Summer clipping...

[**Vanner**]

This is why I have to clip my boy all year round.

I last clipped at the beginning of July! And he didn't look that hairy until I started clipping him.

He was much more comfortable out hacking tonight.

 

[lilyoftheincas]

That's one hairy coblet!

 

[Mince Pie]

Mine's the same, think I'll clip him out when I re-hog him next. Do you rug him when he's in?

 

[toffeeyummy]

Do you worry about him out in the sun? I was going to clip my old grey mare but worry about sunburn?

 

[**Vanner**]

Do you worry about him out in the sun? I was going to clip my old grey mare but worry about sunburn?

Have a fly sheet with uv protection which he'll have on for the next week or so.

I put a cooler on at night; any more and he is sweating so have to keep him slightly under rugged.

 

[toffeeyummy]

Maybe I'll just do a high trace as she hasn't got a fly rug. She gets a sunburnt nose which I have to smother in cream every day. Can't imagine coating her whole clipped body in it! She may as well have a bikini too!!

 

[Mince Pie]

My boy is out at night :/ What sort of temps do you rug?

 

[**Vanner**]

That's one hairy coblet!

This was him last week, he doesn't look that hairy.

Just goes to show.

 

[**Vanner**]

My boy is out at night :/ What sort of temps do you rug?

He's in no more than a fleece above 5 degrees.

A medium weight down to about minus 3.

Heavyweight below that when out but not in as he gets too hot.

If he was out over night he'd have a rain sheet on at the moment but he never stays out.

 

[tiga71]

My hairy boy is exactly the same. I clip him every 5 or 6 weeks and he generally leaves a good pile of hair.

He is so much happier clipped and much more comfortable.

Mine also has pink skin so has a uv rug for a week or so after the clip.
Mine is out at night now and is naked unless there is rain forecast when he has the lightest rain sheet on.

 

[Mince Pie]

Sorry I meant in summer! He's normally fully clipped in winter but have never thought to clip him in summer!

 

[**Vanner**]

He isn't rugged other than his fly sheet or waffle cooler at night for the next week or so, then naked

 

[Ebenezer_Scrooge]

Very smart it makes such a difference. I have also clipped out my coblet too inc. legs yesterday, got a massive trug full of hair!!! He is hogged too, I always clip in summer and he is pink skinned on his white bits put I keep him out at night and in during the day....he seems much happier clipped and doesnt burn. He just gets so sweaty as we hack for miles nearly every day. I also can blast his mites with frontline now the hairs gone. Don't know about you Vanner but sweat was pouring down my face doing it..plus lots of hair yuk and itchiness!!!!

 

[RubysGold]

:O :O makes me wonder how fluffy my Jimmy is! he looks no worse then your pre clipping pic :O

 

[katherine1975]

Maybe a stupid question, I have been thinking of clipping my cob. She is getting very hot. Will she need a fly rug on? And do they need a turn out rug when it rains? She lives out 24/7 and is black so no risk of sunburn.

 

[Mince Pie]

She will need a rainsheet if it rains as she won't have a coat to keep her dry. I would personally put a fly rug on

 

[**Vanner**]

Very smart it makes such a difference. I have also clipped out my coblet too inc. legs yesterday, got a massive trug full of hair!!! He is hogged too, I always clip in summer and he is pink skinned on his white bits put I keep him out at night and in during the day....he seems much happier clipped and doesnt burn. He just gets so sweaty as we hack for miles nearly every day. I also can blast his mites with frontline now the hairs gone. Don't know about you Vanner but sweat was pouring down my face doing it..plus lots of hair yuk and itchiness!!!!

I was as hairy as him by the time I had finished!

 

[mandyroberts]

I am stunned. I have never clipped a horse in the summer. Their coats are so fine its not necessary. I have a Trak/Holst now but my old boy was not 'well bred' and was fine. Is it climate change? He was my horse of a lifetime so obviously perfect!

 

[Mince Pie]

I think it's a cob/heavy thing, most of the clipped horses on this thread are cobs My boy is always quite hairy, whatever the weather

 

[ladyt25]

I think it's a cob/heavy thing, most of the clipped horses on this thread are cobs My boy is always quite hairy, whatever the weather

Not all are cobs - I have to clip my connie x TB most summers. Held off a bit longer this year as it's not been so hot and I've not been doing many competitions (well any) like i would most years. He starts to grow a thicker coat around July time and it starts to look horris come August and he gets gets too hot and lethargic so he gets clipped. Just clipped him this weekend as it's been so warm. He's a dun with black skin so I don't worry about sunburn but he has a rain sheet on if it's going to pour down and be a bit cooler.

 

[Kaylum]

My lad was in medium work all year round and I clipped all year round.

 

[beatrice]

Another whos cob is clipped all year round - He wears a fly sheet during the day and a summer sheet at night (hes in) more to keep him clean than anything else!

Vanner out of curiosity what clippers do you use?

 

[**Vanner**]

I use liveryman broncos - awesome I can full clip my boy in just over an hour.

Also use liveryman harmony for chins and more difficult bits.

 

[beatrice]

thanks Vanner, will have a look at those.

I have 2 sets, neither of which are perfect for clipping Min (fine for clipping my other horse with a 'normal' coat). One set get ridiculously hot and the other are that faffy to tension by time i have repeatedly put them on Min to see if they will clip he has had enough and starts to be difficult (understandably!)