Thanks to a cold snap last week, Lakota has finally grown his fuzzy winter
coat. Yesterday we went on a long ride, during which he perspired quite a
bit, and brought up all the dirt buried in that fuzzy fur, which combined
with the salty sweat to make filthy froth, which dried in the cold wind to
near-cement by the time we returned to the barn.
Now, in the summer time I relish in hosing him down when he's really nasty
(since that nice cool spray covers me too :), but now it's too cold to
hose him down. I walked him until he dried, then brushed and brushed and
brushed and brushed until my arms were falling off, but still there were
several spots of near-cement in heavy-sweat areas that I could NOT remove.
Does anyone have any great tips on removing this gunk? Or is it okay to
leave it on and let him roll it off?
Glenda & Lakota