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I'm in San Diego, so temps rarely get much below 35-40 where I am.   
Right now, Caisson's winter coat is almost all in, and its 86  
degrees.  I'm planning on doing a trace clip this weekend, as it seems  
like a pretty good compromise.  It lets me work him even when its  
fairly warm, helps with cleanup and cooling out, but he still has  
enough coat that he only needs to be blanketed at night, or during  
stormy/windy weather.

Since I don't get off work until 5 PM, it is dark by the time I get  
out to the ranch.  With a full coat, I can't really do much as far as  
working him - even lunging - since it takes too long for him to cool  
down and dry out afterwards.  A trace clip lets me at least lunge  
during the week, and he cools down/dries off enough for me to then  
blanket for the night.

On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Marirose Six wrote:

> Howdy,
> When I lived in Michigan, I often clipped my wooly mammoth mules for  
> winter. Usually a trace clip that I would redo to a hunter clip in  
> the spring. I did blanket though & they did live outside.
> This is my second winter in Wyoming & my mules still live outside &  
> I still ride quite a bit in winter. Here the weather is more arid,  
> very little humidity. So, to me 15 degrees here is much warmer than  
> 15 degrees in MI (unless that wind is blowing-but that's another  
> story). Long story, short--I don't clip at all here. They will  
> sweat, so after a ride & some cool out time, I put a rainsheet on  
> them before turning them out, only IF they are still damp. They  
> don't wear this all the time, I consider it wind protection when  
> they are damp from sweating. So they don't chill.
>
>
> --
> Marirose
>
> Yeeeeeee Hawwwww


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