spooking due to clip.

[Todmiester]

Does anyone else's horse reacted badly to being clipped?

My novice had a bib clip in the autumn with no change in personality. Come Xmas she needed reclipped so she was given a hunter clip and she has turned into a very spooky idiot. Have I got the only horse who has reacted so badly. This is a first for me so am a tad surprised. Will remember next winter to stick to a bib clip, and put up with a sweaty horse.

 

[pippixox]

first week my mare was a bit on her toes, but it was also a week with a bitter cold wind, so she really felt it. no problems since.

 

[3Beasties]

Do you use an exercise sheet on her? If not it might be that she is cold so and is therefore more spooky/reactive.

 

[AmyMay]

Yep, take their backs off and suddenly life can become very exciting!

 

[babymare]

lol amymay welcome back and agree. x

 

[Auslander]

Pretty normal!
If you stripped naked and went out in the cold - you'd want to bounce around a bit to keep warm too!

 

[Mrs B]

Oh yes. The first time I did a hunter clip on this guy, I asked for trot and got bronc. And gallop. And bronc. And gallop. And ... well, you get the picture! Am proud to say I sat them all, but I did swear quite a lot

As you can see, a 'hot blooded type' ...

 

[LeannePip]

mine has never reacted to being clipped but i know alt do

 

[Todmiester]

She wears a wool exercise rug if it is cold or wet. She is cosy under the rug even before we start riding.

 

[juliette]

I have avoided clipping this year as I have a new horse and would prefer to deal with the sweatiness afterwards than any behaviour whilst under saddle!

 

[Tobiano]

Yes I think it is quite common - my RI told me to get someone else to ride my horse the first time after he is clipped!

 

[Nessa4]

Everyone knows a horse's brains are in his fuzz so you remove both when you clip!!!!

 

[chestnut cob]

Yep, have experienced that in the past! TBF though, a bib clip to a hunter clip is quite a big jump! Not that many horses really need a hunter clip unless working really hard or particularly sweaty beasts (my native-y big pony/ little horse type is a horribly sweaty beast, he'd be one of those blokes who is always a bit sweaty even sitting in the pub and has to carry a hanky everywhere to wipe his forehead, and probably wears a Bruce Willis style vest most of the time too... :/ So he has a hunter clip all the time as even a 30 min schooling session results in steam and a seriously soaked pony). Next year what about trying something like a trace, or chaser maybe? That would be somewhere in between and hopefully you'd avoid the silliness that inevitably comes with a hunter or full clip!

 

[NellRosk]

Everyone knows a horse's brains are in his fuzz so you remove both when you clip!!!!

so true

 

[Pigeon]

Makes literally no difference to Pip, but I always warm up, cool down and hack out in an exercise sheet! And if it's freezing he wears two... Maybe that would help with your girl's behaviour? I know both of our lads get jumpy when they're cold!