Using Hard Horse Brushes

Video Transcript

"Okay, and here's a hard brush. This is something that in the summer time when my horses are in there summer coats I use generally only on their legs to get rid of mud or dirt or other things because the bristles are really pretty hard and most other parts of the horses body are going to be to sensitive to use something like this. In the winter time when they have a lot of fur you could be a little more liberal with it. So you want to, you can use it down here. This is a good sort of a massaging tool to use in areas that you can't do a lot of actual manual massage. You can, by cleaning off their legs and remember part of the purpose of grooming your horse isn't just to get them clean, isn't just to increase blood flow and their circulation, it's also to be checking them to see how they're doing. If you're working on their lower legs and using this, that's a good chance to assess their legs, make sure that they're aren't any new knicks or bumps or bruises that you weren't aware of. Using a hard brush on them like this is a good way to keep their lower legs clean and healthy as well as increasing the circulation to those areas. You do want to be careful using this on the abdomen or further back, it's probably going to be a little bit to intense for most horses."