NO NO - don't clip - waaayyyy too late in the season. Horses start
getting in their summer coat mid to late January - any clipping after that
will nick the ends of the summer coat and it will look like crap all
summer. I didn't body clip this year but I normally do and the latest I've
done a re-clip is middle January. Also, if you clip that late, you'll
probably be able to see the lines all year till he gets his winter coat in
the next fall :-<.
I don't know where you are - how hot it is - but if it's really warm by
early April and you're concerned - sponge his neck, chest and insides of
legs before you start so he starts with that advantage and then proceed as
normal for hot weather - by the beginning of april the majority of his coat
should be gone anyway - you hope :->
Tina Hicks, hickst@nichols.com
Andy (dal) (those were geese *decoys*???)
Tony (Arab) (I'm reliable - I *always* spook and run when I see a plastic bag)
8 fatcats (feed us, pet us, be our slaves and we will let you live with us)
one husband
Huntsville, AL