for me is the legs! The hair gets SO long and its not like I can vigorously curry comb there. Its a pain, i read somewhere about rubbing baby oil on their legs, letting it set over night and then bathing it off in the morning. Anyone knoew about this? Its suppose to take the hair right off. Wasnt sure, and sounds messy lol
I tried the baby oil trick and I didn't see much help just stained pants and a big mess. I just wash their legs with water and lots of soap and scrub with a hard bristle brush and that seems to do some good. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | I have a furminator (for dogs) and I use that on my horses.. pulls loose hair out nicely. I have seen they are making ones for horses now that are larger.
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-03-19 8:03 AM aquinnell - 2014-03-18 10:26 PM I bought an XL furminator dog grooming blade and it works wonders on the horses in the spring! I have one gelding with absoultely no hair and my mare has a full coat. They have both been blanketed the same amount of time. I also have a mini that is not blanketed. My mare is loosing hair by the gobs, and my pony still has his full coat and its not moving an inch! I was wondering if those Furminators worked. I never see them in the stores anymore?
Mine are all blanketed. Some are still hairy and shedding. My good mare has been on her Platinum Performance all winter and she's got a much nicer, shinier, healthier looking coat than my others. She's got hair but not excessive.
The Fuminator's do work... just be careful how vigorous you get with them. I think I saw them still in Orschlens and you can find them in places like Petsmart and Petco still too!
My mare and filly have been on Platinum and are all slicked up and shedding out real nice too! |
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Location: naz, tx | lindseylou2290 - 2014-03-19 8:58 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-03-19 8:03 AM aquinnell - 2014-03-18 10:26 PM I bought an XL furminator dog grooming blade and it works wonders on the horses in the spring! I have one gelding with absoultely no hair and my mare has a full coat. They have both been blanketed the same amount of time. I also have a mini that is not blanketed. My mare is loosing hair by the gobs, and my pony still has his full coat and its not moving an inch! I was wondering if those Furminators worked. I never see them in the stores anymore?
Mine are all blanketed. Some are still hairy and shedding. My good mare has been on her Platinum Performance all winter and she's got a much nicer, shinier, healthier looking coat than my others. She's got hair but not excessive. The Fuminator's do work... just be careful how vigorous you get with them. I think I saw them still in Orschlens and you can find them in places like Petsmart and Petco still too!
My mare and filly have been on Platinum and are all slicked up and shedding out real nice too!
I bought one for my dogs on ebay. Wanted to try one, but they are crazy expensive in stores. I got one on ebay for around $15, still in the package. I'll have to try it on a horse.... Never thought of it! |
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| I think a rasp bar works better than a shedding blade. Only one of mine has even started thinking about shedding. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I wondered if they could get pretty sore from using those. I wormed but if it would warm up a little I'd give some of these guys a bath. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I think bathing them helps a lot but the weather isn't good enough for that yet. |
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| Bathing tends to help for the last little bits. It's always been to cold to bathe until then anyways.
One of my poor boys who has a shorter thicker coat looks like a moth eaten rug right now. The short under hair is coming out and sticking through the longer outer hairs and there are blotches from where some has come out. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-03-19 10:46 AM I wondered if they could get pretty sore from using those. I wormed but if it would warm up a little I'd give some of these guys a bath.
We use the furminators for lots of different animals - dogs, cats, horses and even shedding sheep legs on certain breeds when fitting for show. I have seen animals get pretty sore if you are too vigorous. Gotta be a bit gentle with them but they sure do work well for the job intended.
ETA - C'MON WARM WEATHER :)
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | What memory said is true. If you body clip now you will likely take off the tips of the summer coat now coming in. That will leave the summer coat dull when they finish shedding out. I never body or trace clip after January for that reason. My sorrel looks like a pumpkin when clipped anyway. I'll wait for mother nature to bring back my horse and take this orange Yak away!
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| Ultium works great on getting one to shed! Or any of those high fat supplements to shine up a coat. Really makes it faster. |
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Location: Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Central Illinois | Bigfoot - 2014-03-19 10:46 AM I think a rasp bar works better than a shedding blade. Only one of mine has even started thinking about shedding.
A farrier's rasp is like magic! Also feels good, my horses love it - best results if you use the edge, not either flat side, & also short strokes.
Round rubber curry combs also work & feel good when they're itchy.
I love the shop vac idea...I might have to try that some day.
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | I'm thinking panty hose would work awesome, you get that static cling and all the hair sticks in the hose and starts pulling it all off. I quit combing all that hair just headed my way . I dig the welding mask idea. I have a halloween mask that just may work.
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Location: Dubach, LA | Grooming block. I don't know what the ugly little thing is mad of, but it does pull out the hair. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Bigfoot - 2014-03-19 10:46 AM I think a rasp bar works better than a shedding blade. Only one of mine has even started thinking about shedding.
I forget about the rasp trick. Dang and my farrier was just here Tuesday. He probably had a few old ones. |
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Location: California | Cheapest best kept secret ever? Hacksaw blades!!!! They dont hurt the horse and I can by a pair for $1.25. Work WAY better then shedding blades or curries. i've heard a lot of people say they have issues with the Furminators pulling out hairand causing their animals discomfort, witnessed it first hand with a friends dog. |
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Location: Missouri | Serenity06 - 2014-03-20 9:11 AM
Cheapest best kept secret ever? Hacksaw blades!!!! They dont hurt the horse and I can by a pair for $1.25. Work WAY better then shedding blades or curries. i've heard a lot of people say they have issues with the Furminators pulling out hairand causing their animals discomfort, witnessed it first hand with a friends dog.
This! Our farrier showed us the hacksaw blade trick. All we use now! |
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