Tips and Tricks
- Trouble knocking those chestnuts off? Soften them up first with something like vasaline. - Shane
- Make your cross ties and trailer ties safe, have a breakaway point. A small loop of baling twine between the snap and anchor point will make a dangerous situation much safer. - Shane
- Stripping stalls is pretty easy with a snow shovel. - From Rose
- Clean up those muddy feet with your long handled kitchen scrub brush. - From Rose
- Got a stallion who's nose is working overtime with those spring mares? Try a bit of Vicks on his nostrils, take those pheremones away and he'll even out.
- Does your horse gobble his grain or pellets too fast? Put a few fist size round rocks in the feed pan. Make them work for it a bit.
- Getting ready for a show and your horse has a huge green spot? A baby wipe will take the green away. - from Meredith Westman Equine
- Old clipper blades are great for pulling manes. - from Meredith Westman Equine
- Squeaky saddle? Turn the saddle upside down and sprinkle a bit of baby powder under the stirrup leathers and skirt. - from Meredith Westman Equine