Giving Baths in the Winter?

[O So]

OMG I found me!!! LOL I thought I was the only one that cant stand my hands dirty from petting dirty horses!!! I wear gloves and love on them with my gloves on!!!I cant roll a hose without gloves either. I use a blower in the winter too, but its not the same as a good bath

LOL, I am you! LOL I can't stand rolling a hose with out gloves either. In fact I have to have gloves to do just about anything anymore! It's not that I don't like getting my hands dirty! It's more of I am getting to wear I can't stand the feeling of them being dirty! I used to be able to even wrench on cars (yes I am a girl, lol) and not care about grease and such, but now I have to wear gloves for just about anything with dirt or grime!

I didn't even think about wearing gloves when I'm out bonding with O So! I just picked up some cheapy rubber type gloves from Harbor Freight Tools, I will have to see how they work rubbing on O So!!

Thanks for the tip on that!!

 

[normajeanbaker]

I normally don't bath this time of year up here in Maine. My last horse show was late September and that was also their last bath. But, I did end up giving one a bath today. It was in the high 40's and she dried fine and didn't get cold. So, it can be done if you HAVE to, but bathing in this weather isn't a good idea. My horse got sprayed by a skunk out in the field, so her bath was a MUST

. If you HAVE to give a bath this time of year, what I did today seemed to work okay. WARM water only for a bath. Scrape as much water as you can off them. I then put a fleece sheet on her, topped that with a cooler, and topped that with a light blanket. I had 2 other fleece sheets and 2 other coolers on hand as well. As her fleece sheet and cooler would get wet, I'd take a few minutes and towel her and them I'd switch the sheet and cooler out. She stayed in her stall, with hay, until she was dry. It took her a few hours to dry, but she stayed warm and is much, much less stinky now

The rest of her stink will have to just go away on it's own, as I know giving baths this time of year is not a good idea. So, it can be done, but it's nothing I'd do just to keep them clean....a good brushing over the winter is good enough for that!

Jen