I haven't clipped Tillie the last few years because the last time I did, she turned into a fire breathing dragon. In her defense, she was also 5, just off stall rest...and back on and off some more.
But this year I started noticing her coat got long pretty quickly which meant her sweating when being ridden. Tillie has always been a sweater...she sweats when she gets mentally worked up or is thinking really hard too even if the ride itself isn't physically challenging.
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| All clipped! |
Quite quickly, Tillie has made a turn around and started behaving herself again...but for a little bit there the dreaded fall friskies came out.
Its also been very warm again...so I'm sure its a combination of the warmer front and me riding a lot more.
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| Looking awfully cute all clipped |
I made the leap and clipped...I first did a trace clip hoping it would allow her to dry faster or not get as sweaty. But riding the next day and STILL needing a cooler and having to wait 2 hours for her to dry...I decided to finish the clip out into a full body clip.
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| I just left a little bit of love |
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| The heart is pretty basic...Ive seen some way cooler clip jobs |
So what makes you decide whether or not to clip? If you do, do you do any fun designs?
I clip because it rarely gets to freezing. I do a blanket clip because it removes the sweaty hair and doesn't make him totally naked. I don't do fun designs because I'm not that talented, although I've threatened to make him into a giraffe
ReplyDeleteI tried a blanket clip...and ended up going for the full body. I think stinker as a giraffe would be super cute!
DeleteMine is getting a little strip clip, just his chest and under his neck. I really want to avoid paying for blanketing all winter and I also want to avoid getting launched off of him when a gust of wind blows up his bald butt.
ReplyDeletelol yea that was the main reason I hesitated on clipping at first too...but I'm glad I did, its been insanely nice, but hot for that extra winter fur right now
DeleteUgh. I need to clip Nilla badly. She's grown a wooly mammoth coat and it's like 80+ degrees and humid here. I found her sweating standing in her stall the other day.
ReplyDeleteSame here :( the poor horses were all so tired this past weekend with the temps so warm and all the extra winter hair...I might even need to clip Tillie AGAIN!
DeleteShe looks so beautiful. I would love to clip Spud, but once it snows I don't take them out much (no access to an indoor).
ReplyDeleteUGH, I can not wait until we get our indoor! But I usually can keep riding consistently until the middle of Feb
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