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Getting to be bath time....favorite shampoo

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  • #41
    I'm a huge fan of Vetrolin (use it on my horses AND dogs), but the best bath gadget I have is a little tool I picked up at Lowes last season! It's a spray nozzle attachment for your hose, but it has a built in mixing cup that allows the water to mix with the shampoo (or whatever you choose to load in the cup). I absolutely love it! It has all of the traditional nozzle adjustments (shower, jet, fan, stream, etc) and adjustments that allow you to switch from 100% water to a 50/50 mix. I filled the cup with shampoo (it probably holds about 6 ounces) and it lasted thru one entire bath for my horse! I saved alot of shampoo and this was his first bath of the season, so I did each side twice! I recall it costing me around $15 last year, and I haven't looked to see if they still have them or not.
    Cindy

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    • #42
      My favorite is Pert Plus. Cheap! I heard about it through a groom years ago and have used it ever since. It is really mild, doesn't dry out the skin, leaves the fur soft and makes the mane and tail really manageable to comb out. Then, some cowboy magic on the tail makes it shiny and extra tangle-free.
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      • #43
        I was just scrolling through to see if anybody had mentioned Pert Plus. A little Pony Clubber told me about it - her pony felt so nice and soft and silky.
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        • #44
          No shampoo. It's a whole lot better for the horse to use a currycomb instead. Besides, who wants to put all those chemicals on the horse's skin to be absorbed and poison him, and you DON'T want to wash off the natural oils that keep him warm ans waterproof.

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          • #45
            Hi everyone. My name is Grataan and I. Have. A. Shampoo. Problem.

            <everyone>

            Hi Grataan!
            Michael: Seems the people who burned me want me for a job.
            Sam: A job? Does it pay?
            Michael: Nah, it's more of a "we'll kill you if you don't do it" type of thing.
            Sam: Oh. I've never liked those.

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            • #46
              well at least it is a bit cheaper than my horse boot problem.

              The worst part of it all is I know boots are mostly useless except to prevent the occasional knock or grab. I just don't care. We don't wear rings because they are useful, we wear them because they are pretty. Same goes for boots.

              Find your justification. Revel in it.
              Your crazy is showing. You might want to tuck that back in.

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                #47
                Originally posted by Grataan View Post
                Hi everyone. My name is Grataan and I. Have. A. Shampoo. Problem.

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                Hi Grataan!
                Well as they say the first step is to admit you have a problem.

                I have the same problem with blankets & sheets. I was putting a few heavy blankets away last weekend and thought how many do I need for 2 horses!!!!

                Back to shampoo.... I bought Vetrolin yesterday. I had that before I forgot I really liked it.

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                • #48
                  Originally posted by nightsong View Post
                  No shampoo. It's a whole lot better for the horse to use a currycomb instead. Besides, who wants to put all those chemicals on the horse's skin to be absorbed and poison him, and you DON'T want to wash off the natural oils that keep him warm ans waterproof.
                  seriously? Do you feel this way about shampoo on your own head?
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                  • #49
                    I bathe a lot, being the owner of a grey (white) horse that goes to a lot of shows.

                    For the body, Corona has been my fav for years. Suds up nice and rinses away great. Only takes a small amount in a bucket. Leaves coat soft and shiny.

                    Mane N Tail doesn't rinse worth a poo (IMHO).

                    For that dirty white tail and legs, nothing beats Orvis followed by Quick Silver.

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                    • #50
                      Originally posted by pinkdiamondracing View Post
                      Apple scented Suave shampoo and conditioner-- works well, cheap and smells good!!!!
                      That's a mean trick to do to a horse that is turned out with others...bathing them in an apple scented shampoo! Poor horse probably spends the day trying to avoid being eaten by the other horses!!

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                      • #51
                        Originally posted by nightsong View Post
                        No shampoo. It's a whole lot better for the horse to use a currycomb instead. Besides, who wants to put all those chemicals on the horse's skin to be absorbed and poison him, and you DON'T want to wash off the natural oils that keep him warm ans waterproof.
                        It's shampoo, not rat poison. I think you're safe. Tell me, what do you wash your hair with?

