Hi, I'm Sara, I'm from customer care, and today we're
going to talk about what's in my grooming tote.
First of all, I want to tell you a little bit
about me and my horse.
My horse Charlie is a 13-year-old off the track
Thoroughbred.
He's the love of my life.
He's beautiful.
One of our favorite activities is actually grooming.
He probably doesn't need it as much as others
because he does get the SmartShine Ultra,
so he is pretty handsome on his own.
But one of the most fabulous things about grooming
is the bond that you form with your horse in that time.
We'll talk a little bit about my bag itself
and then we'll dive in and see what I have.
The first thing about this, which is actually the Roma
Deluxe Grooming Tote in Navy.
One of the best features of it, which
is actually probably a bad thing,
is that it holds so much stuff.
Like literally, I feel like Mary Poppins
every time I'm pulling something out of this bag.
It's like, never ending, bottomless bag.
If you can see, there's pouches or pockets all the way
around the bag.
There's actually a few pockets on the inside,
so you can really organize your stuff.
Honestly, I'm not very good about that
but I tried to clean it up for you guys today.
On the outside, if you want to store something that's
a little bit taller than the pocket itself, the trim,
it looks like just piping almost.
It's actually an elastic so it holds your bottles in place.
You don't have to worry about stuff falling out.
Another feature about this bag that I love-- and again, it
really helps because if you load it up the way I do,
it gets a little bit heavy.
This handle is padded.
I actually groom Charlie most of the time when he's out grazing.
So literally, he's walking around
and I'm just carrying this bag over my shoulder.
I might look a little bit silly, but it's
so much more comfortable with this padded handle.
So that's the bag.
Let's see what I have in it.
Lots of fun things.
We'll start on the outside.
So first, this is apparently my hoof care pocket.
I use - you guys probably can't see it
because it's a little bit messed up, but this is the No Thrush.
Charlie doesn't usually have a thrush issue,
but I like to do this for maintenance.
And then the powder is actually also
really good for rain rot and scratches, which we do
sometimes have an issue with.
So that's my first thing.
I also have the hoof pick brush with grip in blue.
Most of my stuff is blue.
That's one of the fun things, too,
is when you can color coordinate with your stuff,
and then people can't steal yours.
The next thing on the outside is the Cowboy Magic -
the top's loose - the Cowboy Magic Detangler and Shine.
This stuff is awesome.
I was raised in barns where we don't comb our horses' tails.
We finger pick.
If you're going to finger pick a tail,
you have to put a detangler and shine in it.
This one smells delightful.
I actually put a little in my own tail before we started.
Oh, it smells so good.
It's filthy, but that's OK.
We're barn people.
Next thing, Shedding Blade.
If you have a Thoroughbred, my guy gets blanketed,
but he does get a pretty good coat.
Thoroughbreds are awesome because they shed in
like a day.
I am known around my barn as the retired pony groomer,
meaning retired ponies.
I'm not retired.
So I actually don't use this so often on Charlie
but I use it more on our other horses.
And I know there can be a concern
about cross contamination.
I wipe this off after every use of a different horse.
That's my Shedding Blade.
Actually, to go along with that, the Slick and Easy
- so mine is in rough shape so I just got a new one.
The Slick and Easy Grooming Block is amazing for shedding.
You can actually, if you guys have ever used it, you use it
and it kind of dulls as you're going along.
You then just find a hard surface
and you scrape it and it comes back sharp again
so you can just keep going.
There's nothing better than shedding a horse out.
You feel so accomplished.
Slick and Easy.
I'm telling you, these pockets are endless.
The next thing I have is the Zephyr's Garden Sore Muscle
Liniment.
So Charlie actually was just retired last week.
So I was using this more when he was working,
but this is a great, light mist, also smells delicious.
After work, I usually put it on his back.
Sometimes his back's a little sore.
Or tendons and ligaments down his legs.
Love this stuff.
Let's see.
What other treasures do we have in here?
It is fly season, so the flies are out.
So I always have my fly spray in my tote,
again, because I'm usually out walking around
when I brush him.
The new Outsmart is awesome.
What I mostly love about it is that I can actually spray it
on myself, too, so I'm a little bit more comfortable
when we're out on the grass.
I have a few curry combs because, again, currying
is a lot like shedding and you just can't do enough of it.
I have three curries for my pony.
The first is the soft rubber - I think
this is the Soft Face Curry.
He is a Thoroughbred, but he actually really loves
a good, strong curry.
This is not what I use on his body,
like you'll hear about for most Thoroughbreds.
He likes this on his face.
He loves to have his face curried,
so that's what I do with this one.
Now my other two, the rubber hand curry,
which has the teeth.
A lot of Thoroughbreds would be like,
no, don't touch me with that.
He loves this curry.
If he's really hairy or really dirty,
this is my favorite one because this kind of a weird thing,
but you'll get huge clumps of hair off.
And when you see them floating around the barn,
again, it's that sense of accomplishment.
And then my regular curry.
It's filthy, but if you can appreciate,
it's the blue glitter Rubber Curry Comb, again, just
for everyday use.
This is usually my summertime curry.
So I went to the SmartPak store and I
tried to be really good about not coming home with anything,
but you can't come home with nothing.
So orange is my favorite color.
I went upstairs and I found in the Beastie Brush
box a beautiful orange and teal dandy brush that I had to have.
I would say it's Charlie's favorite, too.
I don't know that to be a fact, but I'm
going to say because it's orange, it's also his favorite.
My nice medium brush.
And then I usually just finish up
with a nice, soft brush to add that shine again.
Never leave home without your duck tape.
Duck tape.
Love it.
And us barn girls, if we can add in a little bit of fun color,
we will.
The MTG.
I love MTG.
So Charlie grows a really nice tail, but for some reason,
he loves to stick his head through the fence
and he rubs out just one patch in his mane.
And he does have kind of a long, scraggly mane.
I do brush it out, finger brush it out,
but the MTG really helps with those rubbed out spots.
I also use this a lot on the other ponies that I play with.
I keep my bit wipes in my bag, too.
I always wipe my bit down after I ride,
but I actually also wipe it down before I
ride so that it refreshes that peppermint flavor.
Delicious.
They come in apple, too, but peppermint's our favorite.
We're getting close to the bottom.
So treats.
We all love our ponies, so I'm sure everyone
has treats in their tote.
I love the Giddyap Girls.
You can see, though, that I have a combination.
I'm getting low on the Giddyap Girls
so I refilled it with Superstars.
This is just the jar that I always use.
Love our treats.
But we can't forget the barn dogs,
so I always have WellBars in my tote.
We have anywhere from 1 to 12 dogs at a time
running around the farm and they know exactly where
to find the treats in my tote.
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