Clip-in Confidence

Clip-in Confidence

Fear is the main emotion that undermines confidence. Are you worried about how your horse is going to handle clipping day? Look no further and learn about the ‘clip-in confidence’ services on offer. A nervous horse and an ill-mannered horse are two very different things and handling of these should be altered accordingly.

Recognising the difference is crucial in building trust with a nervous horse. Nervous horses usually have a reason behind their fear. A past experience or a heavy hand combined with noisy heavy-duty clippers is enough to send fear and bad memories to a horse, whenever they hear the sound.

Behavior associated with fear can often be confused with bad manners, and vise versa. Many a time, clients have talked about past experiences of rough handling from a previous clipper, who has been heavy handed on a horse when in fact all it needed was a quiet hand of reassurance and patience. It is at this point that the most damage can be done! And now we are left with an ‘unclippable’ horse. This is just one of the reasons the horse barber clip-in confidence building sessions can help! Utalise the summer months to prepare for the winter season ahead.

We have a proven high success rate in clipping nervous horses and can offer the very best confidence building sessions with the ultimate goal of clipping your horse in a calm controlled way. This might be with a small bib clip initially, moving on to a full clip over a series of visits however; often larger clips are achieved relatively quickly. Improvement in horses behavior and confidence is often visible after even just one-hour session. Experience proves that every single horse or pony can improve, often enough to clip in the future without sedation.

The Horse Barber has a vast selection of high quality equipment, which allows her to tailor the starting point to various levels in each individual confidence building sessions. She works to how the horse responds and can go as far as the horse is comfortable in letting her go. Handling techniques are calm and quiet with a very experienced hand. This allows her to work with horse of all different sizes, breeds and temperaments. Scrap the vet’s sedation fees and invest in building up their confidence instead. The HB works with owners as well as the horse and upon initial assessment, will advise on the best individual approach for you and your horse. You will be shown pointers to work on in between sessions, in preparation for next seasons clipping. A large number of initial build up sessions often result in achieving the desired clip on the day. If you have any questions or would like to know more about what we can offer, get in touch. Experienced, non-judgmental and friendly service. - £29 per hour session.