Is it a MYTH that when you wash a horse in cold water it can cause kidney damage?My family and I are horse people. We own horses and are around them all the time. While washing our horse, someone told us that by using cold water to wash a horse, it can cause kidney damage or failure. We've never heard of this, nor have we had any of our horses suffer from kidney damage. Is this true, or is is just an old wives tale?
Posted by Littlegirl
People say dumb thing all the time.
But what do you like cold water or warm water?
If you say cold water. Take a cold shower.
Posted by actionbo09
It's a myth. There was a study performed at the Atlanta Olympics that showed that hosing a horse with cold water or pouring buckets of it over him is actually a very efficient way to cool them off and it does not damage them (They suggested hosing/pouring, sweatscraping, then hosing/pouring, sweatscraping, as the best way to cool a horse off quickly).
Posted by lisa m
A lot of the racing and polo yards I worked in never had running hot water so we always washed down with cold water and never had a problem.
That's like saying getting in a cold pool or shower will damage my kidneys - makes no sense. I'd ignore them.
Posted by Gettin Ziggy with It
its a myth. my barn hoses off all of the 100[?] horses with cold hose water.. so yeah. its a myth. all my stables horses are fine. i was my pony in cold water every day [except for in the winter and fall!]
Posted by sean94110
what do you think happens when it rains?
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