This list is going to be an ongoing project and you can double check with your own power of reasoning and a trusted trainer. Every horse has specific needs that help him to be a happy individual. I am compiling this based on two students that are currently in the process of going from total beginner with no horse to adopting a horse in one week. One got a skinny whinny from a local ranch and another has purchased one from the Kaufman Kill Pen in Texas.
An ongoing evolving list (feel free to comment):
Halter/leadrope (if horse is young and untrained you may want a breakable leather one)
Basic Grooming Supplies:
Brush Box (a plastic or wood tote box to keep all your grooming supplies in)
Soft Brush (face and legs)
Stiffer Body Brush (some horses don't like very stiff brushes)
note: for instance I have a Percheron that you could rub with a metal brush and he would lean into it like it was the best thing ever and on the contrary I have a very feminine T bred that I have to use the softest of stiffer brushes or she looks at you like you are abusing her and she's going to call the SPCA
Curry Comb (oval shaped usually rubber in the US but you can order metal ones)
This is used to bring up dirt and gently exfoliate skin before using the brushes to remove dirt.
Comb or Brush for Mane and Tail ( choose whichever-eventually you will have both;)
Hoof Pick (lots of options: The plastic ones with the brushes on the back are good. No horse head)
Sweat scraper (Used to remove water after a bath-metal or rubber depending on your horses sensitivity and your needs. Some of the metal ones have a shedding blade on one side.)
Towels/shammies (For wiping eyes etc.You can use old clean towels from your house too.)
Products:
Fly Spray (Depending on your region and the time of year-most horses need fly spray-There are chemical ones and natural-get something with Tea Tree Oil if it's natural or it doesn't work)
Fly Mask (a mask to protect eyes from flies getting in corners and laying eggs...yucko!)
Hoof Oil ( Depends on region and time of year-used to moisturize hoves to avoid cracking)
Anti Fungus/bacterial hoof tx (you can use a liquid or a powder/you can use Tea tree oil as a natural alternative too. It's important to have something on hand as horses step in their poop and it rots feet)
Shampoo/Conditioner ( Can use human products, but go more natural to avoid irritation)
Spray in Conditioner/detangler (Show sheen or a more natural alternative you can find)
A first aid kit of sorts:
peroxide, neosporine, large gauze squares, vetwrap (2),neosporine, swat (fly repellent)-Natural alternatives exist for all of this too...Farrier's Wife has a nice product to replace Swat for instance...
More equiptment:
Longe Line and Longe whip (used for exercising your horse, this takes some training to use the longe line so free longing with no line is safer for horse until you get some training with line.
To be continued but this is a good start:)
An ongoing evolving list (feel free to comment):
Halter/leadrope (if horse is young and untrained you may want a breakable leather one)
Basic Grooming Supplies:
Brush Box (a plastic or wood tote box to keep all your grooming supplies in)
Soft Brush (face and legs)
Stiffer Body Brush (some horses don't like very stiff brushes)
note: for instance I have a Percheron that you could rub with a metal brush and he would lean into it like it was the best thing ever and on the contrary I have a very feminine T bred that I have to use the softest of stiffer brushes or she looks at you like you are abusing her and she's going to call the SPCA
Curry Comb (oval shaped usually rubber in the US but you can order metal ones)
This is used to bring up dirt and gently exfoliate skin before using the brushes to remove dirt.
Comb or Brush for Mane and Tail ( choose whichever-eventually you will have both;)
Hoof Pick (lots of options: The plastic ones with the brushes on the back are good. No horse head)
Sweat scraper (Used to remove water after a bath-metal or rubber depending on your horses sensitivity and your needs. Some of the metal ones have a shedding blade on one side.)
Towels/shammies (For wiping eyes etc.You can use old clean towels from your house too.)
Products:
Fly Spray (Depending on your region and the time of year-most horses need fly spray-There are chemical ones and natural-get something with Tea Tree Oil if it's natural or it doesn't work)
Fly Mask (a mask to protect eyes from flies getting in corners and laying eggs...yucko!)
Hoof Oil ( Depends on region and time of year-used to moisturize hoves to avoid cracking)
Anti Fungus/bacterial hoof tx (you can use a liquid or a powder/you can use Tea tree oil as a natural alternative too. It's important to have something on hand as horses step in their poop and it rots feet)
Shampoo/Conditioner ( Can use human products, but go more natural to avoid irritation)
Spray in Conditioner/detangler (Show sheen or a more natural alternative you can find)
A first aid kit of sorts:
peroxide, neosporine, large gauze squares, vetwrap (2),neosporine, swat (fly repellent)-Natural alternatives exist for all of this too...Farrier's Wife has a nice product to replace Swat for instance...
More equiptment:
Longe Line and Longe whip (used for exercising your horse, this takes some training to use the longe line so free longing with no line is safer for horse until you get some training with line.
To be continued but this is a good start:)
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