Using Horse Shedding Blades

Video Transcript

"So, here we have the shedding blade. And, as I've mentioned before you can also use it as a sweat scraper after your horse's bath or after a hard workout when they're pretty sweaty. The important thing to know about this, along with the fact that there are teeth on it and you don't want to use it on the horse's face or back too far back in their abdomen near the genital region. You want to make sure you're going with the horse's hair coat. That's going to be the most effective. If you're going sideways on it or against the grain, your horse is going to find that to be pretty irritating just by virtue of the fact of the way that it's going to be pulling on your horse's hair. So, you can start up here. Work your way down. Try to keep the shedding blade level when you're working with it. Try to not dig in with the front of it. You're going to be applying uneven pressure that way. And, because of the sharp little teeth on it you can actually put some little scratches on your horse if you're not careful. Again, it's a good idea to keep one hand on the horse. The hand that you are not using the shedding blade with or any other grooming tool. Just work your way down the horse and going with the hair coat. So, back here around the haunches where the hair pattern changes pay attention to that. Work your way from front to back. And, again I don't recommend using this on areas like the lower leg of the horse in the front or the back."