clipping…not as easy as it looks!

[dottylottie]

so i decided rather than pay someone to clip the girls for me, i’d just buy my own, cos how hard can it be?!

now don’t get me wrong, it could be a lot worse, but it also could be a lot better

bless my little pony though, she’s never been clipped before and she stood there like a little gem…no mean feat for a pony worried to death by her day to day life

will be turning it into an irish clip when i can next be bothered!

 

[poiuytrewq]

I’ve seen loads worse! Not bad at all. She has a very pretty face.

 

[Flowerofthefen]

Looks fine to me!! The more you do it the better you will get. Great first try!! I've seen some terrible clips by people who have been clipping for years!!

 

[JBM]

You should’ve seen my first attempt
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[rabatsa]

I once chalked lines on a pony for a novice clipper. She called me later as it did not look right. She had clipped the wrong side of the lines for a trace clip.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

It looks fine but it is best to get it all done in one day although years ago I knew someone who took about a week to do full clip by just doing a bit each day, I couldn't be doing that I like it done once I decide to clip its one of those things I don't look forward to.

 

[ycbm]

I've done worse

 

[MuddyMonster]

It looks absolutely fine, honestly

 

[tda]

Looks pretty good I think, it will look better next week

 

[Surbie]

I've done a lot worse! My horse wriggles when I hit a ticklish spot.

 

[Kaylum]

Looks good and just look after your clippers and always keep them as clean as possible and you will be fine x

 

[dottylottie]

I’ve seen loads worse! Not bad at all. She has a very pretty face.

thankyou! she has an even prettier face when she isn’t giving me her “disgruntled donkey” look

 

[dottylottie]

You should’ve seen my first attempt
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oh i remember, you sent me the photos

 

[dottylottie]

It looks fine but it is best to get it all done in one day although years ago I knew someone who took about a week to do full clip by just doing a bit each day, I couldn't be doing that I like it done once I decide to clip its one of those things I don't look forward to.

see i find it rather exciting at the minute

 

[dottylottie]

Looks good and just look after your clippers and always keep them as clean as possible and you will be fine x

i thought i’d broken them yesterday! took the blades off to get all the hair out, but i didn’t pull the blades back far enough so the little trigger underneath didn’t spring up, after 6 of us tried and failed to get them back on we googled it and youtube showed us where i went wrong

 

[Belmont]

I used to always pay someone to do it as I only had 1 horse that needed doing twice each winter. When the herd grew, I decided I'd just do it myself. I've been doing it myself about 3 yrs now and still not great, although new horse needs clipping regularly all year round so you'd think I'd be improving by now!
You haven't done badly at all for your first try!

 

[oldandgold]

Everyone has to start somewhere - looks fine to me (not that I know that much)

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

see i find it rather exciting at the minute

That will soon wear off I loath it

 

[SEL]

That looks pretty good! I won't share the photo of when the microcob moved quickly just as I was doing the line of her trace clip last year. I thought I'd blended it in ok with her winter coat but when she moulted this year the flipping wonky line was a different colour for weeks!

 

[Chiffy]

Practice makes perfect, the more you do, the better you become.
What a good pony, and a good first effort.

 

[MagicMelon]

Youre very lucky you have such a sensible pony to clip! Try clipping a fire breathing dragon... wish me luck this winter... the mares clip is generally a minimal one which I slowly make bigger depending on her mood that day. Basically I take off as much as I can before she really blows her fuse and tells me where to go. Its never pretty but it does the job!

 

[Polos Mum]

I was always told the difference between a bad clip and a good clip is about a week. Give it a week and it'll be perfect.

I use kids chalk to draw on them to get the lines ish in the right place, before that I used to go higher and higher trying to match the sides !!

 

[Panda2000]

It looks fine to me. She is really pretty, what is her breeding?

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Clipping is dead easy! Clipping well is the hard part!

I am so glad I just do full clips so I don't have any lines to deal with

 

[Smitty]

In my teens I hunted with quite a posh pack. Deciding pony needed a bit of a clip, I did a sort of trace clip with mum's dog clippers. To say it was patchy would be a compliment. Pleased with the result, if I remember correctly, the hunt had the embarrassment of me turning up at the weekend for at least 2 seasons

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[Lady Jane]

I decided to do my own clipping last year as I now have a native type so bought my own clippers. I can't believe how difficult it is, especially face and legs - and I have trimmers for the twiddly bits. I have decided the messy bits where you have to bend down and look up to see can be lived with as no one but me is going to be peering underneath to check!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I decided to do my own clipping last year as I now have a native type so bought my own clippers. I can't believe how difficult it is, especially face and legs - and I have trimmers for the twiddly bits. I have decided the messy bits where you have to bend down and look up to see can be lived with as no one but me is going to be peering underneath to check!

There's a few racehorses that keep warm bellies I hate it when the racecourse photographer puts his ground camera out to shoot from underneath

 

[dottylottie]

Youre very lucky you have such a sensible pony to clip! Try clipping a fire breathing dragon... wish me luck this winter... the mares clip is generally a minimal one which I slowly make bigger depending on her mood that day. Basically I take off as much as I can before she really blows her fuse and tells me where to go. Its never pretty but it does the job!

she wasn’t impressed, she shot to the back of the stable at first bless her heart she’s the “i’ll stand here and try my very best mum”, but that’s why i didn’t take anymore off! the 4 year old on the other hand, bold as brass but if she doesn’t like it that’s the end of that - will be doing some desensitising but i’m not planning on getting them near her without sedation crossing my fingers for you!

 

[dottylottie]

It looks fine to me. She is really pretty, what is her breeding?

thankyou! farhill blossom x laurtom dancemaster - primarily C breeding, but she just kept going so ended up a D

 

[dottylottie]

I decided to do my own clipping last year as I now have a native type so bought my own clippers. I can't believe how difficult it is, especially face and legs - and I have trimmers for the twiddly bits. I have decided the messy bits where you have to bend down and look up to see can be lived with as no one but me is going to be peering underneath to check!

i evened her up on the side, silently congratulated myself on my first attempt, and then she moved her head and i realised i’d missed a big chunk next to her jaw it’s staying like that for now!