When to clip a fit, very fat native- read more before judging...

mate has a rather large :D cob she does a belly and bib clip.. and does not rug, he was fine last year lovely and warm.
Try a bit and see how he goes you can always take more off later. Once off cant put it back on. Good luck.
 
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No wonder everyone thought 12 kg was alot of hay! clever old me weighing my hay and saying it was 12kg, no, the weigh spring is in lb's not kg!

So she had a 12lb haynet which converts to 5 and a half kg, I did think everyone was overeacting as my haynet was very light and usually more!

She's not clipped yet and still unrugged.
She has lost a fair bit of weight simply from the drop in weather, I think.

She's not looking too bad at all at the moment :)
And still managed to go round a 2'6 SJ course at what felt like 100mph with just one pole down, cheeky madam!
 
tbh this is going to sound really mean but i know someone with a shetland who suffer from lami really badly nearly had to be put down she now fully clips him all year round doesnt rug him except in really harsh conditions and he shivers the weight off and is now really healthy (he gets fat on fresh air) vet thinks its marvolouse (sorry spelling dislexic) obviously im not recommending you do the same thing but you could go for a full clip and lightly rug might have the same effect
 
You could maybe reduce the hay slightly (my fatty used to get 10lbs at night) but have no idea whether that would make any significant difference?

Last winter I went for clipping and minimal rugging - he was living out 24/7 from Jan and tbh I don't think he lost any weight at all. I know someone who's cob is completely clipped naked and only out in a LW when it's wet and windy which could be an option.

This year with my chubster (who is still muzzled) is going to be left completely au natural so I'll be interested to see how he gets on!
 
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