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I have had my 3yo for since she was a yearling. She looks great, feels great but her tail still looks like a yearlings tail IMO. When I got her, even for a yearling she had a short mane and tail but she lived on a section of land with one other horse and a bunch of cows. They all lived on grass. Once I got her home and had her eating good feed she spouted good hoof, hair ect. Her mane is now down passed her neck and her hooves are great. Her tail however still stops at her hocks! No one chews on it, she doesn't rub it- its just short! I mean yes she is much taller now than she was to the distance to her hocks is much further than it was but her neck is bigger than it was and her mane is still passed her neck lol.
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Location: Kansas | Don't brush it, and I've heard flax seed is good as well |
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| thank you :) yeah I don't really brush their manes or tails unless I'm braiding (rarely) and when I do I soak them in detangler lol. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | hoofs_in_motion - 2014-10-24 3:50 PM
Don't brush it, and I've heard flax seed is good as well
Right.. Don't brush it.. Pick the tail (wet it and apply something like cowboy magic to make it slippery and pull the hairs apart a few at a time) Then apply a braid wrap and braid it.. We used a 3 braid wrap. |
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Location: Kansas | RoaniePonie11 - 2014-10-24 4:00 PM thank you :) yeah I don't really brush their manes or tails unless I'm braiding (rarely) and when I do I soak them in detangler lol.
I was always told to becareful what kind of detangler your using because it has sicilone (sp?) which dries the hairs out. |
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| komet. - 2014-10-24 4:00 PM
hoofs_in_motion - 2014-10-24 3:50 PM
Don't brush it, and I've heard flax seed is good as well
Right.. Don't brush it.. Pick the tail (wet it and apply something like cowboy magic to make it slippery and pull the hairs apart a few at a time ) Then apply a braid wrap and braid it.. We used a 3 braid wrap.
what is a "braid wrap"? Like a tail bag? Sorry I'm going to need the simple terms lol |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2014-10-24 4:01 PM
RoaniePonie11 - 2014-10-24 4:00 PM thank you :) yeah I don't really brush their manes or tails unless I'm braiding (rarely) and when I do I soak them in detangler lol.
I was always told to becareful what kind of detangler your using because it has sicilone (sp?) which dries the hairs out.
Its ShowSheen. Is that bad? I love the way it feels. This morning I braided and bagged it and put MTG on the roots. She may or may not still have the tail bag when I get back to the barn lol |
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Location: SE Louisiana | RoaniePonie11 - 2014-10-24 4:02 PM
komet. - 2014-10-24 4:00 PM
hoofs_in_motion - 2014-10-24 3:50 PM
Don't brush it, and I've heard flax seed is good as well
Right.. Don't brush it.. Pick the tail (wet it and apply something like cowboy magic to make it slippery and pull the hairs apart a few at a time ) Then apply a braid wrap and braid it.. We used a 3 braid wrap.
what is a "braid wrap"? Like a tail bag? Sorry I'm going to need the simple terms lol
Yes... It's kinda like a tail bag... Except once you have the hairs divided you wrap them in the 3 separate smaller wraps that come in one piece...then braid them.. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | It looks something like this and comes in a wide assortment of colors.. The ones we had used velcro to close the wraps around the hairs before they were braided.
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| it didn't make them break off at the top, where the wrap starts? |
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Location: SE Louisiana | FlyingJT - 2014-10-24 4:22 PM
it didn't make them break off at the top, where the wrap starts?
No... Perhaps because the Cowboy Magic kept the hairs soft and supple.. Breakage was never a problem.. |
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| We use the three tube tail bags as well. In the fall I wash the tail and then condition the hell out of it with mane and tail conditioner. Then while it's still damp I put it in the tail bag and leave it. Leaving it damp doesn't hurt it. The conditioner acts like a moisture barrier. I unbraid them about 1 per month, just recondition and braid them up again.
I have done 4 tails this way and they all drag the ground. One of them was an Appaloosas tail! :) |
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Location: Nevada | I agree with everyone who does Braid-in Tail Wrap. I usually always have a tail wrap on my horses. The horse pictured I started using a tail wrap just this summer his tail was 2" below the hock on June first and this picture was taken last week. Dragging 4" on the ground.
I believe in tail Wraps so much I now make it my work from home income.
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| komet. - 2014-10-24 4:08 PM
It looks something like this and comes in a wide assortment of colors.. The ones we had used velcro to close the wraps around the hairs before they were braided.
I use these and premier rose conditioner leave in. |
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| I spray Infusium leave in condition in my horses' tails probably 4 or 5 days a week. I wash them 1 time a month or so. I don't bag them, if I did they would probably get longer. As it is, mine tough the ground and are pretty full.
Here is one pic I have on my phone showing the tail.
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| Now these are just things that have worked for me. I have no idea if it is right or not, but it seemed to work.
If you do comb it out, use a really wide tooth comb like you would for your own hair to prevent breakage. Start at the bottom working just a small section at at time, get the tangles out, and work your way up instead of just ripping from the top down. Also hold the tail tight in your hand just above the part you are combing so that it doesn't pull. Be aware of the amount of hair showing up on the comb. If quite a bit, then you need to try something else to detangle the hair.
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