Best body clip?

[Belmont]

My horse is already a fuzz ball. Went out to the barn at 10:00 today and found him sweating while he was eating. He must think we are still in Nevada! If only he would realize were are in South-ish Texas.

BO offered me her clippers. I HATE BODY CLIPPING. I did it as a job through out high school at a 30+ head fox hunting barn (3x a year). I don’t want to do a full body on him, because we only ride a couple times a week. I also don’t want to blanket at night when it does get cooler, and he is already on the thin side going into “winter”.

So what are your most successful clips that aren’t full body?

[BeeHoney]

Well, you could start by clipping the underside of the belly, the chest/armpits and the underside of the neck and then the cheeks/face head, and then a little bit in between the hind legs and a little bit to either side of the tail. That neatens a horse up and gets some hair off in some sweaty areas without making you need a blanket. It also isn’t terribly noticeable, which I like. It’s pretty quick and simple to do.

If that wasn’t enough you could do a trace clip, but personally I don’t like the look of trace clips and I find them tedious to do. Or, you could do a blanket clip where you clip the head/neck/chest, belly, legs, but leave a rectangular “blanket” of fur over the withers, back, barrel and rump. You might end up needing a blanket sometimes with either of these, depending on your weather.

You can look in some grooming books for ideas, but don’t ever feel bad about modifying a clip to make it work for your horse as long as it looks neat.

[Small_Change]

I have done a lot of horses with a chaser clip. It takes hair off all the sweaty spots while leaving the back and hind end warm. If you want, you can also leave the front of the head on by doing the line down the where the cheek piece of the bridle lies. It’s super fast to do, as you’re really only doing half a horse! The gelding in the first picture there was in full work and this clip kept him quite comfortable. If your horse is a real sweaty guy, it’s easy to just raise the line on the side up a bit and bring the end point down closer to the withers, like I did on this one

[horsecents]

Please keep in mind that they’re describing English weather conditions but I thought it was helpful in choosing how to clip my horse this year:

http://www.peasridge.co.uk/clipper-advice/clippers-clipping-advice-horses-types-of-horse-clips.shtml

[PaintedHunter]

[QUOTE=Small Change;7244740]
I have done a lot of horses with a chaser clip. It takes hair off all the sweaty spots while leaving the back and hind end warm. If you want, you can also leave the front of the head on by doing the line down the where the cheek piece of the bridle lies. It’s super fast to do, as you’re really only doing half a horse! The gelding in the first picture there was in full work and this clip kept him quite comfortable. If your horse is a real sweaty guy, it’s easy to just raise the line on the side up a bit and bring the end point down closer to the withers, like I did on this one[/QUOTE]

This is pretty much what my guy is receiving today!

[purplnurpl]

I do a chase clip that goes from stifle to wither.

[TheJenners]

How cold does it get at night where you are?

It has been getting into the low 40s and I have a trace clip and a hunt clip on my two, and they don’t need a blanket yet if it’s dry.

[Belmont]

Jenners, it’s been getting into the low 40s at night here too.

I’ve always been a sympathy blanket-er, though. :lol:

[TheJenners]

Yeah… I blanketed a couple times, but they were both warm the next morning (and Rory was lathered ), so I quit that post haste.

[HappyHorselover]

I do a modified chaser

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/horse_fan_410/Traveling%20Soldier%20-%202002%20OTTB/Clip003.jpg