Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday

Mustang Sally

Sally is a 22 yr old Pony-of-the-Americas mare born 05 April 2000 at 7;45pm Yes I was there for the event

She has some health issue as Appaloosa horses are prone to. She has a metabolic disorder requiring medication daily, and she has COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) just like humans get! She also gets medication for that. The metabolic disorder causes horses to not shed their winter coat hair properly and they need to be clipped so they don’t overheat. And to make them look snazzy instead of shaggy old nags.

So a couple times a year in the spring and summer I give Sally a do over and today was the day! I’ve been trying to get this done for a while now but whenever I have time it’s sweltering and she is sweating so that I can’t use the clippers - hard to clip damp hair on a horse!

Today was a bit cooler so I dragged her in and out her fan on her to keep her cool and then got everything ready:
Clippers
Coolant spray for clipper blades
Oil for the blades and the clipper motor
Brushes to brush and clean Sally before clipping
And for me a nylon jacket, ski pants, rubber boots and toque - nylon stops the horse hair from sticking to me - it’s miserable stuff when it gets in your eyes and hair, and inside your clothes.

The chickens upon seeing me in this get-up totally freaked out! They ran screaming from me - until I dragged out the treats hahaha.

So chickens settled, equipment ready, pony ready…. Commence clipping!

Before the body clip and do over

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After clipping most of the body hair coat, and trimmed up her leg hair like every lady needs

All that hair came off her!

View attachment 3198091And the final look, total body clip, legs trimmed up, main trimmed and tamed, she could almost be ready to go to a show!!

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Mane not main darn autocorrect

 

[RoyalChick]

Pony Sunday

Mustang Sally

Sally is a 22 yr old Pony-of-the-Americas mare born 05 April 2000 at 7;45pm Yes I was there for the event

She has some health issue as Appaloosa horses are prone to. She has a metabolic disorder requiring medication daily, and she has COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) just like humans get! She also gets medication for that. The metabolic disorder causes horses to not shed their winter coat hair properly and they need to be clipped so they don’t overheat. And to make them look snazzy instead of shaggy old nags.

So a couple times a year in the spring and summer I give Sally a do over and today was the day! I’ve been trying to get this done for a while now but whenever I have time it’s sweltering and she is sweating so that I can’t use the clippers - hard to clip damp hair on a horse!

Today was a bit cooler so I dragged her in and out her fan on her to keep her cool and then got everything ready:
Clippers
Coolant spray for clipper blades
Oil for the blades and the clipper motor
Brushes to brush and clean Sally before clipping
And for me a nylon jacket, ski pants, rubber boots and toque - nylon stops the horse hair from sticking to me - it’s miserable stuff when it gets in your eyes and hair, and inside your clothes.

The chickens upon seeing me in this get-up totally freaked out! They ran screaming from me - until I dragged out the treats hahaha.

So chickens settled, equipment ready, pony ready…. Commence clipping!

Before the body clip and do over

View attachment 3198086

After clipping most of the body hair coat, and trimmed up her leg hair like every lady needs

All that hair came off her!

View attachment 3198091And the final look, total body clip, legs trimmed up, main trimmed and tamed, she could almost be ready to go to a show!!

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Wow - that is a lot of hair!

 

[GregnLety]

Pony Sunday

Mustang Sally

Sally is a 22 yr old Pony-of-the-Americas mare born 05 April 2000 at 7;45pm Yes I was there for the event

She has some health issue as Appaloosa horses are prone to. She has a metabolic disorder requiring medication daily, and she has COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) just like humans get! She also gets medication for that. The metabolic disorder causes horses to not shed their winter coat hair properly and they need to be clipped so they don’t overheat. And to make them look snazzy instead of shaggy old nags.

So a couple times a year in the spring and summer I give Sally a do over and today was the day! I’ve been trying to get this done for a while now but whenever I have time it’s sweltering and she is sweating so that I can’t use the clippers - hard to clip damp hair on a horse!

Today was a bit cooler so I dragged her in and out her fan on her to keep her cool and then got everything ready:
Clippers
Coolant spray for clipper blades
Oil for the blades and the clipper motor
Brushes to brush and clean Sally before clipping
And for me a nylon jacket, ski pants, rubber boots and toque - nylon stops the horse hair from sticking to me - it’s miserable stuff when it gets in your eyes and hair, and inside your clothes.

The chickens upon seeing me in this get-up totally freaked out! They ran screaming from me - until I dragged out the treats hahaha.

So chickens settled, equipment ready, pony ready…. Commence clipping!

Before the body clip and do over

View attachment 3198086

After clipping most of the body hair coat, and trimmed up her leg hair like every lady needs

All that hair came off her!

View attachment 3198091And the final look, total body clip, legs trimmed up, main trimmed and tamed, she could almost be ready to go to a show!!

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She's beautiful!

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow - that is a lot of hair!

Yep hence the ‘hazmat suit’ for me!!

 

[Ponypoor]

She's beautiful!

She is a grand daughter of my old horse, he was an awesome creature and so is Sally.

 

[Ponypoor]

It was, and definitely cooler (56F compared to yesterday's high of 96F). It's a good thing I took my coffee out with me.

I see you’re getting the crazy up and down weather I am getting this year!

 

[Ponypoor]

I can do multi-quotes!!!!

By doing multiple single quotes in one posting


Memes/gifs: In the 'posting box", along menu at top of box, click on 'GIF'
Type subject in the search bar (I typed technology to find this one)
scroll through options and then click on image/meme/gif you want to select

Presto!!!

If I can handle it, you DEFINITELY can. I am barely technologically functional!

Hahaha love that gif

 

[featherhead007]

It’s melon day, yummy :

 

[featherhead007]

I don’t have any new pictures of Chaco yet: but soon!

 

[rural mouse]

I see you’re getting the crazy up and down weather I am getting this year!

Actually, no. That's normal night vs daytime temps. It's already up to 85 today