Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?

2007-03-26 Thread Laree Shulman
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

Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?

2007-03-26 Thread Janice McDonald
Mine are shedding so profusely I won't have to clip again. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo

RE: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?

2007-03-26 Thread Karen Thomas
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.

Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?

2007-03-26 Thread Sue McKenney
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

[IceHorses] Spring clipping ?

2007-03-25 Thread Karen Thomas
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

Re: [IceHorses] Spring clipping ?

2007-03-25 Thread Stephanie Caldwell
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...