Laafet
Well-Known Member
Today I clipped Tarquin for the first time ever. He was really well behaved given that he is now a few weeks short of his 6th birthday and has never seen or heard clippers before! So I set out with my very knowledgeable clipping buddy, clippers, a chifney, Dually headcollar, twitch and tube of Sedalin. As it turned out I only needed the tube of sedalin and chifney (which I mainly used as it was easier to do a half head without taking his headcollar on and off)
Initially he was very frightened and cue lots of snorting and dragging me around the yard, but once the clippers were on him he settled. The sedalin didn't really kick in until we had nearly finished the left side and he slowly fell asleep which was nice. I don't usually agree with doping horses but it didn't make him totally unaware of what we were doing and he was fidgeting more than anything so it helped me stop him do that so much. I was so proud, especially clipping his head without a twitch which I think is so much better for making the whole process more pleasant and easier for next time. Tarquin is a quick learner and I think if he learnt that the twitch, which I have never used on him meant we were going to make him submit to anything, we would only get it on the once and never again. Anyway enough of my wittering, thanks dressage diva for sorting out clipper hire and here is the before and after. Please excuse the slightly dodgy photos, we took them in a hurry.
Before
After (sorry about the dangling boy bits, he was a little 'stoned')
I did a full clip despite him not being in lots of work as it was easier to do as quickly as possible and he hopefully won't have bad clip lines lasting into summer.
Initially he was very frightened and cue lots of snorting and dragging me around the yard, but once the clippers were on him he settled. The sedalin didn't really kick in until we had nearly finished the left side and he slowly fell asleep which was nice. I don't usually agree with doping horses but it didn't make him totally unaware of what we were doing and he was fidgeting more than anything so it helped me stop him do that so much. I was so proud, especially clipping his head without a twitch which I think is so much better for making the whole process more pleasant and easier for next time. Tarquin is a quick learner and I think if he learnt that the twitch, which I have never used on him meant we were going to make him submit to anything, we would only get it on the once and never again. Anyway enough of my wittering, thanks dressage diva for sorting out clipper hire and here is the before and after. Please excuse the slightly dodgy photos, we took them in a hurry.
Before
After (sorry about the dangling boy bits, he was a little 'stoned')
I did a full clip despite him not being in lots of work as it was easier to do as quickly as possible and he hopefully won't have bad clip lines lasting into summer.
