Good old fashioned elbow grease on this one - she has a pathological fear of water and anything that might resemble a spray and has not been bathed for years
Good old fashioned strapping with an old tea towel. I don't use any products or bath my horse. Legs and tail and mane washed and strap the rest with clean cloths works wonders.
I start feeding a product called "Colour Glow" about spring and all through the summer - it is loads of different herbs and spices and really does keep the coat colour from fading in the sunlight! especially useful on blacks and dark bay horses. Have tried on my grey as well and he had lovely silver highlights in his coat - sadly his mane needed the blue rinse shampoo treatment still.
Obviously good old elbow grease, but basically diet is an important factor to a healthy glow, I supplement with micronised linseed all year round, I have sleek shinny horses in summer and chunky shinny teddies in winter!! Also you need to ensure copper and zinc are balanced in the diet or you will get white spotting in the coat,
I have used a product called Diamond Omega, takes about 2 months to see the difference but the result is really good - my bay mare had a gloss to her coat like a mirror.
Angie West Yorkshire
Edited by - Ellas room maid on 18 Feb 2011 9:37:47 PM
Ooh Amanda that's interesting about getting the balance of copper and zinc right,or you will get white spots.Stazi has developed a white spot on his ear,could this be because of this,what is the right balance of copper and zinc?
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Ooh Amanda that's interesting about getting the balance of copper and zinc right,or you will get white spots.Stazi has developed a white spot on his ear,could this be because of this,what is the right balance of copper and zinc?
i think what amanda means by white spots is like pale spots on the skin my stallion would get these on his muzzle and down his face at certain times of the year always wondered what caused it and feeding supplements ect never made any difference and he wouldn't get them every year, maybe its our grass quality. But last year he had a horselyx in with him all summer and he never developed them. I always thought it was some sort of mineral difficency.
heres a pic of him last may just after a quick bath(first of the year), no elbow grease brushing just a good balanced diet.
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Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 7:16:38 PM
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