Strangeaddiction
Well-Known Member
Rather than take over another post about winter blanketing I figured I would pose my question on its own. I am getting my own mini. Not my first horse but my first mini. I have owned, trained and shown horses my whole life as well as managed barns. Mini's are new to me. I have been working with a very knowledgeable person who is retired from the mini business but is helping me along the way.
Anyways, my question is about blanketing. I know that people don't body clip minis in the winter and they grow quite the coat. I live in Western Washington where in the fall/winter it is wet all the time, even when its snowing. Would you blanket your mini? I don't know how to prevent rain rot or any fungi with that long hair and being outside. My mini is kept in a stall at night and turned out all day and he has quite the fuzz already. I am training him to drive so he is getting worked 3-5 days a week too so sweat is added to that.
Can anyone offer advice? Blanket, no blanket? Do people do trace clips like big horses or will the minis freeze?
He is VERY dirty so I will be giving him a spa day this weekend as its still on the warmer side and want to start winter out clean-ish!
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Anyways, my question is about blanketing. I know that people don't body clip minis in the winter and they grow quite the coat. I live in Western Washington where in the fall/winter it is wet all the time, even when its snowing. Would you blanket your mini? I don't know how to prevent rain rot or any fungi with that long hair and being outside. My mini is kept in a stall at night and turned out all day and he has quite the fuzz already. I am training him to drive so he is getting worked 3-5 days a week too so sweat is added to that.
Can anyone offer advice? Blanket, no blanket? Do people do trace clips like big horses or will the minis freeze?
He is VERY dirty so I will be giving him a spa day this weekend as its still on the warmer side and want to start winter out clean-ish!
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