Sedating to clip

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Apparantly Sid is a nightmare to clip i have offered him for the Kelly Marks class in may (hope we get picked) his last owner warned me to have him fully sedated to clip him is there an alternative way?? im not keen on doing this but he has ?? cushings and really needs to be clipped out.
 
My pony Toto has been sedated for clipping for the last two years with no problems
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I think it's better and kinder to just sedate him rather than getting him into a flap about it
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ive always had my mare fully sedated for the past 8 years, however this year I have gone down the natural horsemanship lines. weve had lots of good results with her, we still have a few issues but shes a much happier horse (she hates needles and the vets that come along with them lol). it used to cost me about £100 for her to be sedated and she used to be clipped twice a year, shes bene clipped 3 times so far and I pay £40 p/h for my nh trainer to come and help. Luckily I clip my own so that saves on the cost.
Dont discount the NH route
 
No i wont, im hoping the Kelly Marks demonstration comes good hes so lovely and placid its a shame for him to be petrified as its only this he has issues with. i think hes been twitched and bashed about in the early years...... bl***dy horses lol!
 
I know how you feel. My mare is an angel for everything bar clipping (oh yes and injection times but we can kinda cope with that - shes not too bad, i dont like them either so i can sympathise with her) My NH trainer thinks my mare has been electrocuted, shes fine with the clippers being turned on around her, even laying them on her body its just when you go to clip, she freaks, she rears and worst of all she kicks, she has got me in the chest and knocked me to the floor one time. She even fights the sedation so used to sometimes be twitched as well. Shes the worst my NH trainer has seen. If I had know about how the NH could help her i wouldve done it years ago.
 
My horses first experience of being clipped was when his old owners decided to clip him despite the fact he already had rain scald!

He went ballistic when I first tried to clip him, so I had him doped, after being clipped in a considerate manner sedated on 3 occasions he never needed to be sedated again!

I think with most horses a calm, sensitive approach is all that is needed to break clipping woes!
 
Merlin is exactly the same.... you can get to the point of clipping but to actually cut hair is suicidal!!!!

He did a Monty Roberts demo, but Monty admitted it was far too deep rooted a fear to get over in one day...
 
I had my mare sedated once - cost me about £80 for the vet and then the cost of clipping on top.

Since then I've had clippers around her a lot during the summer and managed to clip her neck and chest last year - hoping to get under the belly this year!
 
My piebald geld has white legs which are prone to mud fever. Guess what ... he doesn't like them being clipped. Rest of his body, face, chin etc, etc no problem. When you get to the legs gosh he's like a ten ton ballerina prancing about.

Tried ACP once which worked, now got some Sedalin off my vet, luckily no call outs just popped into to speak to them and as they know him they were fine in giving me the stuff. Will be trying the Sedalin soon. His feathers are so thick. He is getting better ... or so my yard tell me. Ive got some cordless Avalon clippers which help - no wires!!

Good luck with whatever route you take.
 
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