On 4/14/08, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > . He tends to move away from me when I try to groom him. > > Although I don not expect my horses to stand for grooming unrestrained, I > have also noticed that some have a different tolerance for grooming tools.
boy aint that the truth nancy! when I first met jaspar, he was at cross ties and I was petting him and sorta massaging him and his skin would shiver, and the man who owned him walked by and said "watch out for that one, he'll kick if you touch his sides", he has never kicked at me, but I know he cannot STAND a hard brush. He will jump away like crazy if a brush is stiff. He in fact enjoys brushing ONLY with a face brush or I have this rubber soft one I got from Jeffers... I read that a selenium deficiency causes "skin sensitivity" and I think that is what he had when he came to me. Now he is much improved but still very sensitive. So is Tivar, but not so bad, he actually enjoys the mars coat comb brushing but hates a hard stream of water hitting him, I have to put the hose nozzle on a mild spray. Janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
