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Saturday, 17 December 2011

Useful things: Mud-buster-thingy!

A quick useful thing for you - and although I don't know its real name or who makes them...(!), Cristina found it online!  Thanks Cristina :-)

You can get them at our local Mole Valley Farmers store in South Molton or online here: http://www.oakfield-direct.co.uk/super-groomer.ir?cName=for-the-horse-grooming-scrapers
(which is also cheaper than the link in the comments section) and after seeing how brilliant they are, quite a few of the rehab owners stock up on them and give them as Xmas pressies to all their horsey friends. 
They are made of bendy squiggles of rubbery plastic and there is nothing so good at removing mud.  The really great bit is that because they are soft and flexible even horses who are very ticklish or thin-skinned are happy for you to use them AND you can use them on legs and on heads and even the fussiest TB doesn't object to them. 

They have the added bonus of being cheap and cheerful enough to have several on the yard, which is essential because once you have one, if you lose it you will be REALLY cross!
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9 comments:

  1. Clare17 December 2011 at 11:46

    I've tried to find them up here but haven't yet, will be picking a few up on my next visit after using one last time!

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  2. Unknown17 December 2011 at 21:35

    We got it from the shop you mentioned and I love it! No idea what's called though ;)

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  3. Cristina17 December 2011 at 21:46

    Is this it?

    http://www.discount-equestrian.co.uk/horse-care/grooming/brushes-combs-picks/super-groomer.html

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  4. cptrayes17 December 2011 at 22:44

    Typical! You tell us it's brilliant but we don't ge told what it's called or where to buy it. Honestly! Some people!! :-)

    C

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  5. Nic Barker18 December 2011 at 11:17

    C, I'm useless but luckily Cristina isn't :-) The link above is the very thing - will amend the blog post accordingly!

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  6. Nic Barker18 December 2011 at 11:17

    C, I'm useless but luckily Cristina isn't :-) The link above is the very thing - will amend the blog post accordingly!

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  7. Jo18 December 2011 at 23:55

    I have been using these for years. They are great, for mud, sweat and bathing. They last for many years too, as long as you can stop others borrowing and not retuning them :-)

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  8. sarahh19 December 2011 at 11:56

    OOOoooh, I'll be off the Mole Valley when I'm back in the West Country at Christmas then!

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  9. jenj20 December 2011 at 18:23

    I've never used one of those for the mud, but I'll have to try it for sure! I could almost (almost) wish it was cold enough to blanket here, since the boys are all mudballs.

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