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Summary: Whether you are bathing a horse or brushing the horse's abdominal, learn the benefits of using grooming mitts in this free pet care video from a certified equine massage practitioner.
Judith Falk is a certified equine sports massage practitioner from Lincoln, Vt., and the owner of Second Wind Equine Sports Massage. Falk first became interested in equine massage...read more
"So this is your standard Grooming mitt. These have been around forever. This is nice if your bathing your horse, for really scrubbing in some areas, getting the soap in there and getting the dirt out. One of the things that I like so much about it, is that it's very thin and very flexible. So when you've got your hand in there you can still really feel pretty easily what's going on with your horse. You can feel if their flinching away, if they've got any little sore areas and they just, they're safe for just about all areas on the horse. Lots of horses will even tolerate them on their face. They like that, you can do again under their chin. You can do their abdomen with it. So this is a nice really versatile tool that really allows you to feel what you're doing as you're working on your horse and grooming them. So this in addition to the other things can help you to do a good job of giving your horse a massage if you don't have time to do a full massage."
eHow Article: Benefits of Horse Grooming Mitts