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Post by paulasmith on Mar 14, 2012 16:44:53 GMT
Pippas coat is looking good must be the TB in her! Had to take her under rug off as she was sweating a bit ....
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Post by Elaine on Mar 14, 2012 18:29:37 GMT
Yip Sunny is the same :-( Someone on The Show Ring forum said something interesting about the light making their summer coats come through so as he has been on box rest for about a month maybe thats a factor! All the rest are getting nice summer coats starting to come through but not my boy
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Post by Lavender on Mar 14, 2012 19:14:07 GMT
Aren't they all majorly sweating Lav? Flare is sweating in his stable and this is unrugged with a fairly rubbish (unclipped) winter coat? Nope, they are not sweaty! The stables here are in a big shed that is nice and airy We had a couple of the foals that sweated up a bit when we rugged them, ideally I would have taken a strip up the front of them to minimise this, but we don't have leccie!!
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Post by Lavender on Mar 14, 2012 19:15:36 GMT
Yip Sunny is the same :-( Someone on The Show Ring forum said something interesting about the light making their summer coats come through so as he has been on box rest for about a month maybe thats a factor! All the rest are getting nice summer coats starting to come through but not my boy Yep, increased daylight does have an effect!! If you have bright lights, then leaving them on for longer at night helps
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Post by sparkler on Mar 14, 2012 20:39:27 GMT
Weather is irrelevant to holding their coats - horses can stand temps down to -20 - as long as it is dry, rain is the killer . Daylight is the essential ingredient ;D - more daylight ( artificial light has no effect ) - you can buy lightbulbs for your stable that mimic daylight, think SAD effect for people. Some electrical shops have no idea what you need when you mention these bulbs - but the good ones do
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Post by Lavender on Mar 14, 2012 20:44:26 GMT
Daylight is the essential ingredient ;D - more daylight ( artificial light has no effect ) - you can buy lightbulbs for your stable that mimic daylight, think SAD effect for people. Speaking to our vets up here about a breeding mare, he assures us bright lights are efficient! It's about getting as much light into the eye something or other (can't remember the correct terminology!), but heavy rugging does have an effect on shifting coats, I have managed to get coats shifting late Dec before! If a horse is hot, it will shift, believe me!!
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Post by eleanor on Mar 14, 2012 21:42:34 GMT
I clipped one of my shetlands at the beginning of November and she looks just the same now as she did when I first did it - bloomin silver! I dropped a rug off of her for the last 5 days. 2 more days of 1 rug then I am putting 1 or 2 more back on to move her along a bit.
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pickwickayr
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Post by pickwickayr on Mar 15, 2012 14:36:56 GMT
I clipped my Welsh b at start of January and her coat has not grown back at all, looks like she was clipped yesterday! She is moalting on her unclipped bits so hopefully that means her summer coat will start coming in soon!
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Post by niknkia on Mar 15, 2012 16:40:42 GMT
Yep same here clipped the guys in November and they still look as though they were done last week Im honestly tempted to just take the whole lot off Stella as she needs to be turned out PB welsh so feathers the lot off and the lady that had her previousy (to sell) said that her summer coat is so dense that even walking about the field she was knackered in warm weather. The coat she has on is mega at the minute and shes getting too hot when worked
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Post by Nadem on Mar 16, 2012 11:05:41 GMT
Well Nadem was under the heat lamps for 20 mins this morning as i was running late for work will be under them again tommorow - My friend said he looked better - i cant see a difference but again i see him everyday! Fingers crossed!! K xx
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Post by lisal on Mar 16, 2012 13:01:11 GMT
I understand the reasoning behind heavily rugging an unclipped hairy pony but a very clipped one?
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Post by Mojo on Mar 16, 2012 13:42:20 GMT
Snooper used to get clipped three times over the winter, the latest being end Jan and his coat always came in lovely.
Mo isnt clipped and I doubt if I will ever need to clip him as he only has two coats - a summer coat and a slightly thicker summer coat...! ;D
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Post by haltnotsquare on Mar 16, 2012 14:00:05 GMT
Splash had 2 clips very close together in October/ November last year and is now casting like crazy. Lots to go before he doesn't look furry but can see a difference. Santa had the same two clips but also had an extra one when he came into work after Christmas and his coat is not shifting and looks exactly as it did 6 weeks ago!
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Post by Lavender on Mar 16, 2012 19:05:23 GMT
I understand the reasoning behind heavily rugging an unclipped hairy pony but a very clipped one? It should work in the same way, hot pony = coat shifting
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Post by effiebox on Mar 16, 2012 20:20:54 GMT
Agree with Lav here -all mine are well rugged day and night and I mean Yearling has a duvet and another 2 rugs on and coat is nearly all out without being clipped -all others were clipped at beg of January and duveted and rugged all nearly in summer coats if I was to go and get myself into gear and groom them!!! Showing ones nearly have all their coats in and ready for the ring
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