When I work him I body clip him, when I'm not working him I leave the summer fluff alone unless he's super hot, then I clip big patches but not the entire pony. This little bugger will never be referred to as dainty, he's built like a mini Percheron not a mini Arabian like most of them are these days. I'll have to dig out a decent pic of him and post it... both summer and winter looks... lolOn a mini forum, they regularly post "before" and "after" pictures of the spring clipping sessions. It's amazing to see the equine equivalent of an Old English Sheepdog get transformed into a dainty halter champion by a pair of clippers. Mine don't get quite that wooly, but they look like there's a whole lot less to them come summer. Which reminds me, I need to get some pictures before they start fluffing out again . . . in the next week or two.
Smoke's fur gets super thick in the winter too... And wirey. And it stays wirey all yeaf.
Smoke's fur gets super thick in the winter too... And wirey. And it stays wirey all yeaf.
Yep, I used to show my Arabian gelding in dressage. Beat a bunch of professional trainers kids on their professionally trained warmblood ponies too, that was kind of funny.
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