Woot! Warm water for bathing!

[wingnut]

It's that time of the year. Show season is upon us and the bathing/clipping must commence. Unfortunately, Mother Nature isn't always paying attention to this and gives us weather that is not conducive to such events. The last couple of years I've had to bath my girls in cold water, doing it at fast as I could, rubbing them dry and covering them up quickly...all the while apologizing to them for the torture.

I had got to thinking that there had to be a way for me to get some warm water for this process, if only to make the process a little less tortuous for my girls. The area where I bath them is right outside my basement door where the washer/dryer live. My husband put a Y spigot on the hot water for me a couple of years which allowed me to get hot water outside (in buckets). I started wondering if there wasn't something we could put on both the hot and cold water taps that would give me the ability to "mix" the two water sources in order to get a good temp.

And voila! There is: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1272692 It's called a "Y Mixer Hose" made just for washing machine spigots. And I just realized that if I go back and get another Y spigot for the cold water, I won't have to take the lines running to the washer on and off each time I need to bath a horse.

I was really dreading doing this task this coming weekend, now I can't wait!

 

[Lil Eowyn]

Nice! I wish the warm weather would just come now

Too much snow! Now my mini is going to be fluffy for our first show lol

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

We have a laundry tub inside the basement door (Just around the corner) and I have a threaded end on the tap that allows me to attach a garden hose there. It is nice not only for the horses but for me too. I hate getting soaked with cold water (ours is absolutely icey since we have a very deep well) and inevitably I do get quite wet when I bath a horse. I also think they are cleaner when you can use warm water. Now I just want to build a wash rack so they keep their feet clean too.

 

[wingnut]

Reignmaker: We use a stall mat in the area we wash to keep the girls from getting muddy during their baths. They're crossed tied for the process too, which keeps them on the mat.

Amy: I have no idea what I'd do if we were still getting snow. In fact, we got hardly any snow this year.

 

[Rhondaalaska]

I still have snow here as well, but it is starting to melt

Can't wait till it is warm enough to wash diva.