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Clipping season here again :eek: Next will be xmas :D

I am at college this year so will be restricted to riding in week until half term and xmas holidays etc.

I have a Welsh D who i clip and i normally give a full clip too but this year really can't decide what clip as he will be doing less work but harder work on weekend if that makes sense.

I am hoping that he will be ridden once or twice monday-friday and he will definately be lunged. Then on weekend hunting and harder work. When i first had him he had a blanket clip but because he fluffy mad him look fat :(

So what clip do you think i should give him?

Thanks In Advance
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or cheat - take it all off first time round, then as first clips tend to grow back in under 3 weeks, then go for something like a blanket or even a smart trace clip. You will have the coat but not as fluffy as a full winter coat.

I sort of do it reverse - hunter clip but last one, everything comes off, including legs!
 
Ditto the blanket clip. If you find he's still to hot you can take more off but if you take too much off you cant put it back on if he gets cold :p:D
 
SJ_Superstars said:
If he gets a really thick coat then I would use Luci07's idea - a full clip the first time and then a blanket clip the second time.
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Thanks. Yeah, i think a good idea as coat would come back thinner 2nd time ;) but the only problem is that for some reason this year is absaloutely petrified of the clippers as soon as he hears them eyes open and just tenses and starts going crazy (i don't clip mine, friend does them) so i think that i am going to have to get him sedated by the vet for clipping. x
 
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horsecrazy25 said:
Thanks. Yeah, i think a good idea as coat would come back thinner 2nd time ;) but the only problem is that for some reason this year is absaloutely petrified of the clippers as soon as he hears them eyes open and just tenses and starts going crazy (i don't clip mine, friend does them) so i think that i am going to have to get him sedated by the vet for clipping. x
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Cooper did exactly that then started rearing when the clippers came near him. Only had him since July but his legs were clipped out when I viewed him and he had obviously had a full clip earlier in the year so the girl said she thought he was fine. He's such a laid back boy most of the time. I should have asked them to confirm with the owner how he was to clip.

Will be having him sedated by vet in the week so we can try again! So annoying.
 
I don't clip legs!

Ofcourseyoucan - Y it put them off?

I think i am gonna either give blanket or full clip and will get vet to sedate him bless him. Don't know why he suddenly turned like this :S

Does anyone know of any ideas to get him ust to them? I rub them over his body and he just very tense but when turned on thats when he freaks out!

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sorry i thought you said you gave him a full clip, ..obviously you must mean a hunter clip. its the vibrations on the leg bones that puts some off and makes them worse to clip. Some never get to grips with the clipping, but i often find once they have been sedateda fewtimes they do improve.
 
My Sec D has had a high chaser clip the last couple winters but will blanket clip him this year - he's ridden 4-5 times a wk in the winter. He does look a bit 'bloated' and grows a lovely goatee too :-)

On another note, he was a complete t*t to clip when I first got him - I nicked my OH's little head clippers and started off with those :-) I think because they are so much quieter it really helped - he looked a bit odd as I did from neck to girthline (in line of a chaser) in about three sessions over the course of a week. On the fourth session I started off with the little clippers and then turned the big ones on while the little ones were still running and he hardly noticed. His man bits are still off limits apparently though so he normally sports a large pair of fluffy knickers in winter but hey ho...

He's still a bit funny but I normally give him a haynet, show him the clippers (he likes to inspect everything!) and then move about 10ft away and turn them on behind my back. Gradually move closer and then run them over his shoulder a couple of times and start clipping. He's normally a bit snorty and jumpy for the first 10 mins then gives up and starts munching his hay! Until you get near his man bits that is ... :-)

Welshies ay - don't ya just love em :-)
 
ofcourseyoucan said:
sorry i thought you said you gave him a full clip, ..obviously you must mean a hunter clip. its the vibrations on the leg bones that puts some off and makes them worse to clip. Some never get to grips with the clipping, but i often find once they have been sedateda fewtimes they do improve.
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I call it a full clip but only half the face and legs stay on :p Sorry should day hunter!

Oh i seee thanks for explaining to me , hopefully my boy will soon get ust to the clippers x
 
Taffyhorse said:
My Sec D has had a high chaser clip the last couple winters but will blanket clip him this year - he's ridden 4-5 times a wk in the winter. He does look a bit 'bloated' and grows a lovely goatee too :-)

On another note, he was a complete t*t to clip when I first got him - I nicked my OH's little head clippers and started off with those :-) I think because they are so much quieter it really helped - he looked a bit odd as I did from neck to girthline (in line of a chaser) in about three sessions over the course of a week. On the fourth session I started off with the little clippers and then turned the big ones on while the little ones were still running and he hardly noticed. His man bits are still off limits apparently though so he normally sports a large pair of fluffy knickers in winter but hey ho...

He's still a bit funny but I normally give him a haynet, show him the clippers (he likes to inspect everything!) and then move about 10ft away and turn them on behind my back. Gradually move closer and then run them over his shoulder a couple of times and start clipping. He's normally a bit snorty and jumpy for the first 10 mins then gives up and starts munching his hay! Until you get near his man bits that is ... :-)

Welshies ay - don't ya just love em :-)
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Awwwww bless him, sounds like you have a good plan, My boy doesn't mind his bits but he thinks that the clippers will take his ears off :eek: bless him.

You gotta love em :D x

Gonna try your idea and see whether he gets better, he freaks out at my small hand clippers bless him, but hopefully time and patience will pay off x
 
That's what I found with mine - you have to do everything in bite sized pieces otherwise it blows his tiny mind and he becomes very upset.

The first time I turned the clippers on I couldn't get near him with them - so I didn't! Stood there for 20 mins with them running and gradually took a few steps closer. Finally managed to lay them on his shoulder and turned them off at that point as I felt he'd had as much as he could cope with. Next time more of the same but managed to lay them on his should and clip bits, third time a bit more etc etc.

Mines a bit of a stress head and he gets worried and nervous and starts off from the point that most things are monsters and out to 'get him'. Once he realises that said 'thing' whether it be clipping, loading, farrier, new dandy brush (!) etc isn't going to eat him, he's generally ok - he just needs time to suss things out.

Good luck with yours :-)
 
Taffyhorse said:
That's what I found with mine - you have to do everything in bite sized pieces otherwise it blows his tiny mind and he becomes very upset.

The first time I turned the clippers on I couldn't get near him with them - so I didn't! Stood there for 20 mins with them running and gradually took a few steps closer. Finally managed to lay them on his shoulder and turned them off at that point as I felt he'd had as much as he could cope with. Next time more of the same but managed to lay them on his should and clip bits, third time a bit more etc etc.

Mines a bit of a stress head and he gets worried and nervous and starts off from the point that most things are monsters and out to 'get him'. Once he realises that said 'thing' whether it be clipping, loading, farrier, new dandy brush (!) etc isn't going to eat him, he's generally ok - he just needs time to suss things out.

Good luck with yours :-)
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Awwwwwww thanks :D

Sounds as if you have had time and patience with your boy and has paided off. Well Done.

Can't wait to get his hairy coat off he already nearly like a teddy bear bless him :p

I know what i will be doing this weekend, :p Thanks for your advice been really helpful x
 
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