Some of you were asking how much hair my horses shed. The top two photos show one of my thoroughbred rescues, Gigondas. She doesn't have a lip tattoo, so she never raced. HA~she should have! This mare LOVES to run! Anyway, she's about 12 years old now. I don't ride her. She lives the life of luxury. She leads well and I walk her around the ranch, then I let her run, run, run in the large arena. When she's done (when she remembers that she gets a treat), she quietly stands at the arena gate. Anyway, she has very fine hair and doesn't shed much, but she does shed, as you can see. Then, there is Lucille, who I inherited after her owner defaulted on her board. Lucille is half Tennessee Walker and half draft and she is gaited. She's also about 12-14 years old and is rideable! SHE has a LOT of hair, as you can see. That's my trainer, Maia, brush, brush, brushing her. LOOK at all the hair on the ground. I need to brush her out again this week~maybe one afternoon after school.
There must be some smart person somewhere that could weave all that fur into a nice sweater. If you find one who does that, send me the sweater. :)
ReplyDeleteThey do shed a lot this time of year.....and you don't have an icelandic....I could easily get a grocery bag of hair five times a week this time of year :)
ReplyDeleteThey do shed a lot this time of year.....and you don't have an icelandic....I could easily get a grocery bag of hair five times a week this time of year :)
ReplyDeleteHeck, we have trouble keeping up with the shedding of our house cats. I can't imagine a horse. It's so nice of you to rescue them. A lot of people don't realize how much personality they have.
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