Those tiny teeth dog combs! They’re for fleas or lice but I used it to pull sap and mud (and dried soggy poops) out of winter hair.
Great mud you have going on! Rivals the New York mud! I agree not ideal but there’s really nothing you can do about it unless someone has a gorgeous mud free facility. We have mud under all of the gates right now, just fortunate my guys don’t like to hang out and wade in it. They’ll have a good roll in it though.
Good for you!
Maybe a blanket with a belly band would help?
Is there any chance it is sap or something else and not mud? I can’t even imagine any kind of mud that doesn’t eventually dissolve in water or be able to be combed out. Sap - definitely another issue altogether, though. That really needs to be pulled or cut out.
This is one good use for silicone coat spray. I would use it on his underside that the blanket doesnt cover. It should help keep the mud from sticking as much.
Yes the groom used those! But it hurt him so a lot of soaking was involved.
It’s going to get too warm so I’m thinking of trying a fly sheet with a belly band.
There are no trees near so I don’t think so.
I think it’s like another poster said, a mix of manure and mud, like cattle get in pens. 
His coat texture doesn’t help. It’s a bit rough and curly.
He’s undergoing a diet change that will hopefully help that.
We sprayed him with all kinds of sprays so fingers crossed. It’s supposed to rain and snow next week…
Thank you so much @beowulf for turning me on the the Strip Hair grooming tool.
I looked at their website videos and ended up ordering 4 of them, 2 for the BIG stable, one for the small stable where I ride and one for me. After the videos I KNEW my riding teacher would want one and I was right!
Today was the first time I could use it, on the super skin sensitive lesson horse I ride. He relaxed instead of dancing around, I could “lean into” his coat (previously forbidden), and he just seemed to enjoy it.
My riding teacher was super impressed and already had a list in her head of elderly horses who NEEDED to be groomed with this tool, just to get the shedding hair off of the poor, itchy horses.
There will be a whole lot of horse hair floating around the stable today! AND the horses will be happier.
Thank you again!
OMG, the drawing of the girl on the Strip Hair package! 
Kind of a cross between a 1950s model and EllieMae Clampett!
Well… someone came in covered in sap last night. And just in time for our clinic this weekend. (I’m already embarrassed enough that he’s still hairy as hell.)
We have hot water-- anyone have a solution that gets sap out?
Maybe try the white vinegar?
Sadly I have not found anything that gets pine sap out of dog fur. So, presuming the same is true for horses. I’ve tried a variety of cleaners and degreasers…to no avail. I’m not sure what is safe but maybe something in an auto supply shop…?
Brake clean gets everything. But I’m dubious about it’s safety
You could try gel hand sanitizer. People around here use it to remove sap from their cars.
Oils will generally work and are obviously very safe - any type of cooking oil/coconut oil should work.
Second the oil idea for sap. With my dogs I’ve had good luck rubbing canola or olive or mineral oil into the sappy areas and then washing the with warm water and dawn or ivory dish soap. The other thing that works well is skin so soft (the Avon stuff) but that may be harder to find.
It’s snowing and raining. So wet here. 
It’s so snowy and wet here. I’ve been terrified. He’s blanketed during certain weather but it can go from 70 degrees to 25 and snowing in 24 hours here.
The other day he was a bit muddy, but not drenched/matted like before. I curried it right off, just like normal. What a relief. I sprayed him with laser sheen as well to help slick his coat- I just don’t want him to get absolutely matted down.
Fingers crossed!!!
Good for you! Fingers crossed
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