how to clip!!

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vickers22

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im going to try clipping for the first time, obviously i will have someone there who knows what they are doing in case i go wrong but can someone give me some tips and basics?!he is a very placid horse to clip so no probems there.Also (im not going to do this but just curoius) how do you clip the face?Is it differently from the body and where do you know when to stop?(if that makes sense!!) thankyou as always
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I always clip the heads in line with their cheek pieces, but thats because I have no patience for heads. If you are doing a hunter clip just chalk the leg lines and keep the clipper heads level.
 
I clipped my two for the first time this year. On one of them I did do the face - I know my Mum used to use smaller clippers for faces - e.g. dog clippers as this makes it easier to get into the angles of the face but I did it with normal clippers.
I basically just clipped as usual, running against the way the hair grows but taking lots of care. I didn't clip over the top of the eye socket & also didn't clip the whiskers off because my horse has fine hair on his nose anyway so it looks ok. I did clip the bearded bit off under his chin though obviously.
It looked alright when I'd done - there were a few tufty bits that I needed to go over again. Where there was an angle I just tried to stretch the skin out or move his head so that it was easier to get it all off. For ears I just pinched the ear together & ran the clippers up the front & then did the outsides of the ears as well. I never clip inside ears.
Hope that helps!
 
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