Milli Ann, Do you remember science class when you rubbed a plastic rod with a piece = of wool or sheep's skin and picked up all those pieces of paper with the = static charge you created? I think the same thing is happening here. We= get the same thing here in Prescott, AZ when cleaning up our little guys= (we have mini's), for some driving activity. We bought one of the anima= l vacuum cleaners a year or so ago and when the plastic nozzle comes in c= ontact with their coats we have the same problem. I am going to try some= thing next time we vacuum the horses. I use an "Anti Static Spray" from = Radio Shack on my computer monitor to reduce the electrostatic charge on = the face of the monitor, thereby reducing the amount of dust collected. = My wife has used the Anti Static spray on some of her clothes to reduce s= tatic cling. I wonder if it will reduce the static charge in the coats o= f our horses??? Wife just walked through, check my spelling and english,= and suggested something else. We have used the discarded Bounce softene= r sheets out of the clothes drier to reduce cling and dust the face of ou= r TV, it seems to help. A word of caution with the blower or compressed air. We have used it suc= cessfully BUT, be very careful if there are any cuts or abrasions in the = animal's skin. It takes no time at all to cause terrible damage if we ge= t forced air around a cut or wound. Need to go to bed as we are off the practice with the drill team tomorrow= =2E Looking to have 4 or 5 new people who have shown interest come and t= ry out. We will be taking our 3 or 4 drivers, someone may not have one t= o drive and maybe get some more drill team members. Drive On!! Robert and Linda Smith, Petite Elite Miniature Horse Driving Drill Team, = Arizona http://myweb.cableone.net/lrsmith/drillteam.htm M. Denmark wrote: >Loved the idea of vacuuming and so got out the shop vac and went to work= on >some really dirty Fjords to get them prettied up for the Houston Area >Carriage club X'mas drive. They did really well with the vacuuming but = as >the weather was so cold and dry we had a big problem with the static >electricity. Any suggestions on how to deal with the static electricity= ? >It was a big problem as it was very strong and hurt making them jump. I= t >would zap us too sometimes even if we were keeping our free hand on thei= r >body. No there was no problem with the vacuum and its connections are >grounded it was just strong static electricity. We were really pleased = with >the part that did get vacuumed and will try the blower the next time the= y >are wet. >=20 > =20 > _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````