This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/8/2002 12:10:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If you saw how they groom horses here for show, > you would all faint. They do not groom like we do. They leave all the > long hairs under the chin and on the cheeks, the muzzle and eye hairs, > the ears unclipped, no clipping of the legs, the fetlock joints, the > pasterns, etc, no sandpapering of the hoofs with hoof polish and no Show > Sheen. It's disgusting. One man's meat is another man's poison I guess. I like the lack of clipping. The only thing I do clip is the goat hairs. I'd never thing of clipping my horse's muzzle or eye hairs, as they are there for good reason. Along with the ear hairs (which I do trim up just a bit, but just the tufts that tend to stick out). I wouldn't dream of clipping a fjord's pasterns or sandpapering their hooves!!! Show sheen, it has its uses, but good grooming eliminates the need for show sheen. JMO. But I think I'd like the way they groom. Except for not cleaning up the goat hairs. :) Pamela <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/northhorse/index.html";>Northern Holiday Horses</A>
