Today was a fussy grooming day.
Pandora got washed all over, her mane rebraided, and her tail braided and bagged.
Did I mention that I like this mare more and more every day?
Started hosing her legs carefully because I remembered her dancing around the first day we got her when my parents hosed her scrape. She raised her head high, snorted, wanted to move around but Mom held her.
Within five minutes, she was standing still and relaxed as I ran the hose full-blast across her whole body. We got the shampoo where you attach the bottle to the hose and it just goes through, EQSolutions I think it's called. It's awesome and way less work than we're used to. With McKinna we'll still have to use QuikSilver to get her super white, but for a dirt-colored bay? MAN baths are gonna be so easy.
Did her whole body, washed her mane really well, cleaned her udder since it was rather nasty (she was totally fine with this too), washed her tail very very well, and cleaned the dock area as well. Other than tucking her butt way under when I washed her tail (poor girl, the water was probably a little cold for those parts even though it was a good 85 degrees outside), she stood totally still and was an absolute rock star.
I was very impressed.
Brushed her tail out to braid and bag it. It's actually pretty nice, rather long, a little scraggly at the end. Mom redid her mane as well, I think this is the last time we'll braid it over because it seems to be staying on one side nicely.
She dried so nice and soft!
Let her eat some hay for awhile as she dried off and put her back out in the pasture. She's settled in much better now, by the way. It's often hard to tell which one she is until I get out in the pasture, because there's so many bays and now I can't pick her out because she doesn't stand all by herself ;)
She's getting better and better about her feet, too. Just run your hand down her front legs and she'll pick it up and hold it for you; the hinds she's still a little jumpy, but if you start up on her butt and ask politely, she'll pick it up and relax quickly as you hold her hoof. I'm pleased she's calmed down about it so quickly.
Honestly, if Pandora has good athletic ability (hard to tell as I haven't ridden her much/jumped her/anything) and she's not spooky at shows, she is going to be one KILLER horse. She's very very intelligent and always ready to please, and it's amazing how fast she learns. I can't wait to see how she turns out.
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Just a place to keep track of what's going on with Pandora. Stop by if you're interested in her training progress -- it's mostly for my reference and food for thought.
2 comments:
Sounds like you're falling in love with your resale project :)
By the way, before you decide that you have to use Quicsivler on McKinna instead of the EQ sprayer, Farnam makes a sprayer of the same type with a White N' Brite body wash. I only have sorrels and chestnuts so I haven't tried it, but if you really like the 'power-washing' then that is something to try. Smartpac and American Livestock Supply have the best prices for it if you don't have it locally.
Nope, the prospect of paying off at least this year's student loans reminds me that I will sell her ;) I think I'll have to fall in love a little to take her as far as possible. But I think I can let go when the time comes.
Thanks for the tip! Weird -- we couldn't find it through ALS and its in-site searches, but with a Google search we found the product on the site. Strange! We'll look into getting it for McKinna, it would be nice if it whitened as well as QuicSilver.
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