This message is from: Emily Wigley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Pinesol is used because it's cheaper than liniment and/or shampoo, and as mentioned it kills skin "ickies." I would not ever put it on a horse, but that's just my opinion. :-) Any shampoo for people or horses is going to do the job of washing a horse. What I hope people will consider when choosing soaps and shampoos of all sorts are if it is tested on animals and if it is a plant based soap. Even a plant based laundry soap is a good, gentle, ecologically sound choice for horse shampoo. Pinesol is much too industrial and chemical to me. If a horse lives in a stall 24/7, is washed down after every exercise session, and as mentioned eats like a race horse in training, it would be clean and shiny too! (And it wouldn't roll in dirt, but rather in shavings or other bedding, unlike our outdoor living horses.)
Emily Emily Wigley Fish Bowl Farm Vashon Island, Washington The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
