Narrative
Upon arriving at a Hippo-therapy location, Fox Lake Farms i came to a place of green pastures and horses. One of my duties upon volunteering included grooming.
Cherry, a 38 year old mustang
was the first horse i encountered. Grooming is not a simple task to complete. The process is much more difficult than anticipated. The first step is to tie Cherry up to the grooming post. In order to begin i grabbed the bucket full of grooming supplies and began making cherry a clean horse once again. Cherry is a large horse with a coat like no other. I grabbed the curry comb first and began to tackle her coat. After getting the coat out of a mangled mess in which it was when i first began i went on to tackle her main and tail. Her main and tail felt like wire and involved a lot of time brushing through the mangled mess with a tail comb to make them nice and smooth. aside from working with the body i went on to clean the bottoms of the hooves with a hoof pick.
This happens to be the grossest part of the job. to me picking out manure and other particles out of hooves is not exactly appealing.
was the first horse i encountered. Grooming is not a simple task to complete. The process is much more difficult than anticipated. The first step is to tie Cherry up to the grooming post. In order to begin i grabbed the bucket full of grooming supplies and began making cherry a clean horse once again. Cherry is a large horse with a coat like no other. I grabbed the curry comb first and began to tackle her coat. After getting the coat out of a mangled mess in which it was when i first began i went on to tackle her main and tail. Her main and tail felt like wire and involved a lot of time brushing through the mangled mess with a tail comb to make them nice and smooth. aside from working with the body i went on to clean the bottoms of the hooves with a hoof pick.
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