Before / After

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

Long time no post.

 

[fourluckyhorseshoes]

Beautiful ! I love to see before and afters of winter clips.

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

i kinda miss my fluffies! lol

 

[lucky seven]

How do you get them to stand still to be clipped? I use a shedder and elbow grease and after a few minutes, Seven starts nipping at me.

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

Both of mine have been clipped before but they can be fidgety. I have them trained to stop when i say "ah ah" though. The ears are the hardest part for them, so i had to cross tie very tightly and hold them. I don't have a twitch, but i use my hand as one, by putting four fingers (with short nails i may add!!) under the top lip and holding it.

 

[suz]

nice looking horses! can't wait to get mine clipped

Amazing how the red winter coats turn out to be dark underneath. My guy will be a gray under his red coat.

 

[atotton]

Nice

 

[Trapeze]

What blade do you use? I need to clip my mare but worry I will be shaving her too close.

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

I use a #10 blade all over. She takes about 10 days to get a good colour back.

 

[Danielleee]

LOVE the second one. pretty face and sweet eyes

 

[lucky seven]

The top one looks like he/she is interested in getting into something while your back is turned.

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

The top one looks like he/she is interested in getting into something while your back is turned.

lol leave her for two seconds and she will!!

 

[wingnut]

They look great

This is my 4th year clipping and I've learned that the best thing to do to deal with fidgeting is to just ignore it as much as possible, correcting only when they really are moving so much you can't do the job. Short intervals also helps. I've learned to not try and do the whole thing, start to finish, in one fell swoop. A firm and consistent "hand" really goes a long way.