Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?
> I think she would have >been totally miserable this weekend with this heat if she hadn't been >mostly clipped. Brenna and Kolur are doing well with the vents they have from the late fall clipping combined with regular combing with the Mars Coat King. Sue TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?
What I did last year that worked well for me, is every other week from March 1 until mid April, I just keep expanding her trace clip until in Mid April she has a whole body clip. I am doing the same this year and is keeping her comfortable during the day with something left for the cool nights. I never clip her belly or her head or tail head - I let those shed out naturally because it just gives her a little extra time with more protection from the flies and no-see-ums. I think she would have been totally miserable this weekend with this heat if she hadn't been mostly clipped. I will send a picture of how I clipped Eitill in a minute. Gosh, we hit 86 this weekend! I'm glad he was born in eastern Canada, so he probably doesn't have much/any risk of SE. Poor Doppa - I hadn't thought to be thankful for that in Eitill. Loftur, my SE-risk, sheds pretty normally. No signs of him itching...yet...knock on wood... Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?
Mine are shedding so profusely I won't have to clip again. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?
On 3/25/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At what point is it too late to clip a horse in the spring, for fear of > clipping the emerging spring coat? Karen - I asked this same question last year so you might check the archives to see if there were any insightful answers. As far as I can remember, it seems like it depends on the individual horse and the consensus was that the black horses shed out the last of all - that is certainly my experience. I clipped Doppa last year well into April and didn't see any difference in her summer coat but her summer coat comes in much later then a lot of the other horses. What I did last year that worked well for me, is every other week from March 1 until mid April, I just keep expanding her trace clip until in Mid April she has a whole body clip. I am doing the same this year and is keeping her comfortable during the day with something left for the cool nights. I never clip her belly or her head or tail head - I let those shed out naturally because it just gives her a little extra time with more protection from the flies and no-see-ums. I think she would have been totally miserable this weekend with this heat if she hadn't been mostly clipped. -- Laree
Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?
On 3/25/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At what point is it too late to clip a horse in the spring, for fear of > clipping the emerging spring coat? I clipped Eitill yesterday I clipped about this time last year and didn't notice any effects with Star. We full body clipped her... Was thinking I might need to clip some vents in her this morning, she's still so wooly and was sweating when I went by mid afternoon. Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
[IceHorses] Spring clipping ?
At what point is it too late to clip a horse in the spring, for fear of clipping the emerging spring coat? I clipped Eitill yesterday - I hope it's not too late. Last year he didn't finish shedding until well into June, maybe into July. I know I've heard of horses clipped too late having a "stubble feel" all summer... Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
