When bathing horses, what is the temperature of water and what kind of shampoo is used?
Depending on the climate, we vary the water temperature. Thus in the summer a cold hosing might be appropriate, but in the late spring, early fall a warm bath may be better. In the winter, no bath. Baths occur after training and before cooling out. Typically we will bath them with soap (special equine soap) and then rinse them. The (liquid) soap is designed to be less iritating to the horse, but needs washing out afterwards.
