May 21, 2022

Time for a Spring Spruce up! Get the vacuum, your horse will love it.

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So, it's springtime. The horses are all shedding like crazy. What can you do to make sure your horse's coat is as healthy as possible? Also, that you are not taking it all home with you? Well, the first thing is to get all that awful hair off! I always had Arabians and had white hair everywhere, …….absolutely everywhere!

My horses loved to be vacuumed, but I never had the money for any of those fancy horse vacuums. So I just got an affordable shop vac and got an extra-long hose, which I duct-taped together with the regular hose to make an even longer hose. As my high-spirited Arabians did not want that thing next to them. Once they were used to the noise, they soon loved being vacuumed. Even my dog would be waiting too to be vacuumed, and boy did that cut down on the dog hair in the house!. It really pulls the oil and dandruff out of the skin which is going to improve their coat.

You'll have less on you, less on your horse blankets, less in your car!

Second, if you start to see mane and tail rubbing, or other body parts which could mean lice or threadworms you could use Doterra melaleuca or Tea Tree oil and lavender. Use 10 drops of each in a 16-ounce water bottle. Just spray it on the itchy areas and rub it in.

The next helpful skin product is the Desitin or Zinc cream for diaper rash in the jar tub (you do not want the tube it doesn't stay on). Horses love that on their irritated skin. It's very soothing and very safe for bare spots like on their bellies, sores from fly bites, top of tail rubbing, and girth areas. Great for areas that get sunburned. .

Third, pay attention to any area where the small flies are concentrated. That's a “dead zone” energetically. I'll spray release on that area daily and see if that changes or if something more needs to be done.

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