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Tips (1)
Apply Brylcreme® to a freshly washed and
combed tail.
This will keep it tangle-free, smooth
and clean for longer.
It also helps prevent wood shavings getting tangled in the tail.
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 Tail Tips (2)
Want your horse to have a gleaming white mane and tail?
Rinse a freshly washed and combed mane and tail with a
proprietory laundry whitener - such as 'blue-bag'
This will give your horse's mane and tail a
startlingly white glow
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Summer is on it's way!
A Money-Saving Tip for Fly Repellant
Buy CITRONELLA OIL from your local chemist. Mix with
water. Place in a spray bottle (available at Garden Centres). And spray!
You now have a very effective fly
repellant for humans and horses.
(Q&A
Health - Warning)
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Jayne Smith from Gloucestershire |
"Show Time!"
A Money-Saving Tip for a Shiny Mane
Make your
pony look extra smart...
after you've brushed your pony's mane apply some BABY
OIL to make it
EXTRA SHINY |
Emma Pavitt from Harlow, Essex |
Stop That!"
Stop your horse from chewing the top of the stable door
- or
CRIB BITING
- by ...
Taking a
piece of strong drainpipe.
Making a slit along its length.
Slot it onto the stable door.
Nail it in place.
The curved, smooth surface will prevent the horse from
gaining any purchase on it with its teeth.
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Yuk!*!!*
"To Stop your horse from chewing a wooden stable...
Taking a
paint brush and paint
ANIMAL LARD
on the wood...
He will never try to eat his stable
again." |
Submitted by HorseWizer@aol.com |
Broke AND the Muck Heap's
Out of Control?!?!
Recoup some of that money you spend on your pony by bagging up and selling muck from your
stable
- this will also stop your muck heap taking over the yard!
££££££££!!!!
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KEEP
YOUR PONY HAPPY THIS WINTER
On returning home from a wet winter
ride, put your pony in his stable with lots of clean straw underneath
his rug. Make sure the rug is turned inside out, so that the lining doesn't get
damp. Secure it with a roller.
The straw lets air circulate, helping him to dry off quickly and stay
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Does Your Pony Need an Extra
Layer this Winter?
Convert an old Sleeping Bag into an under-blanket to give your pony added
warmth during these
cold winter nights.
Remove the zip from around the edges
Cut out a semi-circle around one of the
ends
Stitch some binding tape around the raw
edges
Stitch some broad Velcro for breast
staps
HEY PRESTO! A COSY LINING RUG!
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Katie says...
WHEN NEW
PEOPLE COME AROUND THE STABLE AND YOU INTRODUCE THEM TO YOUR HORSE, MAKE SURE THEY STAND
ON THE SIDE OF THE HORSE, UP BY THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD SO HE CAN SEE THEM GOOD.
HORSES CAN'T SEE
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE THEIR EYES ARE SO FAR APART, BUT SEE GREAT OFF TO THE
SIDES.
THIS WAY THE HORSE WILL
FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO SEE HIS NEW FRIEND, AND WON'T BE FRIGHTENED OF
SOMEBODY NEW.
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Katie Forberg, Indiana, USA |
Jane says...
When travelling your horse to a show
- to keep his tail extra clean, and save using loads of tail bandages that always fall off
anyway -
put his tail into the leg of an old pair of tights and bandage over the top. It looks a
bit strange, but really does keep it poo free and nice. |
Jane Bishop of Norwich, UK |
