Any tips for clipping in between front legs?

[SWE]

As title really, i never seem to be able to get it all off neatly through fear of catching the loose skin. Any tips? My girl is really narrow in between the front legs which makes it even more difficult.

 

[doodle]

Get someone to hold the leg off the ground and forward.

 

[cauda equina]

Trimmers!
I had one who was very narrow and trimmers worked well

 

[milliepops]

Trimmers!
I had one who was very narrow and trimmers worked well

yeah I tend to run trimmers over the narrow ones, if the horse is quiet then I crouch in front of the chest and run the trimmers towards me. you don't particularly have to worry about any folds around the tops of the legs then either because trimmer blades are much more forgiving to awkward places IME.

 

[Michen]

I put the horses foreleg forward and hold it in between my knees then do it

 

[AdorableAlice]

I put the horses foreleg forward and hold it in between my knees then do it

Exactly what I have just done, but wasn't going to admit it , health and safety and all that !

 

[Michen]

Exactly what I have just done, but wasn't going to admit it , health and safety and all that !

Ha- I also sit under their bellies

Meh!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I claim the horses will be going too fast for anyone to notice if their arm pits or boobage area are completely clean shaven ...

 

[Missadelaide]

I hold the foreleg and hook it forward with my ankle - probably not BHS safe but it works for me!

 

[tatty_v]

I’m with @Elf On A Shelf and leave the armpits a bit fluffy if it’s too difficult to get in there ?

 

[Tiddlypom]

Trimmers with narrow blades.

If I sat underneath the horse to clip, the horses wouldn’t mind, but I’d never be able to winch myself back off the floor again .

ETA Have just left my mare’s elbows and between forelegs woolly after clipping her this morning. She’s good to clip everywhere, but she only allows me an hour at a time then she makes it clear that my time is up for the day. Will finish her off later this week.

 

[Sir barnaby]

I gently pull the skin tight and run clippers over carefully on one side then swap to opposite side I get someone to hold leg up for elbows and bits behind the elbows that seems to work I am very particular and keep going till all done but I also make sure my blades are kept cool.

 

[scats]

Pull leg forward with one hand and clip what I can, then leg between knees to stretch the skin out with other hand.

 

[nikkimariet]

When on my own with Fig he will happily rest a leg on my shoulder!!!

I train them to stand with one leg hoiked up on a crate/bucket.

 

[AdorableAlice]

If I sat underneath the horse to clip, the horses wouldn’t mind, but I’d never be able to winch myself back off the floor again .
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I tripped myself up with a haynet last year, went head first into the hay barn and got wedged face down between two round haylage bales, my husband had to pull me out by my wellies.