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Pony bath time on the farm as a cheerful girl scrubs with a sponge and soap bubbles by the barn. Grab this free, fun printable PDF coloring page.
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Download coloring page (PDF)PrintA girl with pigtails and overalls washing a smiling pony with a sponge, bubbles, a sudsy bucket, a soap bottle, a barn with a weather vane and a tree.
Leave the bubbles white or give them a very light blue so they look foamy.
Make a checklist of everything you would need to take care of a pet.
A horse’s hooves grow all the time, just like fingernails.
Pony bath time looks like a bubbly blast in this picture, but horses don’t need soapy baths nearly as often as you might think. Their skin makes natural oils that help their coat shed rain and stay warm, and too much shampoo strips that protective layer away.
Day to day, the real cleaning tool is a brush. Grooming removes dust, mud and loose hair, and the rubbing helps blood flow in the skin. It is also a health check: while brushing, caretakers look for cuts, bug bites, lumps or sore spots that might need attention.
Full baths with water and horse shampoo are saved for special times, like the day before a horse show or after a hard, sweaty ride on a hot day. Afterward the horse is rinsed thoroughly, extra water is squeegeed off with a sweat scraper, and the horse dries in the sun out of chilly breezes.
Horses have their own cleaning tricks, too. They love to roll in dirt or sand to scratch an itch and keep bugs away, and pairs of friends nibble each other along the neck and withers in a habit called mutual grooming. It is how they bond.
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