You can help your horse feel their best in winter with a few touch ups using clippers. Switching to a different blade or doing a trace clip over your previous clip can help with thermoregulation and excessive sweat. You can also use clipper combs to modify your horse’s clip in winter.
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You can use livestock clippers for horses, they are powerful, light, and easy to use. However, you want to switch the blending or blocking blade to a #10 blade as their coat hair is different. The livestock and equine clippers with detachable blades can easily switch from the cattle blade to the equine blade.
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Spend a little more time grooming your horse’s long winter coat, add a dollop of product, and feed for healthy skin to keep your horse shiny in their winter coat.
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Hold clippers in a logical way for you to stay comfortable, but vary things up depending on what area you rare clippings – legs, ears, body, a design, etc. – and how much hair you want to remain. So much of clipping can be trial and error, and a lot of it is just practice.
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Should you body clip or trace clip your horse by using the clippers with or against the hair growth direction? While there is a general “rule,” feel free to chuck it out the window. Clip in the direction that makes sense for that area.
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Your horse’s hair coat and body clipping or trace clipping pattern should guide you to use the slow or fast speed. The fast speed option may heat the blades quicker, so stop often for blade cleaning and oiling.
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Getting your horse ready for a photo shoot is a lot like horse show prep – bath early, clip and trim two weeks out, and don’t hold back on shine products. Also consider lighting, location, props, and backdrops. Here are the best tips to get ready!
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