The hairy armpit dilemma!!!

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I’m about to clip my horses for the 2nd time! The first time round I just did the necks as my WB can be bit of a baby. This time all coming off.
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What do you think abut clipping legs out? I have always left them on as I feel it acts as a barrier for mud fever etc (I have a chestnut mare with four white socks). But they both look like they are German!

Do you clip your horses legs out or do you think it is a no no? I have tried the whole scissor and comb thing but don’t think it has made much difference!
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I've clipped my horse's legs out and I've been using barrier cream since, and haven't seen any signs of mud fever yet, touch wood. As long as you take the necessary precautions against mud fever I think its ok to clip legs out, and it looks better!
 
Personally i always take legs off [well depending on jay if he will stand still or not] as its easier to brush mud off,luckily i have never had a horse with mud fever in 21 years.
 
You just need a patient horse and remember to pull the legs out once you get to the armpit to clip them.
 
As my old boys legs end up making him look like a Hereford Cow, as the top part grows to about a foot long
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and the bottom parts are wavy and go in every direction, I decided to have the backs of his legs off, down to his knee .... clipped in a upward direction and kind of like a triange, if you see what I mean
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My friend's driving pony had this done and I thought it looked fine, so asked my lady to do the same. She was not too sure at first, but I convinced her that I would take the blame if it looked odd .... however I am very pleased with the finished job
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I definitely wouldn't take everything off the legs. What Eaglestone advised sounds good if you need to take anything off the legs.
 
Used to clip 'sweat trails' down the back of my hunter's legs. Wanted to keep some fur on to protect him from thorns etc but just clipping from the elbow down the back of the forearms and then down the tendon to the heel definitely helped with washing and drying off after hunting. It also made him look marginally less like the carthorse he was clearly descended from!
 
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Used to clip 'sweat trails' down the back of my hunter's legs.!

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I do this too - just take out a narrow triangle of the longest hairs from the back of the front legs. Stops that sticky trail you get where the sweat drips down the back of the legs, and makes her look less like a carthorse! I would never take the full feather off unless it was to treat already established mud fever.
 
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