How To Rug A Clipped Horse

After a body clip or a trace clip there are things you can do to restore the shine and bloom to your horse s coat.

How to rug a clipped horse.

Unlike humans normal digestion in the horse s hindgut produces a. Spread the folded rug out once it s in place on the horse. Bathing and washing this is not an uncommon all year round experience for your average performance horse. Rainsheet to 50g max no neck covers.

To rug or not to rug how hot is your horse. Use these post clipping tips and tricks and grooming oils before and after a body clip to condition your horse s coat. The rug should cover the horse s entire body from their withers all the way back to their rear. Down to 15 o c.

Since there are so many different types of clip this table assumes a clipped horse has a minimum of a blanket clip. If they walk off twice don t put it on. Horses are very efficient at controlling their core body temperature when the environmental temperature is between around 5 to 25 o c and in winter they can acclimatise to a wider range e g. They have a field shelter and some drystone walls but exposed to the north.

1 make sure your clipper blades are sharp and clean before you start dull dirty blades will cut less cleanly and are more likely to overheat or catch his skin. Below you can find a table of how i personally would go about rugging a horse based on how much of a good doer they are and whether or not they are clipped. Unfold the rug on the horse s back. A fully clipped out horse will need different considerations when making rug choices vs an unclipped or partially clipped horse.

Post clipping tips and tricks that can bring back your horse s shine. If your clippers are mains powered use a circuit breaker and be quick to turn off the clippers if the horse steps on the power cable. My horse is not clipped at the moment but out in the paddock he gets a cotton and a big doona but he is getting clipped soon and he will then have a cotton a fleecy hood 2 woolens or a woolen and a fleece a rain sheet and a doona on top this is for a fit eventer who is getting a full body clip so i have to make sure his muscles cant get too cold. Smaller clips such as trace are categorized as unclipped.

It s a good idea to have a spare pair of blades handy too the last thing you want is a half clipped horse. Happiness is a warm blanket charlie brown quick notes. It should hang a few inches below the horse s belly while still allowing the animal to move freely. If you have battery clippers make sure they re fully charged before you start.

Don t tie them up to rug if they sidle up to you when the rug appears put it on.