Paint on a horse? =S

I think I need Rissa for this one...

Ok, so this is odd but the kid that rides with us, for whatever loco reason, wants to paint a red heart on her palomino pony's ass for Valentines Day. That's fine, I'm already aware we would need non-toxic paint, etc. not a big deal.

But what the heck happens in -10C????? It gets down to -25C at night. Will this even come off? Will it freeze to the hair and kill it? Will this pony sport a massive red heart on her ass for the rest of winter and cause people on the road to have a heart attack, thinking she's been injured?

Any tips would be great. I am utterly against the idea, I don't care in summer, but I have NO clue how this is going to work out in winter. But the kid is determined so unless I can provide some concrete facts here, she's likely going to go ahead with it.

Can you hot-towel it off immediately after, like.. a photo shoot or something? Just a spot of warm water that's immediately dried off shouldn't hurt anything.

I'd be concerned bout matting and breakage. Maybe red food dye paste would be better?

That is definitely weird...but I have no idea about the other things. But even if the paint is non-toxic it could irritate the horses skin...

A lot of people I know use the hair spray paint you can usually get around Halloween. We had a Halloween party at the barn and I turned my black horse into a zebra using the paint and another girl with a white horse made used all sort of colors. It didn't come off for several weeks, but she didn't make a big effort to remove it. Didn't bother any of the horses.

If she shows the horse then it may be a bigger deal about getting it removed, but if not, just let it wear off.

On the couple of occasions where I've painted my horses butt, I've always used like the twinkle toes body paint stuff made specifically for horses, but I have added on spray glitter. Yes I completely glittered up my dads 35 year old geldings butt for a rodeo a few years ago. I was on the drill team doing flags, and we had to be all glittery for lord knows what reason. I would go with the wet towel after you are done with whatever it is the kid wants with the heart. I don't think that it would be a problem.