I would think sleezies/jammies would do the trick but in a pinch maybe find some old sheepskin/something soft to sew onto the spots that seem to rub? Not sure if it would work but you might try.
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Thanks guys! I got and email from home that they have switched his blanket to a barn blanket with slidey material on the inside. I guess I'll find out how bald he is when I get back next week.
You're having quite a time with him, Barbara! Oddly, my mare, who wears jammies is STILL getting some rubs on her shoulders. So, there's no sure fire fix! I use coat conditioner as well as the jammies and she'll grow it back in time for show season...
I have never blanketed my horses. However at the really good stable I boarded at long ago, the lady never clipped her horses. What she would do is start blanketing in the fall, just a regular stable blanket of 30 years ago. When it got colder maybe an extra layer. This made the winter coat shorter, thinner, and almost looking like a summer coat. This was in N.C. (USA), with no lights or heat, TB hunters stalled at night. I remember one winter, when they got a leased TB back, the owner commenting on how UGLY his clipped coat was compared to her horses which had just been blanketed since early fall. She never had difficulties with blanket rubs while I was there.
I can't help with the blanket problem, but Jackie's idea is also a good one. The people that board at my lesson barn/most of the lesson horses get blanketed early to prevent a thick winter coat. It does the job!
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