This message is from: "Ed Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, thanks for the clipping info. I have never clipped any of our horses, but would consider it if I knew more. For example, can anyone tell me about the timing of body clipping? When is it too late? Do you do it more than once every winter? If you know you'll be competing, should you clip immediately before the show, or does it look better with a little "growing-in" time? We have been blanketing during the winters, not for warmth, but to cut down on grooming time, as we really try to keep everyone working year-round. Thanks for this and all the great list education!
Ann in CT ----- Original Message ----- From: Curt Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Clipped Fjord This message is from: Curt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Jessica Fry" wrote: > Hi all, as I just clipped my Fjord Harry for winter (full clip), I was wondering if any of you also clip their Fjord(s). > Especially those of you who live in warmer areas. And if you do, what type of clip and why? We live in Virginia and have to clip any Fjord that we are showing or using during the fall or winter. Normally, we use a trace clip and I have already clipped 4 of our horses this year. There are many variation of this type of clip. The way we do a trace clip is to cut the hair in the throat and chest area and continue with a stripe on each side from the point of the shoulder to the tail area. The stripe on the sides is about 4 to 6 inches wide and includes the area just behind the forelegs (arm pits) and the area in front of the hindlegs. If you put a breast collar style harness on the horse and pull the traces straight to the back of the horse, along the traces is where the side stripes of the cut go. The main purpose of this cut is to help cool the horse where they perspire, but leave enough hair so that they don't need a blanket during most cold weather. We only blanket when there is a chance that they will get wet and the temperature is below freezing. We have also used the full clip in the past, but it was a pain to blanket the 2 Fjords all winter. Especially, since one of them (Caribo) was born in Alaska and did not believe he needed a blanket. We would find the blanket in the pasture, usually in the mud. Regards, Curt Pierce Bristow, VA PS. The Fjords have been really sweating lately with the 80 degree temperatures. Their coats say that they are ready for winter.
