Anyone else’s changing their coat?!

[holeymoley]

?dare I ask?

July has been pretty meh for us, the majority of it has been wet and overcast days. It would seem our summer is April/ May! I’m not ready for winter woolies yet though ?

 

[Surbie]

Small clouds of summer coat are coming off cobbus. My clippers are sharpened and oiled in readiness. I have been loving the cooler weather though, I don't do heat and am dreading the next couple of days.

 

[Red-1]

Not yet, but Mr Red has to be up at 4.30 every morning for work, and it is quite dark at that time now. I hate it when the days start to get shorter!

 

[albeg]

Mine is moulting heavily ? He's been lightly shedding for about a month, now it's quite significant. Been thinking about checking the clippers to make sure all is in place, if we make it to September this year without clipping, I'll be surprised.

 

[chaps89]

It's been pouring out of her for the last week or so.
It's also dark/dusky by 8.30 now no more after work riding unless it's a very quick spin around the block

 

[meleeka]

My ancient mare is really growing a coat already. Her teeth need doing under sedation soon so I’m thinking about clipping her to hold it off a bit longer at the same time.

 

[cindars]

Have noticed the Shetland at yard suddenly looks woolly but not the Welsh cobs

 

[J&S]

My coloured mare started to shed the day BEFORE mid summers day! White hairs every where. The bay pony was a little later and the big horse who lives nearer the sea was covered in shedding hair when I went back to riding him after lock down. Grooming seems to be keeping it at bay and here in the west country the evenings still seem quite light but decidedly chilly even after a sunny day. The seasons are getting unpredictable these days.

 

[vmac66]

My mare started shedding earlier this week. It's coming out faster than her winter one did.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Yup all bar my old stallion are. He is a bit of a weirdo! He goes from summer coat to full winter fluff in a week towards the end of October then at the start of April he drops it all in the space of 10 days to be back in full summer glory. He is 28yo and has done this every year of the 21 years we have owned him. If only they could all be like him!

 

[katastrophykat]

Mine are ? sec A- all three are putting in coats.

 

[ycbm]

Yup all bar my old stallion are. He is a bit of a weirdo! He goes from summer coat to full winter fluff in a week towards the end of October then at the start of April he drops it all in the space of 10 days to be back in full summer glory. He is 28yo and has done this every year of the 21 years we have owned him. If only they could all be like him!

Can you pay extra for that when you buy a horse? Got to be worth £500, surely?
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[The Fuzzy Furry]

My shetlands have been shedding madly and v itchy with it for last fortnight, B Fuzzy started a week ago. Grr.....

 

[southerncomfort]

Yes my welsh pony has definitely started looking a bit fuzzier and both ponies are shedding.

 

[milliepops]

yeah TB started a fortnight ago the oldies are also looking decidedly tatty after being lovely shiny conkers for about 3 weeks since shedding last year's winter coat

WB and welsh are still in their summer clothing

 

[pansymouse]

I thought the other day that her coat seems to be thickening up but I'm going to stay in denial for a bit longer.

 

[Equi]

Yup it’s coming out in lumps and the wee ones are about half a cm fatter than last week. I hope it’s not a sign of what’s to come in winter ?

 

[IngramsRoughDiamond]

Yep my roan has got rid of his lovely dark summer coat and grown in his not so lovely much lighter fluff ? my mare is moulting everywhere, and with the amount of berries on the bushes I'm dreading winter

 

[MissTyc]

Yup, snowing from my cob!

 

[MuddyMonster]

I think I've started to see a coat change but I'm in complete denial about it

The days are certainly beginning to draw in though Yesterday morning, there was a definite chill in the air for the first time when I first got up.

 

[Laurac13]

My elderly Cushings Shetland will have a little clip today otherwise he will melt he looks like a woolly mammoth Under his fly sheet. Nothing’s shedding he just keeps growing a thick coat ?

 

[atropa]

Highland has started moulting. WB still in summer coat.
Eta wouldn't say we've had a particularly bad summer up here...not exactly sun splitting the skies every day but very very warm and humid most days

 

[albeg]

Yup it’s coming out in lumps and the wee ones are about half a cm fatter than last week. I hope it’s not a sign of what’s to come in winter ?

If it's any consolation, my gelding had a thick winter coat by last September, which was clipped 4 times by Christmas, and the winter wasn't that bad, he lived out in a medium weight half neck. I'd be more worried if my guy didn't grow a crazy coat ?

 

[AFB]

Yep, I noticed some moulting a couple of days ago

 

[Reacher]

NOOO ? it’s too soon

I noticed a bald patch on mr H’s face where he has rubbed it has regrown some hair but other than that he is still sleek and shiny

 

[Fransurrey]

My Exmoor always sheds from beginning of July. Coblet is shedding thick and fast, too. He's clipped all year round, though, which helps!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Can you pay extra for that when you buy a horse? Got to be worth £500, surely?
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Sadly he does not pass this trait onto his offspring!