Re: Re: bodyclipping

["Susan Evans Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

>  I don't body clip my horses, but I have an alturnitive to the long,
>scraggley winter hair that stays wet hours after a training ride.
 > I use a 4'' emergency candle and "candle" them.
  >All you need is a candle, a butane lighter, and a calm day.
   >I start behind and just below the left knee, and work up.
>It works like a control burn- it stops when it gets to the real hair.

And if it doesn't, you can really tell which horses were on a high fat diet
versus the high carbs...the high carb horses just caramelize around the
edges, the high fat horses go up like a bomb.

Sorry, couldn't resist. <g>

Susan G



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