Clipping... best option?

metalmare

metalmare

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Hi,

I have a welsh pony who has only grown a fraction of his winter coat and is already dripping wet out hacking (nothing very strenuous).

He lives out and I wouldn't clip out of choice, but I think it might be best to and he will be well rugged.

If I do decide to clip, what is the most people would clip from a pony living out? His neck is particularly bad at the moment.

And should I have someone to do it or invest in my own clippers? And if I do invest in my own clippers are cordless ones any good?

Thanks!
 
My old pony had full, but legs and half face still on just because he was a wooly mammoth and we were competeing regulary. My sister's ponies, a welshie and a connie, have blanket clips which are ideal as they take off the whole neck but leave their backs cosy. I just pay my YO to do it, much easier and I don't end up covered in hair :)
 
My Natives live out fully clipped aside from legs, heaviest rugs they ever wear are 200g, never cold or sorry for themselves, plenty of forage keeps them warm from inside out. They were all clipped out about a month ago now and are still in rain sheets, anything else is way too hot at the moment, they will be done again at xmas and depending on what the weather is doing, will prob go into their 200g then.

Liveryman Harmony cordless are fab, takes a while to get thru a natives coat but they do get thru them and so easy to use. I invested in my own because having several ponies gets a little costly asking someone else to do them so they have paid for themselves really.
 
Great advice folks, thank you. I just need to check whether my heavy rug has dees for a neck attachment, I'm sure it does. He is still in his lightweight and warm under that, so I think he could probably use similar management to your ponies boysy.

Looks like a blanket or a full then. If I do get my own clippers, that's hopefully less to mess up than a trace! I'm sure I can't go too wrong leaving a 'blanket' on... :-)

I'll look into those clippers...
 
If he is not going to be working hard I would start with a chaser or trace clip, if that proves to be too little you can take more off next time but you cannot put it back on if you do a full clip. Usually I find once they have half the neck off the sweating reduces considerably and makes a great difference.
 
I take everything off as my boy sweats under his belly, on his flanks and neck etc when worked if worked hard. I could probably get away with a blanket clip on him but I personally prefer to take the lot off and rug him. I find it easier to rug etc with everything off instead of half a clip.

I do clip for friends and a few of them have had chasers and trace clips this year as they don't need much more and owners preference :)
 
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