This morning I was petting Daisy & noticed she had lots of mats in her armpits & also the hair was sweat stiff. This spring I was going to body clip her, but the Donkey Yahoo group had a pro-con discussion about whether to clip or not to clip. Although the consensus was, God intended them to have hair to insulate from the desert heat, she does have Cushings & is on 3mg of Pergolide a day, so her hair growth isn't exactly "normal".
One reason I'd put off clipping is I didn't know if my hands & wrists would take it. A broken thumb, broken wrist & metatarsal bone in one hand & an eroding cyst in the other wrist, cuts into my style............!!! But I decided to give it a try wearing my splints.
This is what I had to work with, a very hairy girl. Daisy's former owner gave me a big set of clippers made by Oster Stewart, I think you could clip a Yak with them, no problem. But they are big & heavy.
It really went much better than I thought it would. She's a good girl, she stood real still, maybe it felt good to get all of this off:
My hands held up real well, didn't have any problems & this is the finished product.
I didn't clip her legs, no sense in giving the flies a head start in gnawing their way to bare skin.
Lysa was here cleaning pens, in fact she was my back up in case I couldn't finish clipping Daisy. She said we should try clipping BlackJack. I told her if she wanted to, by all means have at it..............BUT........that I didn't think BJ would like it. And when he doesn't like something he has a way of letting you know. I remember him throwing himself on the ground in a temper fit one time because we had the audacity to want to trim his feet. He's self trimmed his feet ever since. I would imagine he would let me pick his feet up now without having a tantrum, but clippers.........???? Maybe not........!!!
It really went much better than I thought it would. She's a good girl, she stood real still, maybe it felt good to get all of this off:
My hands held up real well, didn't have any problems & this is the finished product.
I didn't clip her legs, no sense in giving the flies a head start in gnawing their way to bare skin.
Lysa was here cleaning pens, in fact she was my back up in case I couldn't finish clipping Daisy. She said we should try clipping BlackJack. I told her if she wanted to, by all means have at it..............BUT........that I didn't think BJ would like it. And when he doesn't like something he has a way of letting you know. I remember him throwing himself on the ground in a temper fit one time because we had the audacity to want to trim his feet. He's self trimmed his feet ever since. I would imagine he would let me pick his feet up now without having a tantrum, but clippers.........???? Maybe not........!!!
4 comments:
You did a great job, Tish! Daisy looks gorgeous and I'm sure she feels great. We wondered and wondered a couple of months ago whether or not we should trim Patrick, but seems that he's finally done a good job of shedding out on his own. :) Hope you are doing well aside from hands and wrists - good grief... poor you!
She seemed to be enjoying her new "do" when she came in tonight. I'm sure she is more comfortable.
I'm doing good, & my hands are doing OK. Suppose to have surgery on the eroding cyst, but I've learned how to manage it. I'm not a fan of surgery, so think I'll just work with what I have. LOL
Looking good there Daisy, bet that feels so much better :-)
She does seem to be pretty perky today, maybe she's showing off her new "do"............!!!
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