Re: [IceHorses] Mats!!

2008-04-08 Thread Virginia Tupper 
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i just gently rake them with my fingers and pull them out.


I tried to take them off with my fingers but the mats are more like
little dreads hanging down so I think scissors would do best--I think
I have blunt nose ones around here somewhere.
V

Re: [IceHorses] Mats!!

2008-04-07 Thread Janice McDonald 
i just gently rake them with my fingers and pull them out.  They love
it so much they stand there for about five minutes then I have to
chase them round and round the paddock.  I usually just do the armpits
with scissors or those little face clippers that run on batteries.  My
donkey is the worst, His hair never comes out.  I believe it would
stay there year round, i just grab a handful and tug and it slips out,
big curls and all clumped together.  If i do the mars coat king it is
too much of a tug and he gets mad.  but then he gets mad at almost
everything.
Janice
-- 
even good horses have bad days sometimes.

Re: [IceHorses] Mats!!

2008-04-07 Thread Karen Thomas 
>>> Oops, sorry...maybe the spelling should've been matts?


I don't know - it's probably right.   Just knowing you are setting up a farm 
makes my brain go to certain topics... :)

Karen Thomas, NC

Re: [IceHorses] Mats!!

2008-04-07 Thread Virginia Tupper 
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Orri is shedding like crazy.  When I was brushing him I noticed that he
> >>> has some matting around the armpits.
>
>
> Darn.  I thought you were going to say that you bought the cow carpet "mats"
> and that you liked them.
>


Oops, sorry...maybe the spelling should've been matts?
V

Re: [IceHorses] Mats!!

2008-04-07 Thread Karen Thomas 
>>> Orri is shedding like crazy.  When I was brushing him I noticed that he 
>>> has some matting around the armpits.


Darn.  I thought you were going to say that you bought the cow carpet "mats" 
and that you liked them.


Karen Thomas, NC

Re: [IceHorses] Mats!!

2008-04-07 Thread pyramid 
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 04:18:28PM -0300, Virginia Tupper wrote:
> Orri is shedding like crazy.  When I was brushing him I noticed that
> he has some matting around the armpits.  How can I get rid of those?

i've had good luck with a metal comb and a dog slicker brush on stjarni.

--vicka