I must say I love a clean horse to lean on, but I have to agree winter bathing does a job on those wooly coats. I used to be a fanatic about bathing my horses, clipping, blanketing. I must have 10 grand worth of blankets in my tack room. I become emotionally fit enough to let them go au naturel the last two winters. My Manny is in heaven when rolling in one of those really slushy mud bogs and it can be 0 degrees. I don't think the cold bothers them as much as us. Oh I'm off the subject here: Grooming
My boarding buddies and I bought one of those vacuums a couple of years back. It was pretty cheap as I recall dividing the purchase amoung 4 or five people. Anyway, what a great grooming device. Once you get your horse used to the noise and suction (lots of carrots, please) it takes 30 seconds and poof a clean horse and it doesn't harm their natural oils and such.
Jennifer.
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