Horse Hair Dryer?

[Taylor Jo]

I'm thinking about getting a blow dryer for my horses to help dry them when I bath them. As per the course around here it rains EVERYTIME I go to bathe just before show day. It's cold and rainy and miserable. I have a hot water heater which helps but still I didn't know if a blow dryer would help.

I talked to my trainer and she said she just uses a plain old blow dryer from Wal Mart. I don't know if that's what others use or if they use the Double K one or just what you do use if anything. I'm picking up 6 of my horses next Monday so I could really use the help in getting them dry also. Any input would be helpful. Thanks, TJ

 

[disneyhorse]

Well, a ShopVac set on "blow" works pretty good, and you can get the most powerful one for your budget. It's not really like a human hair dryer, which gets pretty hot, but it more blows the water off the coats. Very effective and WAY better than nothing!

I also like to blow dirt out of their coats when it's too cold to wash but I want them clean for whatever reason.

Andrea

 

[Joanne]

We have the Double K.

It works great and we even blow dirt off the horses before washing them or photographing them.

Highly recmmended!

We used a shop vac for many years, but hated the noise and how large it was.

 

[Michelle@wescofarms]

We have a dedicated shop vac for the horses. It is a smaller one with a fairly good motor that has a smaller hose almost like a vacuum, not the larger size shop vac hose. It works well to blow dirt out/dry or vacuum them.

Clipped horses dry fairly quickly. When we wash multiple horses we'll squeegee them, then put beach towels over them with a light sheet to hold it in place. It does absorb a fair amount of water.

 

[Taylor Jo]

Thanks guy's. I forgot I do have a leaf blower but OH MY it sounds like a jet airplane!!!! And it would blow them out of the barn. I'll have to see about a small shop vac or the double K blow dryer. I want what ever is going to work the best and EASIEST. I hate fumbling around with stuff, especially with yearling's and I have 4 of them. OH MY!

Thanks, TJ

 

[Davie]

Love my Double K dryer. Works great to get the dirt off of them before I clip off the winter coat or if they get dusty before their class. Also used it last year to clean the stall asiles at Nationals--worked great.

 

[gatorbait4sure]

I use my K-9 hot air blow dryer. It has two speeds and can blow a wet dog off it's feet in the tub! My horses LOVE it,and there isn't a grain of sand on them when I'm finished, so I can clip w/o problems! It blows warm air so they are always comfie. The Double K blower isn't as powerful.

dru

 

[Genie]

We invested in an "Anivac" which cleans your horses like steam cleaning a carpets.

ANIVAC Cleaning System

www.animalcaresolutions.caut

We are in Ontario but there seems to be a lot of distributors out there.

So when the horse is cleaned it's only dampo and dries quickly. You can "anivac" a horse in the winter if you have to.

 

[Whoa]

I use Double K. It is wonderful. It has no heating coil but develops heat with its motor. There are a couple of nozzles that affect the blowing power and several levels of power too. Excellent investment.