BYR
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Post by BYR on Oct 10, 2007 20:00:30 GMT
We have ordered him a hood with ears.  Where can you buy hods with ears from ? Thanks ! |
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Post by deejay on Oct 10, 2007 20:12:10 GMT
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Post by smerf14 on Oct 13, 2007 20:40:50 GMT
When I had my grey I was told that when I had bathed her, to wipe over my pony with gold label coatshine while she was still wet. this would then 'seal' the hairs. Then when (not if!!) she got poo stains just brush them out with a stiff DRY brush. It was the best advice I was ever given and works.
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Post by Jackerjen on Oct 13, 2007 20:58:50 GMT
We've got a pure white shetland, and trying to keep him clean when his tail drags in the mud, he has a double mane (which he insists in rubbing in the mud when he rolls) and lives on the moors! it's a pretty hard job! And seeing as he goes better when hes been out for a few days before a show or anything he tends to come in the night before a show and bathed then.
So we tend to -
Always use washing up liquid, its cheaper and if you use a blue one it can really whiten them up!
Spray plenty of show sheen onto feathers and base of tail after bathed, as this means then we dont have to bandage and flatten all of his feathers, as the show sheen stops stains from sticking to the fur.
ALWAYS carry baby wipes with us at shows, as they are fab for getting rid of quick nasty stains you spot just as the horse is entering the ring!
And finally chalk, if you do have a stain that wont budge a bit of chalk (and aslong as it is brushed in properly into the fur, so you dont get a cloud of dust everytime the horse moves or the judge runs their hands over the horse) will make do
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Post by princess on Oct 13, 2007 22:23:58 GMT
We use lemon washing up liquid on mane and tail! couldn't live without cowboy magic stain remover. As lincol said Milton is the best thing I have used on my mares stained yellow tail, it also works on feathers etc. We also spray with show sheen after she's bathed. Then hood and rug up and place the tail in a tail bag and attach to rug!
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Post by fiona on Oct 24, 2007 13:42:54 GMT
Was recommended to look at this - glad I did - tons of ideas. My piebald gets only his white bits dirty inc his 4 white legs (and yes I do have to contend with mud fever!!) I just groom really roughly ... which he seems to enjoy ... maybe that's why he gets so dirty. Thanks for all the other ideas though, specially for the tails as his is all white  |
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Post by magpie on Oct 24, 2007 14:31:00 GMT
The grey pony survival kit: Rugs/hoods - as many as you can lay your hands on. Amigo bug rugs are fab. They seem to keep most dirt off but do need washing often (but tumble dry in 10 minutes). Use lycra hoods under the bug rug with another rug on top (depending on temperature) the night before a show. This should drastically reduce the chance of stains! Cowboy Magic Stain remover - Buy 3. Keep 1 for home and 1 for the lorry and have 1 in your ringside basket. Follow the instructions. Its brilliant. Touch of silver shampoo (the type old ladies use) - This keeps light tails a lovely silvery shade...instead of a yellowy colour. Use at least twice a week in the showing season. Plenty of de tangler will repel the dirt. Also good on pony's body. Show sheen - This will not really make your grey shine BUT really helps repel dirt. Don't use under saddle area as this will also repel your jockey! Hope this helps!! what is silver shampoo sounds good?  !!!!!! also when you hose firstly i find that using a body brush as well helps take out most stains!!!  any tips for faces???!!!  |
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Post by leo on Oct 24, 2007 17:12:48 GMT
This thread is almost worthy of a sticky i feel!
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Post by busybusy on Oct 29, 2007 14:31:48 GMT
Magpie, touch of silver is the name of a shampoo used by the "blue rinse brigade" and can be bought in most chemist shops. This is very similar to any of the "blue" horse shampoos on the market but seems much thicker, and is quite cheap. I usually get funny looks when I (with no grey hair....cover that up with highlights!!) ask for 10 bottles of Touch of Silver in our local chemists!
I wash the tail to remove the worst dirt, shake excess water out then shampoo again with Touch of Silver. Leave in for around 5 mins then rinse. I once got involved in a legnthy phone call and left this on for around 15 mins.....pony had a distinctly purple tail for a week or so afterwards!!!! Use this shampoo on grubby faces (or grubby anywhere) for a brighter than white finish!
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Post by Guestless on Oct 29, 2007 15:08:57 GMT
I'm moving this to the Questions and Tips section so it doesn't get lost.  |
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Post by mrst on Nov 7, 2007 15:33:14 GMT
Milton is the best thing I have used on my mares stained yellow tail, What strength of Milton do you use and how long do you leave it on? |
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Post by princess on Nov 10, 2007 4:18:24 GMT
I dissolve 1 or 2 tablets in about 2/3 of a bucket of water then leave to soak (tail in bucket) for upto 15 mins, I just keep checking the hair for any signs of breakage etc so its all trial and error but it definately lightens up the yellow! I then use lots of conditioner after.
