Category: Pets

Horse rugs to clean

More rugs left on the front porch for my attention. Someone forgot to tell Elvis (TB) that it’s winter and he decided to cool off in the dam.

  The usual setup: pour some laundry liquid soap into the detergent dispenser and top up with water. Attach dispenser to the gun and soap up the rug, switch to lance and slowly work across and down. But we have a problem, the motor ran for a few seconds and stopped! Took some time to work out that the detergent nozzle was blocked? so we had to carry on without it. The dispenser is handy so I need to try and unblock the nozzle.

 

  

Looks filthy but it’s only dam mud.

  

Inside is done, turn over and now do the outside. Hang out to dry.

    

The boy was wearing three rugs, above is the doona also very muddy. May as well do the Camry.

Tour of horse agistment

The horses are tended too every day…twice a day morning and evening.

Above: This is our shed, it’s like shed city around here.

Above: ET slicing and dicing apples and carrots.

Above: Lots of rugs, hay and 44 gallon drums for storing feed.

Above: This is the main shed.

We have another storage area here for hay and feed.

Many years ago this was a shower and change room for cattle workers, you can see the shower recess on the left.

It’s also home for one of the barn cats.

The ducks know the sound of the car and come running. They are so noisy.

The chook is the only one left, lost all her mates to foxes’, she has no choice but to stick with the ducks.

 

I don’t know what it is? If it had wheels I think it would beat a WRX.

Dusty (Australian pony) having breakfast.

She gets a small amount of feed and three hay nets refilled – twice a day. Why?…see below.

This is her yard – she is confined most of the day and let out in the evenings to graze for a while.
She is a diabetic horse and would suffer from a condition known as recurring laminitis (the hoofs) without proper care.
This is Elvis a TB.
He comes from Violet town.
   

Cleaning horse rugs

Now that it’s winter horse rugs start appearing on the front porch, they are left there for my attention – to clean.

   
I use a small GMC pressure cleaner connected to the water tank.

   
My favourite cleaning spot is the sloping front driveway.

   
Laying down the rug attracts plenty of attention – Pixie having a good sniff.
Use the suds bottle to lather up. You should not do this with canvas rugs.

  If you do you will need to reproof the canvas. We use a product called Wet-a-Way.

 

 
You can see the difference. Both sides need to be done.

  Hang it somewhere to rinse off and dry. I use the two seater garden swing thing.

 

 
While were here we may as well do ET’s car, it travels on dirt roads everyday.
As before apply suds and then switch to the lance to wash off – done.