update on clipping pony

[JenHunt]

for those who need a reminder.... It's Here

I went and clipped the horse tonight. the lady said to me as I arrived that the girl who normally does him (has gone travelling) normally sedates him because he's a fidget. She then said that she can't clip him herself because he 'panics', and that she had the sedalin if I wanted it (for me or the horse I wondered!)

I said I wanted to see his reaction, and my clippers are dead quiet so that might help if he's nervous. turned on clippers and he snorted and kinda walked about on the end of the leadrope. Decided it was nervy anxiousness and proceeded quietly and calmly without the sedalin.

2 hours later and horse was fully clipped (inc his face) and hogged and was standing with his bottom lip dropping and eyes shut. Job Done. He'd even let me trim around his boy bits, under his armpits and all over his face.

OK so it wasn't the quickest I've ever clipped a horse, but it was a tidy job and the only person who got stressed was the lady and only at the beginning cos she thought her 15.2hh TB was going to squash not so little me...

and the lady gave me an extra £20 as she was so impressed with how I'd handled him. think I may have done the horse (and hopefully myself) some favours there!

 

[milliepops]

Phew! That's good

Sometimes the owners can be more of a problem

- I clip one like that.

 

[LauraWheeler]

well done. He was obviously handeled wrong last time.
Or are you a wonder woman. If so can you come and clip Herbie for me who even under sedation you can't even get anywhere near him with the clippers

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[JenHunt]

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well done. He was obviously handeled wrong last time.
Or are you a wonder woman. If so can you come and clip Herbie for me who even under sedation you can't even get anywhere near him with the clippers

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wonder woman I think not... but when you twitch, sedate and short tie a horse you're instantly saying "you're not going to like this" and then you're uptight and stressy and they convince themselves that whatever you're going to do is going to hurt/kill them.

if you go in calm and reward them by tuning off the clippers when they stand still and you work up to clipping a little bit and then giving them a break, you soon get to a point where you can do a quarter of a horse without a break. This little horse had been wound up tight before, but he's clever and he soon worked out my game and played it.

 

[Cop-Pop]

Do you want to come and clip Beastie next?

What clippers do you use? I've gone from borrowing a friend's old listers to a newer set of Lister Neons which are much quieter and we had our first clip without sedation this year

It was v wonky tho

as I clipped her while she walked round me. Not ideal but as she wasnt actively trying to kill me I decided it was progress

 

[JenHunt]

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Do you want to come and clip Beastie next?

What clippers do you use?

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I have a pair of wahl avalons and a pair of liveryman harmony's
both really quiet, and the wahl's are battery powered so they are really handy if you're going to be hopping out of the way!

will clip anything, anytime!