ridecamp@endurance.net: how to clean a filthy winter coat?

how to clean a filthy winter coat?

Glenda R. Snodgrass (grs@consider.theneteffect.com)
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:58:10 -0600 (CST)

Since I seem to be feeling chatty tonight, I'll ask another question. :)

Thanks to a cold snap last week, Lakota has finally grown his fuzzy winter
coat. Yesterday we went on a long ride, during which he perspired quite a
bit, and brought up all the dirt buried in that fuzzy fur, which combined
with the salty sweat to make filthy froth, which dried in the cold wind to
near-cement by the time we returned to the barn.

Now, in the summer time I relish in hosing him down when he's really nasty
(since that nice cool spray covers me too :), but now it's too cold to
hose him down. I walked him until he dried, then brushed and brushed and
brushed and brushed until my arms were falling off, but still there were
several spots of near-cement in heavy-sweat areas that I could NOT remove.
Does anyone have any great tips on removing this gunk? Or is it okay to
leave it on and let him roll it off?

Glenda & Lakota

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