If i body clip my horse what weight blanket should i use and should i put a body lycra sheet on him?
If i body clip my horse what weight blanket should i use and should i put a body lycra sheet on him?
I am having my instructor body clip him when it gets a lil warmer outside.. I will have any/everything i need before i clip him
but will my regular blanket bother him due to less fuzz?
Asked by:fawnh
lycra sheet in the barn and turn out sheet will be fine until it is like 45 out side. He will probably only need something at night.
If it is still cold out you should put on a blanket a little heavier than the one you currently have on him. If it is warm out then just a sheet and then once it is warm enough for all the horses to have no blankets your horse should be ok.
I don’t think the blanket will bother him even if he has less fuzz.
You should put a light blanket but you don’t need Lycra sheet your normal blanket wont bother him
You will need a sheet all day and a blanket on top of the sheet for night time.
Why are you body clipping now? You will ***** up his summer coat if you clip now and you will have a rough looking not shiny coat all summer..I made that mistake once…. you might want to think twice and just let him shed out. If he has not started to shed yet put some bright lights in his stall on a timer. Mine come on at 6am and dont go off until 10 pm. that starts them to shed early. I live in the mts in MD and I start him on lights in january and he is really really shedding now.