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Essential Equipment Equipment needed to make maintaining horses easier |
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Hoofpicks Post #1 (permalink) |
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Join Date: 08-01-08
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Hoofpicks
Do you prefer to use hoofpicks that have stiff brushes on them, or just plain ones? I prefer brushes because that's what I'm used to, but a lot of more experienced hrose people seem to not use hte brush end at all, just the pick.
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Hoofpicks Post #2 (permalink) |
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Join Date: 08-13-08
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So long as your horse has a nice healthy hoof and its picked often you shouldn't need to use a brush unless its muddy out. Even then its more likely you don't need a brush to get the frog clear but its nice to brush off the mud to keep it from developing thrush.
I have one with a brush, but I'd have to say most of the time I use the plain, boring metal hoof pick. |
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Hoofpicks Post #3 (permalink) |
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I think alot of horse people just don't take the time that some of us do. Sometimes we forget that spending 30mins grooming one horse isn't bad, but if you had a barn full of 20 horses that would be ten hours just grooming, let alone exercising or feeding or turning out.
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