Share Your Before/After Clipping Pictures

[Field-of-Dreams]

Sammie before.



Sammie yesterday. WOWZERS- lookit what I found under the hair!!

 

[amysue]

I clipped my shetland colt yesterday, he was soooo hairy it was like shearing a sheep. I will post photos later (it is pouring rain now so I don't want to go out).

 

[Yankee Doodle Dandy]

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Sammie before.

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Sammie yesterday. WOWZERS- lookit what I found under the hair!!

Thats what I feel like when I clip each spring LOL! He's a stunner! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Cayuse]

I have enjoyed everyone's pictures!

 

[Strangeaddiction]

Seeing everyone's pictures is getting me eager to clip mine!!! I have a show April 1st so I was thinking I would just wait until the show....

 

[chandab]

Seeing everyone's pictures is getting me eager to clip mine!!! I have a show April 1st so I was thinking I would just wait until the show....

I would consider clipping this upcoming weekend, so you have time to adjust any clipping problems and take care of clipper tracks and whatever you might find after you clip off winter woolies. And, give a little time for color to come back in, seems it always takes a little time to get rid of that mousy color they get after clipping.

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

Seeing everyone's pictures is getting me eager to clip mine!!! I have a show April 1st so I was thinking I would just wait until the show....

I like to clip at least a month before the first show so that, like chandab said, they have time to get color back, you can tell condition better to see what you need to work on, if they have any bites or skin issues due to the thick winter hair, stuff like that. It also makes it 100x easier to do a good show clip if you can bathe them better for the show clip.

 

[Strangeaddiction]

Hmm, people at the barn just told me to wait. I thought the same thing as you guys, that it would give me time to adjust anything! I think I will clip this weekend! Thank you!

 

[chandab]

What color is your mini? Are the others at the barn mini owners or full-size horse owners? [Full-size horses aren't typically clipped to the extent that minis are, depending on breed and discipline, as they don't typically have as much hair. I know Arabians are clipped similar to minis, but stock horses typically just get a clean up job (bridle path, face and feathers).]

 

[Strangeaddiction]

He's the mini in my profile picture, chestnut with flaxen mane and tail. Everyone else has ponies/mini's, there are "regular" sized horses at the barn as well but they are never there. When I showed a black horse I always clipped early to allow for his color to grow back a little bit and so I could treat the hair to get it back to being shinier. I don't worry about so much of a huge color change with the chestnuts (unless they are dark). My guy will be orange before and after I clip him. He's like a PUMPKIN!!

 

[Carly Rae]

I dont show at all, but sometimes when we come into summer the days get hot quite quickly and the horses haven't dropped their coats at all. So of an afternoon when I went to spend time with them, all under their necks, belly, legs, tail ect. were so sweaty. Willow and Kevin are the worst for it. And I only like wetting them down/bathing them in mid morning or mid day, not late afternoon.

So I decided that I'd clip them, The nights were pretty hot too.

These were from last year in October. That was the last clip I did, besides when Willow wasn't well, and a suggest was to give her a light clip in case she was just overheated.

It was Kevin's first clip in his life, and he was almost the best one to clip, after he got used to the clippers he just stood for me.

Halfway

I lost the last photo of him fully clipped when my old phone crashed, got a new one thankfully. But this is all I have of him after.

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

 

[Strangeaddiction]

Well my pictures did not turn out great, its hard to take pictures when your by yourself haha!

Here is Before:




Here is After:




I wish I had some help so I could see what he looks like all set up with his neck stretched. He's got that unfortunate band of white around his throat latch which makes it look super fat!

 

[Marsha Cassada]

This looks like my sister's horse. He is a zebra roan, but getting quite white at age 20. She doesn't want to clip him as she thinks he will be totally white. Yours is handsome!

 

[Marsha Cassada]

I clipped Dapper Dan this morning as our nights are in the 50's now. No fungus! He looks so much better. I forgot to take the camera out, though. I'll have to send my blades off to be sharpened before doing the other horse. Tomorrow we're giving cart rides for Headstart, so I wanted to tidy him up.

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

Never heard of zebra roan before?

 

[Marsha Cassada]

Never heard of zebra roan before?

I meant zebra dun.

 

[amysue]

Finally got a sec to snap a pic of "Flash" before he left for his new home. He looked like a drowned rat once I clipped off all of his fluff.

 

[supaspot]

My before and after pics of my yearling colt Invincible

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

How handsome is he!