                        I use supermarket aloe or tea-tree shampoo. Usually comes in a big bottle and is pretty cheap.
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                        • #52
                          Originally posted by kookicat View Post
                          It's shampoo, not rat poison. I think you're safe.
                          A-A-N-D there goes my green tea on the computer monitor

                          I don't bathe my horse that frequently, a few times a year if that so I don't go through tons but I really like the last bottle I bought, Carr&Day&Martin Gallop. Smells nice, lathers a bit but not too much and rinses out extremely well.

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                            #53
                            Originally posted by Mozart View Post
                            A-A-N-D there goes my green tea on the computer monitor
                            Yea, too funny. I needed a laugh after sitting through a 90 minute webinar.

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                            • #54
                              Originally posted by Mozart View Post
                              A-A-N-D there goes my green tea on the computer monitor

                              I don't bathe my horse that frequently, a few times a year if that so I don't go through tons but I really like the last bottle I bought, Carr&Day&Martin Gallop. Smells nice, lathers a bit but not too much and rinses out extremely well.
                              Ooh, really? I've never made someone spit tea before. Would you like a tissue?

                              Originally posted by Green Acres View Post
                              Yea, too funny. I needed a laugh after sitting through a 90 minute webinar.
                              Blah, we have on-line conferences at work too. They usually involve lots of minute details that get way boring. Glad I could give you a laugh.
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                              • #55
                                Originally posted by Mozart View Post
                                A-A-N-D there goes my green tea on the computer monitor

                                I don't bathe my horse that frequently, a few times a year if that so I don't go through tons but I really like the last bottle I bought, Carr&Day&Martin Gallop. Smells nice, lathers a bit but not too much and rinses out extremely well.

                                I've been looking at that brand for their color enhancing shampoo. Any thoughts?

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                                • #56
                                  For most purposes, I think liquid Ivory soap works just fine.

                                  I have to say, though, I am a huge fan of the Cowboy Magic shampoo and conditioner. It leaves the hair really soft and smells wonderful. I never thought I'd "love" a relatively expensive (well, moreso than Ivory) horse shampoo, but I LOVE this stuff.

                                  I also have been recently turned onto Orvus by someone at my barn. It really gets them clean and works so fast. I had white socks in no time with minimal scrubbing! I am going to order a big jar of it.


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                                  • #57
                                    I am going to give the mud ball his bath tonight. We don't have a show until April 18th and I can NOT stand looking at his tail ANYMORE. I am going to wash/condition his tail tonight for sure.

                                    He prefers being a mud ball but I have got to get it off him.
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                                    Kenny - Hanoverian Gelding
                                    Tuggy - RIP at the bridge (9/12/2016)
                                    Theodore the Boxer - RIP at the the bridge (10/5/2017)

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                                    • #58
                                      I went from a gray horse to a black horse. Nyah nyah. When I don't have to whiten white, I use the cheapest baby or gentle shampoo I can get my hands on. I only bathe with it before a show. Just warm water in between shows. OK, sometimes in the spring when they are a hairy dirty shedding mess I bathe with shampoo.
                                      Man plans. God laughs.

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                                      • #59
                                        Originally posted by KateKat View Post
                                        I've been looking at that brand for their color enhancing shampoo. Any thoughts?
                                        Never used it on my horses, but the black one worked really well on my mother's dog. He looked super, and his colour was much deeper.
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                                        • #60
                                          I just realized the captions didn't come through with the pics. The first one is most ok some of my shampoo. The second one is a recycle trash can full of empty shampoo and bathing products bottles that I consolidated.

                                          My BFF the trainer asked "well, can't you just consolidate and dump half bottles into other half bottles?" and when I sheepishly admitted that most of them were in fact different scents and whatnot she lamented "well....aren't there some that would smell good when dumped in with others?!?"

                                          I'm happy to report that citrus smoothie suave smells good when mixed with sun ripened raspberry (Which I think they don't even MAKE anymore lol)

                                          The third pic is my rack of coat sprays and detanglers.. There is another tack trunk 2/3 full of bottles of different coat sprays in my horse trailer.
                                          Michael: Seems the people who burned me want me for a job.
                                          Sam: A job? Does it pay?
                                          Michael: Nah, it's more of a "we'll kill you if you don't do it" type of thing.
                                          Sam: Oh. I've never liked those.

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