Has anyone else's foresters become really hairy?

My boy lives out 24/7, a few people have made comments about how fat my boys got but they have only seen him from a distance, i bought him down to the yard and they could see why they thought he was fat his coat is so thick and long it makes him look so different, he looks just like the wild foresters in the forest in winter, there's no way i need to rug him and if i did he would probably get to hot lol, his nick name now is the wooly monster

My 3 year old QH gets a woolie mammouth coat, but I like it she reminds me of a huge fluffy teddy bear, but her dad gets no winter coat at all!!!!!

My two year old forester is exactly the same, his coat is huge but when you put your hands in it he's so warm and toasty!

My pony is on his 2nd clip of the year - he started getting hairy mid September.

He gets the most amazingly thick winter coat and and before he was clipped was sweating round his armpits just walking from the field to the yard.

He lives out 24/7 and seems to get hairier and hotter each year - maybe he is preparing for the ice age. I think perhaps he is part warewolf part new forest!

I weightaped him before and after he was clipped and he seemed to have lost 6 kilos but it was all fur!

Do you think they know something we dont, and we're in for a long cold winter??? Brrrrrr

Brushwood Ponies www.ckart.co.uk

Littlejag how are you getting on with your boy? You posted a thread about him a while back!! How are you both doing?

Hairy?! both my boys are like grizzly bears
Saturday was the first time i have seen them both in the light for a week! They seem to have grown their coats quickly im pleased though

Hi charlsxx

Its nice for you to remember me we are doing fine thank you, just in the process of lightly backing him now but nothing serious till hes 4, still keeping on top of his ground work, his manners are coming on lovely but we still do have some challenging moments keeps me on my toes how are you getting on? x x