Carly Rae
Well-Known Member
Hi
My little colt Toby absolutely despises grooming time. He will not tolerate it and it becomes a huge hassle for me as well. It drives me crazy because he is a palomino pinto (White now because he is shedding) and he is the only one who loves lathering himself in sticky black soil... Right now he has a huge thick layer of mud on him because of course it decided to pour down rain while I was at school and he had no coat on or stalled.
So now I am dreading on cleaning him. I hoped he was like Kevin. Kevin will fuss around until he figures out I am not stopping until he is clean and he will stand for how ever long I need. But nope, I can spend all day trying to clean Toby and he wont give up.
So this is what happens when I brush him, I normally just use a curry and try brush it out. I brush him just like I'd brush the others. But when I go to brush him he is good for about a minute then he begins swinging his head round and swishing his tail, If i don't stop he will full on swing around and run into me with his belly as hard as he can, like if I am standing at his side he will barge into me (sorry if that makes no sense). I try and try but it ends up being a push and shove argument. By the end of trying to brush him today I had my hands on his thigh trying to stop him from ramming me with his hips and belly.
I really don't know what to do, I am barley brushing him hard, I cant see it being sensitive skin because he loves his scratches, and when you scratch him he will lean on you so you can scratch him harder and he moves his top lip around like he is giving another horse a scratch too.
I don't know if I am doing anything wrong but anything involving a brush is war between us. I'm also thinking that maybe he doesn't like being brushed so he fights against me until I give up and then he gets away without a brush. Maybe he has just found what makes me stop brushing him and keeps doing it.
I was also thinking that maybe I need a different type of brush? Or should I just be persistent and not let him win? Or should I try hose the mud out?
Id really appreciate some suggestions on how is should go about this. I hate looking at a black pony that should be white, and especially when I have people look at him (family, friends ect) He just looks like I neglect him because all the others are kept tidy but him.
Thanks in advance!
My little colt Toby absolutely despises grooming time. He will not tolerate it and it becomes a huge hassle for me as well. It drives me crazy because he is a palomino pinto (White now because he is shedding) and he is the only one who loves lathering himself in sticky black soil... Right now he has a huge thick layer of mud on him because of course it decided to pour down rain while I was at school and he had no coat on or stalled.
So now I am dreading on cleaning him. I hoped he was like Kevin. Kevin will fuss around until he figures out I am not stopping until he is clean and he will stand for how ever long I need. But nope, I can spend all day trying to clean Toby and he wont give up.
So this is what happens when I brush him, I normally just use a curry and try brush it out. I brush him just like I'd brush the others. But when I go to brush him he is good for about a minute then he begins swinging his head round and swishing his tail, If i don't stop he will full on swing around and run into me with his belly as hard as he can, like if I am standing at his side he will barge into me (sorry if that makes no sense). I try and try but it ends up being a push and shove argument. By the end of trying to brush him today I had my hands on his thigh trying to stop him from ramming me with his hips and belly.
I really don't know what to do, I am barley brushing him hard, I cant see it being sensitive skin because he loves his scratches, and when you scratch him he will lean on you so you can scratch him harder and he moves his top lip around like he is giving another horse a scratch too.
I don't know if I am doing anything wrong but anything involving a brush is war between us. I'm also thinking that maybe he doesn't like being brushed so he fights against me until I give up and then he gets away without a brush. Maybe he has just found what makes me stop brushing him and keeps doing it.
I was also thinking that maybe I need a different type of brush? Or should I just be persistent and not let him win? Or should I try hose the mud out?
Id really appreciate some suggestions on how is should go about this. I hate looking at a black pony that should be white, and especially when I have people look at him (family, friends ect) He just looks like I neglect him because all the others are kept tidy but him.
Thanks in advance!