Brambridge04
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My mare needs clipping due to work load, she gets frothy! however she is out 24/7, hardly any shelter, and in a no neck rug, would you chaser clip?
Clipping - Chaser Clip and out 24/7? No neck rug?
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Achinghips
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Depends ... which part of the country are you? what is her breed? what hard feed are you giving? does she normally feel the cold? what is the rest of her coat like? how old is she? what weight rug? what is your workload regime? ois she hogged?
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Bambi.
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Depends on the horse, mine has got a blanket clip (lives out 24/7) and a rug with no neck at the moment and he's toasty warm! 
Wagtail
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If you do a low chaser clip like this:
You should be fine. My mare is rugless at the moment (on box rest). She gets her rug put on if she wants it. It gets offered each night. She will let you put it on if she's cold but not if she isn't.
You should be fine. My mare is rugless at the moment (on box rest). She gets her rug put on if she wants it. It gets offered each night. She will let you put it on if she's cold but not if she isn't.
Brambridge04
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I am in Hampshire, she is a 6 year old NF mare.
She has a handful of apple chaff, with a scoop of hacking mix, and vits and mins, once a day (normally twice a day between december - feb)
She is ridiculously fluffy, like a little bear!
She has a 220gram rug, and a 160gram rug, and a lightweight, could layer??
She is schooled twice a week and hacked twice a week.
She has a handful of apple chaff, with a scoop of hacking mix, and vits and mins, once a day (normally twice a day between december - feb)
She is ridiculously fluffy, like a little bear!
She has a 220gram rug, and a 160gram rug, and a lightweight, could layer??
She is schooled twice a week and hacked twice a week.
3BayGeldings
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I wouldn't be as bothered about the lack of neck rug so long as she is adequately rugged otherwise
Achinghips
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Ah, she sounds similar to mine in her needs - Mine has the clip in first pic at the mo and only a rainsheet on at night - naked in day, no neck, as he's a hairy cob/half Shire with a mane to his knees - yesterday morning he was sweating under his rainsheet, so may need to rethink even that!
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=416863
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=416863
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Littlelegs
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I did exactly the same very low chaser as Wagtail on daughters pony at wkend. So far pony been out 24/7 rugless, very warm pony that is ridiculously water proof. She's out overnight in a lw with no neck, naked in the day. If I were to put the lw on at eg 4ish, she'd be far too warm. Even the clipped underside of her neck is warm to touch at 7am. By contrast, mine has same clip, but is in a mw combo overnight, lw without neck in the day.
scarymare
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Agree with this. Its all relative, all of mine lived out unrugged in 2010 when temps frequently and for prolonged periods hit -23. All were absolutely fine so you are subjecting yours to a lot less! Ad lib forage vital when it gets cold of course.
Double_choc_lab
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As an oldie can I say when there were only green NZ rugs they didn't have necks on them and we used to fully clip and turn out in one of those. They all survived. You should be fine with a chaser clip.
whisp&willow
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my arab x is out 24/7 with a blanket clip (so naked neck) and only a high neck rug (no neck cover)
i am in the north west highlands, and she is fine! she will have a full neck on when winter really hits though.
i am in the north west highlands, and she is fine! she will have a full neck on when winter really hits though.
SO1
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Your pony should be fine as sounds like mine. I have a New Forest too who is like a bear in turns of furriness, we are in the South of England he lives out 24/7 though he does have natural shelter of a small woods.
He has an Irish clip and lives out quite happily even in snow in a rug without neck. However you do need to make sure they have plenty of fibre to eat such as hay to help keep them warm in cold weather as well as their nice warm rug. Here is my pony in snow in his HW rug last winter.
He has an Irish clip and lives out quite happily even in snow in a rug without neck. However you do need to make sure they have plenty of fibre to eat such as hay to help keep them warm in cold weather as well as their nice warm rug. Here is my pony in snow in his HW rug last winter.
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lachlanandmarcus
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Agree with the other posters - the most important thing is forage that they find appetising - they get over 3/4 of their warmth from eating, only a minority of it from the great big rugs people put on them.
Also horses used to be clipped in the days before neck rugs and were perfectly fine.
AND yours is a hairy native and will probably not thankyou for neck rugging him.
Also horses used to be clipped in the days before neck rugs and were perfectly fine.
AND yours is a hairy native and will probably not thankyou for neck rugging him.
Brambridge04
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Id not fully clip, as she doesnt need it, she just gets sweaty around girth and neck but my minds put at ease now!