Help with clipping & rugging please!

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Bessieboo

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Hi all

This being my first winter with Bess I need a bit of advice.

She is getting a chaser clip on Saturday as she is already extremely hairy and sweating so much even with a lightest exercise.

So do I need to rug?

She is stabled and goes out most days for a few hours into a field.

I know I am probably asking the most numpty of questions but as I said I am new and all advice is really welcome.

By the way her coat is extremely thick and last year they did a bib clip on her and did not rug her at all. They said she was fine this way however she was a little underweight when I bought her (although they claim this was due to some neglect by previous owner).

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Bessieboo x
 
It doesn't sound like you'll need to rug her just yet, not until it gets a bit colder...it's still pretty mild at the moment (well...it is here in Leics!). If it's raining and windy you might want to put a LW on her.

My cob has a blanket clip, is out naked all day, and wears a LW rug at night because he's out, but if he was stabled he'd be naked.
 
I'm thinking of trace clipping mine soon, but she's going to be out 24/7, so am hoping to leave her naked during the day and just a LW on a night. She has a medium weight rug but I'll leave that off as long as possible into the winter.
 
Thanks for that guys. I will leave her naked for now and just keep an eye on her. Has taken me since May to get her topline back up and she now has a lovely rounded bum compared to the sloping one she had before.

I love my little hairy coblet!
 
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Nah I would leave her naked. Genie's had a hunter clip and is naked in the day, and out in a lightweight turnout rug at night, which she is warm in.
 
Just watch out as the weather is due to turn a lot colder in the next few days. Well it is in Scotland, not sure about Doncaster way. She may need a lightwieght during day if it gets cold, wet and windy. The weather you guys have been having recently she def wouldn't need a rug with a light clip.
 
My sec D is hunter clipped and has been sweating under a v thin stable rug! I have resorted to a thermatex as don't want to leave him naked overnight, the temperatures are too unpredictable.

He's been naked during the day though, the weather has been good.
 
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