Blanketing & Lights Question :)

Quick2Skip01 · 11-04-2009, 03:52 PM

I tried searching and couldn't really find much to answer my question.

So here I go-

I am SICK of body clipping mid/end of winter to get my horse smooth coated for the first show of the season (April)

Skip is already fuzzy, but I am wondering if I can start increasing his light exposure in January (gradually adding on every day), start blanketing, and have him shed out by April?

Will this work or should I just give in and body clip?

TimmysMom · 11-05-2009, 06:20 PM

I am like you - my solution was to put up two flood lights on either side of Timmy's stall (where he spends most of his time) and keep a light stable sheet on him. His neck is already fuzzy, but when I brush him, he's still shedding - go figure, it's November!

But when I think about last summer's shed out, I cringe and am thinking of putting an ad out to get a professional to clip for me. I don't have clippers, or I'd ace him and do it myself!

I'd say, put the lights up now - I don't know about where you are, but it's pitch black here at 5!

Mutrok · 11-05-2009, 06:28 PM

Put him under lights now. 16 hours of light and 8 hrs of dark. Since he has already started to grow hair it will take a good 60-90 days to get a good coat with the lights. Next time if you want to keep a good coat always make sure that he is under 16 hrs of light (daylight or artificial) all year

11-04-2009, 03:52 PM	#1
Quick2Skip01 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 4,678 Images: 344 Blog Entries: 7	Blanketing & Lights Question :) I tried searching and couldn't really find much to answer my question. So here I go- I am SICK of body clipping mid/end of winter to get my horse smooth coated for the first show of the season (April) Skip is already fuzzy, but I am wondering if I can start increasing his light exposure in January (gradually adding on every day), start blanketing, and have him shed out by April? Will this work or should I just give in and body clip? __________________ 2008 ABRA National Reserve High-Point Amateur Horse Power- (Informal) The extraordinary capacity of the horse to elevate the human spirit. ? Got Dun Factor ?

11-05-2009, 06:20 PM	#2
TimmysMom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Potrero, California Posts: 969 Images: 1	I am like you - my solution was to put up two flood lights on either side of Timmy's stall (where he spends most of his time) and keep a light stable sheet on him. His neck is already fuzzy, but when I brush him, he's still shedding - go figure, it's November! But when I think about last summer's shed out, I cringe and am thinking of putting an ad out to get a professional to clip for me. I don't have clippers, or I'd ace him and do it myself! I'd say, put the lights up now - I don't know about where you are, but it's pitch black here at 5! __________________ "I don't know when, I don't know how, that's God's business, my business is NOW" - me

11-05-2009, 06:28 PM	#3
Mutrok Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,924 Images: 137	Put him under lights now. 16 hours of light and 8 hrs of dark. Since he has already started to grow hair it will take a good 60-90 days to get a good coat with the lights. Next time if you want to keep a good coat always make sure that he is under 16 hrs of light (daylight or artificial) all year __________________ www.mutrokranch.com - www.kortumstudios.com "I can throw a major fit. When my latte isn't just how I like it."

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