I think there have been TONS of threads on this, but I'm going to a fun show in two weeks, and I want to have fun with my clippers.
The name is Cloverleaf Saddle Club, so I was thinking about clipping a four leaf clover into her but.
Her name is Alibi, and I was thinking about maybe putting an A, but that seems weird. I'm assuming I should do both sides? I'd be clipping into her hair, not leaving it and clipping around it.
Clipping a clover would be fun. Print out your design on contact paper. Then cut it out with a razor knife. Then you are left with the template to stick to her butt (not the part you cut out but the part you cut out of). That's what we do when we airbrush dogs or horses at work. I would work just as well with clipping. Stars are always fun and easy too.
It may seem to be fun but you need to think of the horses comfort - too many people clip crazy designs on their horse that leave vast areas of body uncovered that needs to be warm.
Unless you have someone running around after you with a blanket to throw over the horses back when waiting around at shows the poor horse is left with a cold back and cold muscles get damaged easily.
Unless you live in a place where it still thinks it is winter like Canada, it is considered springtime, and most horses as SHEDDING out their winter coats right now. In two weeks time, I would hope she wouldn't need a cooler, and if she does, well then putting a cooler on a horse after it has been worked is pretty normal. I used a cooler today at a schooling show, and it isn't a really big bother. Take it off before I go in the ring, and put it back on when I walk out. Easy peasy.
Would using chalk to help outline the shamrock help to clip the pattern in?
What about brushing the hair in the wrong way with the stencil on, so that you can still see the shamrock, but you aren't clipping the summer coat? Or using a product like Twinkle Horse glitter in green?
It may seem to be fun but you need to think of the horses comfort - too many people clip crazy designs on their horse that leave vast areas of body uncovered that needs to be warm.
Unless you have someone running around after you with a blanket to throw over the horses back when waiting around at shows the poor horse is left with a cold back and cold muscles get damaged easily.
What about using glitter paint or something to make your designs? It'll still look fun for the show, but it's not permanent and not messing with your horse's hair coat.
I was thinking about using chalk.
And actually, she hardly gets a winter coat. She's already done shedding and is baby-butt soft! i love it, but hate it. Shedding is so fun, but I almost never get to really go at it.
(I just go and shed everyone else's horse! haha)
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