Clipping a Horse With Cushings Disease
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Clipping a Horse With Cushings Disease
body clipping how to do it with a horse that has cushing disease? Very shaggy and long hair.
Answer:
Hi! With a horse that has Cushing's Disease, I would not clip them until the frost season has ceased in your area....UNLESS you will sheet or blanket them, appropriate for a horse that is probably at least 10 degrees more sensitive to cold than the rest are. If you do clip and intend to blanket, don't clip the face, neck underbelly or legs unless you have a hood that fits, and unless you are going to apply polos for nighttime, and have diaper pins to secure the polos properly, UNLESS YOU HAVE A HORSE THAT WILL TRY TO REMOVE THE POLOS, then don't apply them at all. The unclipped areas, I would wait until the weather is feeling every day & night like summer. Then, clip as you would any horse, give the horse a very warm bath on a hot day. Walk around in the sun, until dry, and then take inside and body clip. Make sure though to always apply at least a Cotton Sheet to these horses at night, unless they are stabled and completely out of any draft, and have lots of bedding. The last thing that these Cushings Horses need is to chill. Hope this helps, and have a GOOD GO! every GO with your Horse! Mary.
