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As all actions carried out on a horse, the shower remains an exercise requiring a certain number of conditions to respect some instructions, so as to guarantee to your horse and to yourself safety, comfort, and trust.
We remind you that a horse must be brought up, reassured and not pushed, in order to gain time. Behave yourself as if he were << deaf and blind >>, which will put into perspective the slowness of his reactions. |
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| Characteristics of the shower area |
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Big enough :
A proper space (with a 5 m side) will allow you to turn around the horse without risking to find yourself smashed on a wall, leaving you also the freedom to dodge a possible kick.
Not slippery :
Provide a floor covering of the same type used on trucks or on horse boxes (in Granilastic). The rubber groundsheet will be fixed so that it doesn't slip away under the horse's feet.
Taps at a proper height :
Taps, compulsorily equipped with a bleeder to avoid the risk of frosting during the winter, must be at a height of 1,60 m from the ground. This is to prevent possible perforations in case the horse should bang on them. For the same reason, you will pay attention not to place these tabs near the hitch ring. The horse could play with them or even break his teeth!
The pipe will have to be at least five metres long to allow you to go around the horse, without letting him step over it. The diameter of water discharge end will have to be big enough to prevent it from filling up with manure.
In the end, the hitch ring, which must be at 1,20 m from the ground, will be equipped, if possible, with an elastic longe line.
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The picture is nice but don't follow this example. Normally horses don't appreciate energetic head showers! |
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