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Post by crazymare on Nov 10, 2007 15:01:45 GMT
I have a grey, currently is living semi ferral (daytimes only of course, couldn't leave a princess out overnight ) as she is in foal. We use gallons of Co Op 99p Apple shampoo, and QuikSilver for legs and tail. Legs get a first wash with cheap stuff, and a good scrub then rinsed and QuikSilver. Tail is another matter, it lives all year round in a plait in a waterproof tail bag. It is washed once a week, if it has got dirty i.e. been hacking through bogs and rivers, then I used Napisan, the stuff used on babies reusuable nappies, diluted in hot water, and I just dunk the ends in for as long as I can hold the bucket up. Don't use it on the dock though but I know people do. Rinse, maybe use yellow washing up liquid, followed by another rinse. QuikSilver time! Leave that on while I do legs, then rinse out and condition with bogstandard conditioner. Rinse and replait and bag!  |
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Post by halfpass on Nov 18, 2007 22:25:43 GMT
Try the tops of stinging nettles boil them up strain the water and use the juices to mix in there feeds its great for bringing the dapples out in Grey's and also try bathing in matey kids bubble bath as this to works wonders on Grey's.
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Post by Shampoo on Dec 9, 2007 21:41:18 GMT
Yes there is!
It's called Clairol Shimmer Lights.
You have to ask a hairdresser to buy it for you from a professional warehouse. Wet the pony, rub it in, leave for 4 minutes and rinse off . Result is amazing!
Then you elbow grease to polish off.
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Post by Twiggy on Feb 10, 2008 14:34:47 GMT
when i had a grey i used to chalk his legs when they were damp and then bandage them.
i also used to use cowboy magic stain remover, then chalk powder again when he was damp, i found this was the best way to keep the white really white!
Also was stable rugs and fleeces and hoods in Nik Wax Polar Proof, you can get it from snuggy hoods, and it stops the poo coming through the rugs!
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Post by Digby on May 17, 2008 15:46:04 GMT
chalk powder and that purple shampoo do the job!
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Post by deejay on May 17, 2008 20:33:10 GMT
Touch of Silver for us every time - brilliant results
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Post by girly on May 18, 2008 17:21:48 GMT
I have decided that gin helps get a grey pony clean.
Take gin ( in a plastic ) bottle out to yard.
Start to bathe dirty pony
Cry, have a swig of gin
Use various types of potions and shampoos
Cry and have another large swig between shampoos
Carry on until gin is finished
Look at pony ( all three of them by now ) decide you don't care if they are clean, turnout, cry again and go to bed.
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Post by Milliesmum on May 18, 2008 17:30:59 GMT
Girly, I find lager works in much the same way when cleaning tack.
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Post by try on May 18, 2008 18:12:44 GMT
Funnily enough the bottle of red wine i made inroads into last night whilst tack cleaning seemed to do the same job too! Its taken me nearly 40 years to discover that red wine/ lager makes tack look MUCH cleaner!!
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Post by shelleyj on May 18, 2008 18:31:28 GMT
we'll have to try that at malvern!
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Post by girly on May 18, 2008 20:33:08 GMT
I don't mind cleaning tack, I find it relaxing, grey horses who want to be green and brown make me uptight. Give me my dark pony any day , mind you I only know how dirty she is when I see the colour of the water that comes of.
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Post by try on May 18, 2008 21:01:16 GMT
Exactly! When you show three greys who all believe they are piebalds really, red wine , lager or gin is your only solace sometimes!!!
When my daughter came out of leading rein classes i swore we would never have another grey, so how come we now show three of the dirty devils?!
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Post by shelleyj on May 20, 2008 18:38:34 GMT
you know you love them really!!
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Post by try on May 20, 2008 19:50:18 GMT
Oh i love them allright, but boy, they are hard work sometimes!
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Post by wendbarry1 on May 29, 2008 21:05:32 GMT
Bacardi is good too. I drink it, husband cleans tack!!!!!! We have a grey (mudmonster) allways bathing it. We also have a dark bay, bath it once a month. Drink loads of bacardi and then bath it in quiksilver for the grey and quiccolour for the bay. Works wonders and with a hangover you don't care what they look like!!
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Post by skint on May 30, 2008 8:33:53 GMT
Did anyone read the article in Horse and Hound this week with tips from Showing grooms. Lots suggested Soda crystals has anyone ever used them on grey ponies.
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Post by crazymare on May 30, 2008 19:31:08 GMT
Yup, on tails. I don't find it as effective as the Napisan, and it makes my hands sore, so I have half a bag sat in the tack room.
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Post by guest speaker on Jun 7, 2008 10:24:50 GMT
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