Thanks for the idea...
> Some of the advantages include:
> * not breathing in the dander and dust from your horse when you clean,
> (important if you suffer from any kind of allergy)
> * A deep clean, massages skin and promotes a glossy coat.
> * Curry first to remove the large pieces (important if the pasture has
> *any* adobe!)
> * Really great as they are coming into their winter coats, or when they are
> shedding (one of my guys has a "pre" shed every year and if I didn'd
> vacuum regularly his coat would look like something the mice got into.
> * *Really* great for removing the dried sweat after a hard ride (seems to be
> less stingy than currying out the caked stuff)
Huh. I'm not going to argue w/ any of this. On the other hand
i've pretty much given up on the idea of having a clean horse between
October and April. Ok, i'm exagerating a little. It's just that when
you have these woolly mammoths - one of mine literally gets hair 2"
long - it's more effort than it's worth to groom for the sake of cleaning.
They both get rubdowns, and any dirt that makes it to the top 1/2" of hair
does get brushed out, but i didn't think it was really possible to have a
clean horse w/o blankets and vacuums and things like that.
Let's have an honest show of hands here: how many people really get there
horses clean in the winter? (I know at least one other who has a mudbeast
all winter long.)