I got the clippers out today

It's crazy how much hair they grow! Now we need to figure out how to breed short-haired minis and ponies. I'd pay extra for that.

She's so pretty! Amazing what a difference a clipping makes!

And Sara, I think they eventually adapt to where they are. For the first few years we had Splash we clipped her, because someone told us they didn't ever fully shed, but she eventually stopped growing such a massive winter coat and her summer coat was super short.

Oh my gosh lol...look at that hair...that's wild. Good job, she's a pretty girl! I want SOOO badly to go clip my yearling colt but I'm paranoid that we might still have some cool nights ahead of us.

[quote="Krickette"]And Sara, I think they eventually adapt to where they are. For the first few years we had Splash we clipped her, because someone told us they didn't ever fully shed, but she eventually stopped growing such a massive winter coat and her summer coat was super short.[/quote]

Hmm, I know the winter coat can vary based on the climate but they still grow one and I don't want them to! My Welshes may not grow a coat quite like a mini but ugggh, too much hair.

You wouldnt believe all the hair I had to pic up just from doing her head and neck. It always amazes me how much hair they grow.
The only one I had that did have as much hair as the others was Rubys sire Teddy. He got a medium winter coat and shed out to a very tight summer coat - he would never need to be clipped.

Yours are ahead of mine in the shedding stakes, though.
I have one very naughty colt to clip for his first show next week.....AWK, NEXT WEEK........[size=200]CARP[/size]

OK,calmed down a bit....they do not adapt, the Mins in Florida grow as much as the Mins in Alaska, it has more to do with bloodlines.
They do, fully, shed, on their own, no problem.
Or, at least, all 20 of mine do!!

Your colt might surprsie you and be a good boy - dont forget you need pics now for us AND for your new website :D

I do think it comes down to genetics - like I said Teddy had the most amazing coat.
Also Banner gets this fluffy coat so he can still be cold especially if he gets wet.

Shimmer gets the typical big coat but she definately gets her big mop of mane from the Shettie side - its a law onto itself.

Mine are all starting to shed now. You cant go near Slaney or you end up covered in white hair.
Ruby took the biscuit as she looked like she had been attacked by moths and she is shedding in clumps :roll:

[quote="Bannerminis"]Ruby took the biscuit as she looked like she had been attacked by moths and she is shedding in clumps :roll:[/quote]

Oh! One of my Arab mares is shedding like that this year and it looks bizarre! I was worried she had a fungus but no one else is shedding that way so... :-\

I was worried too but her coat is perfect underneath, I checked for lice and nothing. No excessive itching or anthing and she is out with 2 mares and a filly and they are all their normal selves so I dont know what to make of her - she is just an oddball :)

I`m sure when the people viewing her see her they will fall in love with her. :love

Coat length is definitely genetic as we have 2 mares that were imported from Texas and Arkansas with coats like thoroubreds so never get the fluffy coats a lot of them get, even tho they now live here...in the mountains, in a herd and their coats have never changed, but some of their offspring have the same coats depending on the sire. :love Another one from California has a slightly longer and much thicker coat which never changed, and although her foals dont get the fluffy coats (after the foal year) they do stay warm. My Saphire is like Slaney Karina, Cant wait to see her foal but NOT looking forward to getting covered in hair 20 times a day when I check on her lol

my Bijou has a very short coat all year round , she never grows much of a winter coat and Id say she definately feels the cold more than the rest ...the first sign of a cloud and shes in the field shelter or at the gate asking to come in
Ruby looks very pretty karina , Im surprised you are selling her :sad

To be honest I was in 2 minds but with Seamus away and 1 if not 2 foals on the way I have a lot to do so will be selling Sunny as cant keep 2 studs and figured I "might" sell Ruby.
Last week I got an email from a family in Donegal asking if I had anything for sale and they liked the look of Ruby so are coming down to see her tomorrow. Its a similar story to Prince acutally in that its their daughter who is saving furiously and has her birthday and conformation coming up and is using it to purchase her first mini.
She will be a pet first and then might go to a few shows.

[quote="Bannerminis"]To be honest I was in 2 minds but with Seamus away and 1 if not 2 foals on the way I have a lot to do so will be selling Sunny as cant keep 2 studs and figured I "might" sell Ruby.
Last week I got an email from a family in Donegal asking if I had anything for sale and they liked the look of Ruby so are coming down to see her tomorrow. Its a similar story to Prince acutally in that its their daughter who is saving furiously and has her birthday and conformation coming up and is using it to purchase her first mini.
She will be a pet first and then might go to a few shows.[/quote]

It sounds like a good home.

I'm impressed with the clip job! You must keep those blades sharp!

Those blades are from last yr and didnt know if they would work but the worked perfectly so I was delighted.
I use the A5 Clip on blades for my Double K's (they were 10 blades). It really is a fantastic clippers for the minis and also quiet and small enough for all the nooks and crannies :flower

I took the battery trimmers in to trim DC's beard and he swung form the rafters, we are going to have to have a word about it as his first show is next....AWK!!!! :sad

Anyhoo, I think all the horses I have had with Spotted/Appy blood have much thinner coats than the Shetland- bred ones.

[quote="rabbitsfizz"]

Anyhoo, I think all the horses I have had with Spotted/Appy blood have much thinner coats than the Shetland- bred ones.[/quote]

well that explains it then , the afore mentioned Bijou is a snowflake

OK :bounce I now have the most badly clipped animals in the world, with his legs still on and his head off he looks....weird!!
He was as good as gold, which is why I left his legs on, as, being Appy, he is hyper sensitive on his legs and I wanted to end on a good note.
He even let me do his ears!!
I took it all off roughly, then tomorrow I may bath him (reason for rough clipping....he will now dry!!) then I'll proper clip, then I will take pictures.
He is very pretty, pattern has developed...oh, I'll start another thread for that!!

I've heard that shedding in clumps/patchiness is a sign of parasites? Hrrmm that's just what I [i]heard[/i].

Well Ruby is wormed to within an inch of her life and like I said none of the others have it so dont know where its coming from. Her coat is clean other then the clumps and its only part of her neck (now clipped) her back (those are now gone) and her belly. No clumps on her legs or under her belly.

Good news is that the family from Donegal came to see Ruby today and fell in love with her so they have paid a deposit and will be picking her up in May so I will get to show her for the first time on May 2nd. I really hope she does well now.

Looking forward to seeing DC all clipped out and to see how his spots are progressing. Glad he was a good boy for you :flower

[i]Ex[/i]ternal parasites :rofl

[quote="rabbitsfizz"][i]Ex[/i]ternal parasites :rofl[/quote]
haha! I've seen birds pulling out the cows' winter coats before! Making nests with it. that could cause some splotchy shedded spots all right, but not sure a horse would stand for it

:lol: :lol: Yes but I have also combed through her coat and the part I have clipped is also clean -not a mark on her.
There is nothing alive or dead in her coat. I guess its just one of those things

Good thought Rabbit, but it was actually internal parasites that I heard of. I don't know, just what I heard!