Barn ~ Show ~ Horse Tips
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| tip from Donna Canada - After girthing up, go to front legs of your horse & stretch straight out to keep from having girth rubs or sores on elbows especially if horse is on the heavy side. |
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| tip from Kathryn: To make a homemade hoof polish that really conditions your horses
hooves ~ Put olive oil, garlic cloves, and Cheyenne pepper in a blender and mix. More Olive oil than the others, but enough garlic to smell it. It should smell like
Italian dressing when you are finished. This really helps cracked, dry hooves if applied everyday. This is an old secret from my great aunt. |
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| Zip lock sandwich baggies make good storage bags for treats or supplements when you
go on a trip or trail ride. Measure out the supplement portions or
treats and carry them in your trailer or saddle bags for easy addition to the feed when you are on the road. |
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| Tongue depressors make excellent applicators for salves in difficult to reach places (like under the belly). They are also good for mixing liquids or helping a powder dissolve in a liquid. |
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| Purchase a small plastic tackle box to use as your barn or horse trailer first aid kit. Make sure that you rotate items like prepackaged alcohol swabs. Even items that are foil wrapped tend to dry out after a period of time, |
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| Use a seam ripper to remove the bands from your horse's mane after
a show |
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| You can use disposable diapers to hold a poultice in place on your horse's leg. |
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HOMEMADE FLY PAPER
2 C. milk
2 T. black pepper
2 T. white sugar
2 T. brown sugar |
Brown paper bags, cut into strips. Boil milk, pepper, and sugar together for 5 minutes. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes longer, until thickened, and then let cool.
Wind the brown paper strips into a tight roll and drop them into the milk mixture. Let them become completely saturated. Rewind the strips gently and let them air dry on a cookie sheet. They are ready to hang when they are sticky to the touch.
To use, suspend the strips up and out of the way wherever flies are a problem.
CAUTION: Keep the strips away from young children, especially after they are covered with flies. |
| Tired of getting your expensive or even not so expensive saddle
pads full of wet matted horse hair that dries and begins to be
abrasive against your horse's back? Buy a thin (1/4" thick)
felt pad to go under your show or work pads. These pads are
easier to clean or inexpensive enough to trash when they get yucky |
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| For those horsemen (and others) that allow their dogs in their
house and on the furniture - I've found that a King size fitted
bottom sheet fits my sofas perfectly and stays in position on the
sofa so that I can keep the sofa clean and allow the dog a
comfortable place to sleep at night - this is easily removed for
cleaning and human company |
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| As soon as an injury gets over the infection stage, start using
pure Aloe Vera gel (make sure that the gel is 100% alcohol
free) on the area to help promote hair growth and reduce scarring |
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| To help combat odors in a horse's stall, use a box of baking soda
on the wet spots when you take down a stall |
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| Use Kiwi shoe polish, the type with the foam tip, as hoof polish for
your horse. |
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| Use Baby Oil as highlighter, its cheap and works better for not collecting dust, as well as makes your horses skin soft and smelling
fresh and clean. Remember to wipe off all oils from your horse after
the show, if not, horses can be prone to sunburns from the oil, it enhances the UV rays on your horse, just like people. |
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| To give a horse a pill form of medication ~ take a coffee grinder and drop medicine in and grind. If the horse does not like taste add a couple of peppermints in the grinder. Then clean
the grinder w/white rice and throw the rice out. |
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| Getting ready to sell a horse? Trimming and bathing the horses
that you plan on selling really help present the horse to the buyer.
Which would you rather buy? A horse that just came up out of the
pasture for the winter or one that looks like it is ready to go into
the show pen? |
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| Do you show a horse with white legs? After shaving the white,
liberally sprinkle corn starch on the white and brush in. This
will enhance the white and is cheaper than French White |
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| Use a disposable shaving razor on your horse's nose to get rid of
the whisker growth |
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| Use shaving cream on your horse's nose when you use a shaving
razor. Most horses seem to like the smell and taste and it
really cleans & softens the nose area |
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| Does your tail extension get caught between your horse's rear
legs? Spray Show Sheen on your horse's rear legs to help keep
this from happening |
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| Keep a gallon of liquid Clorox at your barn for cleaning things like
water buckets, dog water bowls and girths. The Clorox will
help keep fungus from growing on your girths and easily remove algae
from water buckets as well as harmful bacteria |
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| A 10% spray of Clorox can be made to wash down the walls of your
stalls to help kill harmful bacteria |
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| For a homemade fly spray, use 1 cup white distilled vinegar, 1 cup water, 1/3 cup
Dawn dishwashing liquid |
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| Put feeder goldfish in pasture water tanks - they will feed off the
mosquito larvae that mosquitoes deposit in the water |
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| Flies feed 1-4 feet off the ground so when setting out bait or traps
make sure that you set them no higher than 4 feet |
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| Green plastic pot scrubber pads from the supermarket are great for
removing dried mud from your horse. Their flexibility and size
make them easier to use on the horse's legs than a curry comb |
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| To help reduce boredom, place some rocks in an empty gallon milk
jug and suspend from the ceiling of your horse's stall |
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| If your saddle is squeaking, try sprinkling baby powder between all
the flaps |
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| For poison oak/ivy/sumac - mix equal parts of buttermilk, salt,
and vinegar into a paste, then liberally coat on the affected
skin. The salt actually provides a delightful abrasive that
scratches the itch while the buttermilk seems to neutralize the
poison oils that cause the itch |
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| If you are a member of the AQHA, you are entitled to $10 worth of FREE Internet records every month. Sign up for your password and visit the membership
section |
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| To reduce breakage of your horse's braided tail, start braiding it at the top, using a French braid;
this helps prevent breakage at the tail bone and helps promote
growth of the shorter hairs at the top |
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| During the week keep a hair conditioner on your horse's tail to keep it from becoming dry and brittle |
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| Support hose (old) make a good tail bag and can be used to cover
more of the tail without folding the tail over |
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