@Jane&Ziggy would these be worth a try? https://www.lemieuxproducts.com/horsewear/grooming-care/closeshave#selection.size=6703 I've used them to tidy beards and manes and should imagine they'd do ears too.
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Good grief what an amazing invention! I should definitely have some for those days when his beard gets on my nerves. Thank you!
Just go light handed with them to begin with, they can be sharp and I've seen people trim not only beards but the hair underneath leaving a bald patch
I can't speak for @Jane&Ziggy but I'm worried I'll stab them with scissors! Plus I don't do a tidy job, trimmers or gently going over with the close shaves in the link are a much safer and tidier bet for me.
Ive always used scissors to trim my boys under the chin. With chunky i do clip underneath and half the face when he gets his full body clips. Then between clips when he gets his long it just gets scissored.
Can you get round ended scissors? That won't stab as badly? Am sure I read somewhere that they should be part of a first aid box for horses. I haven't got any mind. Maybe they wouldn't be accurate or sharp enough for beard trimming on that basis.
I have trimmed him in all sorts of places with scissors, but I think I need clippers for inside the ear.
@carthorse I have bought a couple of Close Shaves, how brilliant. I nearly bought a pair of Lemieux breeches too but on this occasion I managed to get away unscathed!
@carthorse I have bought a couple of Close Shaves, how brilliant. I nearly bought a pair of Lemieux breeches too but on this occasion I managed to get away unscathed!
The Close Shaves are also cheaper on eBay unless you want to buy some breeches to cover the postage cost
I was just about to suggest the same things. I have yellow ones by a different company and can’t remember the name for the life of me. I bought to try and tidy robins legs. He dosnt have feathers but the back of his legs get a little fluffy. Those are amazing. Just pulled them down a few times and they did such a good job and much better than me trying to use scissors.
Ah found them. They were 99p each in tack shop
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Ha ha I will try! He was really sweaty today so I think another full clip will happen soon, before he starts properly shedding.
The Close Shaves arrived today and I had a little scratch at Sid's beard and face with one of them.
I think they were perhaps made with horses a bit more like @carthorse 's Luka and @Doodle92 's Robin than my hairy woolly mammoth. It did indeed trim the long hairs, but it took quite a while to make any visible indent on Sid's beard. On the positive side, he really liked thitem. He wasn't tied up and he followed me around the shelter offering his face. I think it must be pleasantly scratchy.
I shall have another go tomorrow. I can still feel a little tiny clipper coming on.
I think they were perhaps made with horses a bit more like @carthorse 's Luka and @Doodle92 's Robin than my hairy woolly mammoth. It did indeed trim the long hairs, but it took quite a while to make any visible indent on Sid's beard. On the positive side, he really liked thitem. He wasn't tied up and he followed me around the shelter offering his face. I think it must be pleasantly scratchy.
I shall have another go tomorrow. I can still feel a little tiny clipper coming on.
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