For those who clip legs out...

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Do you all use stable boots and turn out chaps to once clipped? Do any of you not boot for stabling and turnout on fully clipped out legs?
 
That's great, and what I wanted to hear :) he has the deepest straw bed at the yard so I can't imagine he will get cold in there and is in an individual paddock so little chance of knocks and scrapes out there. I'm clipping purely for cosmetic reasons, he still had clip lines in June last year, I was mortified I was grooming him like a groomer possessed for a month before the county show and the bleeding things would not come out :mad:. I'm not going through that again. So he is having a clip at the end of January, everything is coming off, and I told my YO that I'm going to rake his tail and solo comb his mane, so she is going to pull it for free (sucker! this works every time :D) ;)

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He's lovely. I always clipped my coloured for cosmetic reasons, I just hated the feathery bits and I do think heavier types look a lot smarter out.
 
Used to clip my cob's legs out all year, mostly for cosmetic reasons but also it meant that i could keep an eye in case she got any mud fever, she only had one bout in the 15 years i had her when the weather was very wet and warm one winter. Otherwise she didnt have boots on other than for exercise although as she got older i noticed she was getting a bit stiff i did over night but only when very cold. She was kept on a good sized wood chip bed and i never had any problems.
My current boy gets his legs left on until his last clip around March time then everything comes off, i dont boot him at all unless fast work or jumping, again not had any problems.
 
RunToEarth said:
He's lovely. I always clipped my coloured for cosmetic reasons, I just hated the feathery bits and I do think heavier types look a lot smarter out.
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Lol, yes I agree. Although he's had a little over two months off (nothing wrong, just winter holiday) so currently he is sporting the wolly mammoth look! Tbh if he didn't love being stabled so much I'd just chuck him out 24/7 for his hols but he lives for the end of the day when he can come in and curl up in bed, eat his bodyweight in hay and have cuddles!

vam said:
Used to clip my cob's legs out all year, mostly for cosmetic reasons but also it meant that i could keep an eye in case she got any mud fever, she only had one bout in the 15 years i had her when the weather was very wet and warm one winter. Otherwise she didnt have boots on other than for exercise although as she got older i noticed she was getting a bit stiff i did over night but only when very cold. She was kept on a good sized wood chip bed and i never had any problems.
My current boy gets his legs left on until his last clip around March time then everything comes off, i dont boot him at all unless fast work or jumping, again not had any problems.
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This will be his one and only clip, other than tidying his feathers etc. he's having it at the end of January. Last year was his first winter under saddle and he only got clipped once in November. Even with that you can clearly see the coat difference where he has been clipped, so we decided to ride him fluffy until the end of this month, then whip everything off and 'posh' him up so he looks less like a yak ;)
 
My horse had his legs clipped out and lived out with nothing on. Its grown back now and haven't reclipped but I wouldn't worry about them being cold as long as the rest of them is warm enough :)
 
Yes, I personally was leaning towards not booting him up, but have often seen posts on here about people booting once clipped. Last winter three horses on my yard were booted in the proper cold weather, I just wondered if it was standard practice and I was going to get lynched for not doing it :D.
 
Lower legs are quite tolerant to cold. Think about horses that live out in deep snow, they don't seem to mind. Mud gets them down but that's irrespective of whether they are clipped or not.

How you tried Kertatex mud shield powder ? I love this stuff, a quick sprinkle and legs stay waterproofed for turnout. Once dry, the mud slides off and you have white legs underneath.
 
No I haven't, but I do love keratex products, he is pretty good, his mud isn't too bad in his field, his hooves get caked in it but that's about it, if he does get muddy he lies down in his stable and it tends to rub off in the straw. However, I will bare it in mind :)
 
I've clipped my girl's thick feathers for the first time this year. I don't boot or bandage, just smother in pig oil and don't hose down - the mud drops off.
 
had one (not a feathery horse) who kept getting mud fever, or rather some kind of nappy rash things from wet legs, clipped his legs, mud fever stopped. he doesn't wear boots, the only injury I worry about is impact, and realistically having hair won't make much difference to that.
 
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