How many times have you clipped this year?

[Snowy Celandine]

I've just had my horses clipped for the third time and I am hoping that that is the end of it for this year My friend is brilliant at it so she does it for me and I give her the going rate so, for two horses, that's a fair whack. Once again I am wondering why my horses do better than me for 'haircuts', shoes and 'coats'

 

[Gilbey]

We started clipping late September and have done it every three weeks after that! Admittedly we do have our own clippers and very good horses to clip, so that does make a difference. The only time we left it for 4 weeks was in Decemebr when it was very frosty day and night! But they were very hairy. One is a warmblood and the others Welsh and Dales before I get what do you expect being cold blooded!
Personally I can't stamd them looking like coconuts, and my OH is very good at clipping!!

 

[redcascade]

My TBxHanoverian has been done once, same as last year, I'm very lucky! Although if he gets much hairier I may have him done again

 

[AFlapjack]

2 or 3 times but I can't actually remember!

 

[monkeybum13]

Twice.

Hoping to just run the clippers over this weekend to remove any cat hairs and just redo the face line.

 

[feefeeb28]

Final 3rd clip this weekend... dreading it as it's traumatic and usually painful (for me!)
Bring on summer coats!!!

 

[Faro]

Zero. None. Nada. Nil. Not at all.

But then again, mine live out all year and only get ridden at the weekends this time of year - and even then what they do could hardly be called work!

 

[MissTyc]

I did one clip end September, then another a few weeks after that ... then done some this week (hopefully the other half of the herd tomorrow!) which will hopefully take us through to summer coats. Pleeeease!

 

[SGCR]

Once, end of december they all have very thin coats but because it was realy cold it grew a little there rugged very well so keep there clip well x

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

Mine's a traddie cob and is the only living relative to a mammoth.

He was done (professionally) in September, then I did him again with my back-pack clippers just around the November time, I think - took me blimmin ages!, then he was done professionally again yesterday.

He does get sweet itch, so we find its much easier on him if he's kept regularly fully clipped all through the year, even in summer, especially as he's got quite heavy feathers if left to go native.

 

[Snowysadude]

Twice but thats only because of all the bad weather I didnt bother clipping him in Dec! Just did the final clip yesterday

 

[lucyjay11]

My TB was done 13th december and wont be done again, Guess i'm quite lucky, but i rug up heavily after he is clipped