Judy Ryder wrote: >> What does it mean when a horse moves away as soon as I start >> brushing,especially the chest area? >> > > Ljufur had his preference for the type of brush used, as well as the touch. > Could be your horse might like a different bristle? or prefers a metal > comb? > > How long as this been? Could he have been recently bitten or kicked in the > chest, at play, and he's just not all healed yet? As long as I have had him. I have a shallow rubber curry and one of those long prong Grooma rubber curries. I think the long prongs pull at his hair. It seems he is ever so slightly less reactive to the shallower one. I've tried different bristle brushes.
The only time he seemed to like being scratched was when he had some bug bites on his mid-shoulder and had rubbed his hair off. I would scratch him there with my fingers or the shallow curry and he seemed to really like it. Had the whole lip curling and wiggling around thing and did not move away. This was during the summer when his coat was short. I've tried to find "spots" that he likes rubbed/scratched to use as a treat during clicker training but besides that one stint during the summer, I've been unsuccessful. By a metal comb, do you mean those round metal curries? Trish
