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| Fuzxy, fuzzy pony. I clipped her jawline and now it looks weird. But her halter wasn't fitting before, so still winning? |
Oh goodness are they hairy and rough looking right now in their natural winter state. I'll leave them be, but they are beyond fluffy and it seems to have really come on just in the past week.
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| So much hair! It's been so warm and mild out too, let's hope they don't know something I don't re: the coming weather. |
Sophie especially looks bad...her winter coat is really light colored and there isn't much of a shine to be found. Add in true pony level coat thickness and some generous helpings of dirt and it looks like she's not been groomed for months.
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| Can't even. It's all mucky INSIDE her ears too |
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| Forelock decor |
At least Bridget is the color of dirt. Also, I feel like Bridget is kind of an oversized Thelwell pony anyway and it kind of suits. Sophie is more of a small sport horse build so the pony level fluffiness makes her look like she's neglected.
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| I photoshopped her to be more gold colored, and definitely smoothed out the more moth eaten looking parts, lol |
I guess this is the trade off for those lovely glossy dappled coats ponies seem to so easily have in the summer?
Anyway, not much of a point to this post....TLDR: My ponies (especially Sophie) are looking feral, despite all my best efforts. I used up my riding time on Sunday just grooming them. They looked only marginally better. The end :)
I think they both look cute :)
ReplyDeleteCute from a distance :) Their coats are so unreal this year!
DeleteI always hate how Remus looks in winter. Even trimmed he looks more werewolf than horse!! LOL But saying that I think Sophie is adorable all fuzzy but I get it :) HA HA HA
ReplyDeleteAt least his mane and tail don't show dirt? I guess they're always adorable when someone else is grooming them, because I <3 Remus's winter fuzzies :)
DeleteOh my, Sophie and Mag both have that "workin under the car" grunge! In the ears too.
ReplyDeleteI think he and Sophie have a similar love for dirt :D
DeleteI didn't clip Opie last winter because his fluffy coat is so dark and dapplely and I wanted it to stay forever. He's at a good stage right now where he has a little fluff coming back in from this clip so he's not as white (AND UGLY) as he was when he first got naked.
ReplyDeleteI REALLY want to clip her...the long off white color is just gross, but I guess that's not a legit reason when she's healthy and fine and I'm not riding. Next year, though. It's happening.
DeleteI clipped all three of mine mostly for cooling reasons, but I took care to also get those pesky beards off, too. I just can't stand them lol! Winter beards are hands down my least favorite part about winter horse coats.
ReplyDeleteI also clip in small part for aesthetics. More because we have a heated arena and I don’t want to spend hours drying out a fluffy pony but the aesthetics are a small part of it.
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