Ponies have an aromatherapy shampoo

  It’s the end of summer and the ponies have dusty coats so we like to give them a wash and brush up before they start to grow their winter coats. This is Sundance covered in soap suds.   Ponies and horses, have fine hair during the warm weather and then grow thick, dense hair to keep them warm in winter.  Our dogs and cats do the same to some extent – because they are mostly kept indoors it isn’t so obvious.

We use aromatherapy shampoo on the ponies, we find lavender or tea tree are best.  It’s a good opportunity to look for scratches or fly bites, so we check them out all over.  The blacksmith trims their hooves in Autumn and the equine dentist checks teeth.  Then they’re all set for winter.

The ponies enjoy their shampoo, the water is warm and it’s a soothing massage.  It has to be done on a sunny day.  When we’ve rinsed them off, we towel them dry and then they walk around in the sun to get completely dry.   All of them were good and stayed clean except for Bridget the youngster, who rolled as soon as we let her go.  There’s always one …

Daydream was well behaved as always

Pixie wasn’t so sure ….

But then he gave in ….

Bridget rolled as soon as we let her go …