my horse is extremely fuzzy and i want to clip him, since he sweats heavily after just 15 minutes of work, and i do have blankets for him.
can anyone recommend a clip that removes enough but not too much hair? i do a rough board so i am at the barn everyday, but my horse is too aggressive for the other barn workers to blanket so if i cant make it one day or if i dont blanket and then the weather gets really bad, he wont be getting one on. (if that makes sense, i mean if i dont get around to blanketing him, no one else will for me).
soooo, i dont want to remove too much hair, but enough so hes not drenched in sweat after 30 mins. any ideas?
Here is an idea ... BUT i want to make sure that i state that when you clip a horse you need to make sure that they are appropriately blanketed since you have removed some of their warmth...
One of my ponies is lathered with sweat after trotting 5 minutes if she is not clipped. I am not kidding. I don't think its cruel to clip a horse to keep her from being uncomfortable. I don't think its cruel to clip a horse for any reason actually as long as you blanket them adequately. I'm not understanding quite what the issue is? They are itchy? Not quite, I would think deep set in sweat would be itchier. They are cold? Nope? You think it looks ugly? To each to his own.
In NC the weather is so bizarre. This week it has been 30 at night, 70 and sunny in the day, then 30 at night again and 50 and pouring rain the next day. Honestly if I was a horse I'd rather be clipped and have a blanket that could be taken on and off then have one that was permanent. Just my beef.
Fiona turns really odd colors when she's clipped. She won't let you clip her back legs for anything but is mostly fine with everything else. She is pretty mareish in the back legs regard, she will kick you. But then again you can't braid her tail either, and strangers can't brush the inner thigh part (she does let me do it ) and if a gelding gets in her butt on a trail she kicks. Its just her peeve.
Yeah, his colors are so fun. He goes from almost black/dark bay to a light silver throughout the year. In the spring, and single grooming will change the color of his entire coat!
Greylite gets the winter off but she used to need clipping. She sweats heavily and it isn't fair to her. Cougar on the other hand NEVER sweats. So he can be all fuzzy wuzzy, be worked hard and be totally fine.
I was sent these a couple of days ago by a lady I supplied a large quantity of various sized circles to a couple of years ago. She did it for a Christmas show, but thought it so funny, she kept them on till they grew out. My first thoughts were they had some kind of disease :lol:
Horses names are Annie & Henry in fancy dress and just Henry ready for a hack out one day the following January. We left the spots on as it caused great hilarity at every show we went to for ages or even hacking round the village.
^CUTE! I've decided to wait until early Feb. to clip right before we go out to FL. It will save me $150 cause I would probably have to clip again if I did it now anyway!
I would like to clip my TWH horse mare (Flame) in a flame pattern this spring. Just for fun and to get some good pics. I would have to wait until it's warmer though and not clip really short (she grows like a 3" long coat). Soda is WAY too mouthy for me to blanket her. I put a tail bag on her and it was all goobered on. LOL, I could just see him out there chewing on her blanket and pulling her around with it.
^ they make a pepper spray like product to spray on blankets, Painter had to have it because he likes to rip the front of his blankets. It is horrible, horrible stuff, but it doesn't hurt them and works quite well, lol. Just wear gloves to apply!
Frankly it's much more dangerous to your horse's health to allow him/her a long layoff with limited work. You're just increasing the likelyhood that they'll be injured by letting them do nothing all winter and then expecting them to be in competition shape in the spring. It can take up to a year or more to properly condition a horse properly for competition.
Stencilbum: those are some awesome clips! I'd never of thought of that. That star clip looks like it'd take a long time to do but it's very neat.
As for the whole to clip or not to clip I see it as to each their own (like everything else in life ). Depends on the horse, the work level, and the rider. If horse and rider are happy, life's good.
Stencilbum: those are some awesome clips! I'd never of thought of that. That star clip looks like it'd take a long time to do but it's very neat.
As for the whole to clip or not to clip I see it as to each their own (like everything else in life ). Depends on the horse, the work level, and the rider. If horse and rider are happy, life's good.
This picture was taken a couple of years ago. when she was in work and jumping in competition at least once a week. It is an extreme example of what can be done but we took off enough hair to keep her comfortable when working (this was equivalent of a blanket clip in area of hair removed) Now bear in mind that some of the shows were going on until 10pm or 11pm. You don't want a sweaty horse soaked through to be boxed and driven in an open backed trailer in freezing temperatures or have to walk a horse off at the end of the how for an hour before boxing.
Here was her at a show a couple of weeks later but as her coat was growing so fast at this time, the design was alreading fading (sorry about the pic size
This was her yesterday modelling a paint stencil looking fairly chubby and unclipped and barefoot as she is not in work at the moment (she is not for sale BTW)
So, I just want to say that I LOVE this pics I've never clipped (new to horse ownership), and I don't show or anything. I just wondered what the grooming would involve for a full body clip?
On a side note: To everyone who doesn't agree with body clipping, maybe this thread isn't for you?? If you ask a man who shaves his head bald if he itches, what do you think the answer would be? I have shaved many heads and the clippers don't pull, or itch. I just get a kick out of people who just want to start something :|
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