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Post by Emily-Moe on Nov 20, 2005 8:40:48 GMT -5
Well, as many of you know, i do not board at a gaited barn, so i dont get the experiance of seeing how the trends in the breeds are going, so i have a question for everybody. For show horses, what do yall think is an appropriate length for a mane, and tail? I am going to bag Chi's tail and MTG his mane and tail this winter, but i want to guage how much growth i actually want. If you need measurements i can get them. Im just wondering what the normal lengths might be.
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Post by Machogirl on Nov 20, 2005 10:43:42 GMT -5
There aren't any specific requirements as to length of mane and tail. Most gaited horses have tails that drag the ground. Manes and tails are to be left alone on a gaited horse. You don't cut them nor are you really supposed to thin them. I would try to get Chi's mane and tail as long as possible.
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Post by butterfly on Nov 20, 2005 11:13:54 GMT -5
Sorry, I'm a little clueless, but what does MTG mean? I'm trying to get my mare's tail a little longer, and I'm trying a lot of stuff already.
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Post by Emily-Moe on Nov 21, 2005 14:42:12 GMT -5
MTG..is a product used to lenghten manes...u rub it in...and stuff...but ok, yea i was just wondering if yall thought there was such thing as TOO long.
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Nov 21, 2005 18:19:31 GMT -5
you can use MTG on tails too and any part of the body to get more hair growth....
but yeah emily you want his mane and tail as long as you can get it!
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Post by butterfly on Nov 21, 2005 18:20:05 GMT -5
Thanx for clearing that up for me =) I don't think there is such a thing as too long; I actually prefer really long manes and tails myself. I just like manes short enough to be able to see the shoulder clearly.
Oooo, now I come up with my useless bits of info. There was a Saddlebred named Imperator that had a thirteen foot tail; wrapped around his body twice. I think most might know him, though.
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Post by cowboycrazy on Nov 21, 2005 18:29:01 GMT -5
MTG i used that on prides tail and washed it every chance i got at the beginning of spring i started about may and stoped washing it and useing that stuff in september and his tail grew 8 inches in 5 months it was at his hocks and now it drags the ground
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Post by Machogirl on Nov 21, 2005 18:45:04 GMT -5
Yeah, MTG is awesome! Here is a picture of Imperator: He is so great and that tail is amazing!!
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Post by Emily-Moe on Nov 22, 2005 18:20:36 GMT -5
whoaaa! id hate to pick out that horses tail, itd take an hour! Cowboy, did you mean that when you didnt wash it it grew? or when you stopped using it? sorry..im confused
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Post by cowboycrazy on Nov 23, 2005 15:02:22 GMT -5
i used MTG and i washed it every chance i got and it grew
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Post by kkmhorselova on Nov 23, 2005 17:00:45 GMT -5
whoa...13 feet..holy crap!! thats crazy!
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Post by Emily-Moe on Nov 26, 2005 15:39:59 GMT -5
WOO,ook, well im going to bag chi's tail soon. Does anybody do their tail w.o a bag? I think wwu, like washed it,braided it,wrapped it with vet wrap and then taped it.Does that sound right? Id prefer to do it somehow thats REALLY tough to get out..because he has problems keeping bags on.
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Post by walktrotandcanter on Nov 26, 2005 16:32:02 GMT -5
my old barn did that and it worked great yo braid it fold it up so it above the hocks then wrap the folded portion in vet wrap a few layers and you dont even have to tape it and they can still swat flies and it is hard to get out you could proably do a few inter lapping pieces of vet wrap between the folded portion
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Post by kkmhorselova on Nov 26, 2005 17:16:25 GMT -5
at my barn we do something similar to what wtc said. well we braid the whole tail. you start with it loose at the end of the dock (tail bone) and then you start to braid tighter. you want the body of the braid (if that makes any sense) to be as tight at possible. then like 3/4 of the way throught, we take a thin ripped part of bed sheet and then continue braiding, but we braid the ripped sheet into the braid. then when the whole tail is braided, tye a knot in the end with the extra bed sheet/string. then we pull it up through, the loose part by the tail bone. then you weave it through the braided part of the tail. then once it is all run up, we tie it all up the the extra sheet and then put a sock over it to keep it clean. haha wow i dont know if any of that makes sense.. so i made a picture to help: i10.photobucket.com/albums/a124/kkmhorselova/braid.jpg anyways..that might not help..i hope you semi understand it. wow i really gotta learn to how explain things better.
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Post by Gracie on Nov 26, 2005 21:23:09 GMT -5
omg im a master at wrapping horses tails! lol i could come help u emily...i do mine pretty much the same as what everyone else has been saying but of course we all have little different variations. bella is big on rolling around in her stall and being a mess and somehow the tail stays all nice and wrapped. bella's tail was at her hocks when i got her and now it drags on the ground and i love it. bella's mane is also really long so im not one to ask about mane and tail lengths...hers probly really should be shorter but i will certainly not be doing anything to it...if it wants to be that long its pretty so it gets to stay that way.
ok so none of that was actually helpful advice...but if he starts rubbing at his tail while its wrapped up then i highly recomend the equus...omg whyd i just forget what its called?! while the bottle is blue and black (mostly black) and it smells strongly like coconut.
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