Keeping His Hair

I don't body clip TC (yet). There are a few reasons for this, and since today I was a huge slacker and forgot to write a post but then late in the day decided I did want to post something but none of my drafts are ready, I figured I'd talk about them very briefly.


1) I ride in the mornings
Since I ride in the mornings, he has ample time to dry off before it gets cold.


2) I do not have a death wish
I want one good winter without antics before I consider taking all his hair off.


3) We don't show in the winter
He can hold onto his yak status since I tend not to show until at least April.


4) TC is a nudist
TC hates wearing clothes. He takes off everything I put on him. I left him in turnout with boots on once and he ripped them right off. If I put polos on him to ride, I can't let his face near them or he'll grab them with his teeth and start pulling. He takes off his neighbor's fly mask every day (but he surprisingly will wear one himself). I'm 99% sure that any blanket I put on him will be destroyed and possibly he'll try to destroy himself while destroying it.

Also he really doesn't get that hairy

Eventually TC will be body clipped, yes. It could even be this year if he is a total slug all winter (unlikely since he's bolted three times in the last two rides), but I think it will be in another year or two. As much as I think that he should be able to handle body clipping, we've also only made it through one winter without me hating him. So I'm going to give it another year or more.